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War Chief Roman Nose of the Cheyenne at the Battle of Beecher Island
The defiance of Roman Nose, photographic reproduction of an illustration by R. F. Zagbaum from Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. 91, #541 June, 1895, p. 53., depicting the Northern Cheyenne warrior/war chief Roman Nose taunting US army forces...
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Capture of the Galleon by Howard Pyle
Capture of the Galleon' by Howard Pyle, an illustration which first appeared in Buccaneers and Marooners of the Spanish Main in an 1887 edition of Harper's Magazine.
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Gaspee Affair
The Burning of the "Gaspee", engraving by Howard Pyle, depicting Rhode Island colonists rowing away after burning the HMS Gaspee in the early hours of 10 June 1772, published in Harper's magazine, c. 1901-1908.
New York Public Library.
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Walking the Plank by Howard Pyle
An illustration of a victim walking the plank by Howard Pyle (1853-1911). Published to illustrate Buccaneers and Marooners of the Spanish Main in Harper's Magazine, 1887.
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X-Ray Procedure Using a Fluoroscope
Photo of an early X-ray procedure using a fluoroscope screen, around 1910. No precautions were taken to minimise exposure since the dangers of X-rays were not known at the time. Illustration from p. 233 of The Story of Great Inventions by...
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Buccaneers Searching for Loot
An early 20th-century illustration by Howard Pyle showing buccaneers obliging prisoners to reveal the whereabouts of their valuables in Cartagena. The buccaneers terrorized the Spanish Main from 1620 to 1697. (From Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates...
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Ruins of Jamestown after Bacon's Rebellion
Ruins of Jamestown, 1676. Illustration from page 45 of A School History of the United States, from the Discovery of America to the Year 1878 by David B. Scott, New York, Harper & brothers, 1879 CE. The engraving depicts the ruins of Jamestown...
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An Armed Pirate by Howard Pyle
A sketch of an armed pirate from the Golden Age of Piracy by Howard Pyle (1853-1911).
From Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates: Fiction, Fact & Fancy Concerning the Buccaneers & Marooners of the Spanish Main, New York, Harper and Brothers.
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Impressment of American Sailors into the British Navy
American sailors are impressed into the British Navy, wood engraving after Howard Pyle in Harper's Monthly, 1884.
Library of Congress, Washington D.C.
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A Buccaneer by Howard Pyle
An early 20th-century illustration by Howard Pyle showing a buccaneer. The buccaneers terrorized the Spanish Main from 1620 to 1697. (From Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates: Fiction, Fact & Fancy Concerning the Buccaneers & Marooners of the Spanish...
