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PARKER: DIVORCE, 1920. Our Great American Sport. Page from Vanity Fair magazine, January 1920, commenting on the rising divorce rate in the United States

PUBLIC HEALTH: PRIVIES, c1915. Handbill with instructions for maintaining sanitary privies to safeguard against typhoid fever and other illnesses, issued by the Walker County, Alabama

VACCINATION: POEM, 1792. Detail from a broadside printed at Boston, Massachusetts, 1792, featuring a poem rejoicing over the new method of vaccination for protection against smallpox

QUARANTINE POSTER, 1910s. Quarantine notice of the San Francisco, California, Board of Health, 1910s, warning that the premises are contaminated by diphtheria

YELLOW FEVER, 1796. Detail from a broadside by Jonathan Plummer, Jr. 1796, recounting the deaths of forty-four persons from malignant fever (yellow fever) at Newburyport, Massachusetts

STEAMBOAT MENU, c1865. Bill of fare for the steamboat M. S. Mepham, c1865
STEAMBOAT MENU, c1865. Bill of fare for the steamboat M.S. Mepham, c1865

PADDLE WHEEL STEAMSHIP. The Adriatic, an American steamer of the Collins Atlantic U.S.A. line, in service from 1850 till 1860. Contemporary wood engraving

MAP OF DELAWARE, 1795. William Barkers map of Delaware, first published in Carey s
MAP OF DELAWARE, 1795. William Barkers map of Delaware, first published in Careys American Atlas, 1795

CARIBBEAN MAP, c1688. A map of the Caribbean islands. Woodcut, French, c1688

CARTOON: PRISON BARBER SHOP. Next! Illustration of prison barber shop with J.D. Fish wearing prison stripes and Ferdinand Ward in civilian clothing

NEW-LONDON GAZETTE, 1768. Masthead of the New-London Gazette newspaper from New London, Connecticut, 1768

THE SUN, 1872. Masthead of The Sun newspaper from New York

LEWIS: MAIN STREET, 1920. Cover of the first edition of Sinclair Lewis novel Main Street, 1920

PREDICTIONS, 1900. Beginning of the article What May Happen in the Next Hundred Years? by John Elfreth Watkins, Jr. from the December 1900 issue of the Ladies Home Journal

PREDICTIONS, 1900. First page of the article What May Happen in the Next Hundred Years? by John Elfreth Watkins, Jr. from the December 1900 issue of the Ladies Home Journal

SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT, 1913. Front page of the fun supplement for the Sunday edition of the New York World, 21 December 1913, which contained the first crossword puzzle

FRANKLIN: PLAIN TRUTH, 1747. Title page of Plain Truth: or, Serious Considerations On the Present State of the City of Philadelphia and Province of Pennsylvania

FRANKLIN: STENCILS. Typeface stencils made for Benjamin Franklin by Gabriel Bery, while Franklin was living in Passy, France, 1776-1785

PHILADELPHIA: LIBRARY. Text composed for the cornerstone dedication of the Library Company of Philadelphia, by Benjamin Franklin, 1739

SPENSER: FAERIE QUEENE. Page from Edmund Spensers the Faerie Queene, published c1590

DIME NOVEL. Dick Merriwells Daring Leap, or Bound to Get There. Cover of a Street & Smith dime novel, c1902

PHYSICIANS, 1532. The title page of Laurentius Friesens Spiegel der Artzney, with portraits of ancient and medieval physicians and (bottom) a representation of Venus and Adonis in a garden

BOOKBINDER, 1568. The bookbinder binds large and small books on all subjects in parchemnt or planed boards which are fitted with clasps and ornamented, some books are gilded on the edges

ILLUMINATOR, 1568. The Illuminator colors or gilds pictures on paper or parchment; he does not hold with stencils, which produce poor work that is less highly remunerated

PAPER MAKER, 1568. The Paper maker, in his water-driven mill, makes smooth white sheets of paper from rags that have been chopped up, soaked, placed on the sieve, pressed and dried

TYPE FOUNDER, 1568. The Typefounder casts type from bismuth, tin and lead. Roman, Gothic and Greek alphabets, capital letters and punctuation marks. Poem by Hans Sachs, woodcut by Jost Amman, 1568

MAP: DANUBE. German map, c1740, showing the course of the Danube River from Vienna, Austria, to Nikopol, Bulgaria, and (left inset)

ARABIAN NIGHTS: FISHERMAN. The genie comes out of the jar. Drawing, 1898, by Henry J. Ford for the Story of the Fisherman from Arabian Nights

ROBIN HOOD. Pen and ink drawing by Howard Pyle from The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood, 1883

ROBIN HOOD. Robin Hood slays Guy of Gisbourne. Pen and ink drawing by Howard Pyle from The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood, 1883

PARCHMENT MAKER, 1568. The Parchment Maker places sheep and goat skins in lime, washes them, streches them on the frame and scrapes them; the ears and paws are boiled into glue

PRINTING OFFICE, 1568. The Book Printer applies the ink, his assistant pulls the lever, and a sheet is printed: woodcut by Jost Amman, 1568

ROBIN HOOD. Friar Tuck carries Robin Hood across a river. Pen and ink drawing by Howard Pyle from The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood, 1883

ROBIN HOOD. Robin Hood meets the tall stranger on the bridge. Pen and ink drawing by Howard Pyle from The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood, 1883

JACK & JILL, 1873. Jack and Jill. Illustration from an American edition of Nursery Rhymes, 1873

BLOCK CUTTER, 1568. The Block Cutter engraves onto wood blocks the art that the draftsman has prepared. The printed image comes out as clear as the original drawing. Woodcut by Jost Amman, 1568

THE SUN, 1833. Front page of the first issue of The Sun newspaper from New York, 3 September 1833, the first penny newspaper, founded by American printer and journalist Benjamin Henry Day

MAY DAY PARADE, 1889. A family passing the reviewing stand with the very expensive seats in New York City. Wood engraving, American, 1889

SWEATSHOP, 1912. Children are cheaper than grown-ups. Girls and young women working at their sewing machines in a sweatshop in New York City. Drawing, 1912, by Walter Tittle

GLUTTON, 1568. The gluttonous fool. Woodcut, 1568, by Jost Amman

BREWING BEER, 1568. The Brewer. Woodcut, 1568, by Jost Amman

ALMANAC, 1735. Title page of an almanac by Nathaniel Ames, printed in Boston, Massachusetts, 1735

HANDBILL: MINING GOODS, 1850. Handbill advertising goods, provisions, tools, clothing, etc. for miners in Mormon Island, California. Handbill, 1850

MIRROR MAKER, 1568. Woodcut, 1568, by Jost Amman

CROMPTON: FANCY LOOM. Fancy loom invented by Samuel Crompton (1753-1827). Line engraving, 19th century

CLOTH SHEARER, 1568. Woodcut, 1568, by Jost Amman

FISHERMAN, 1568. Woodcut, 1568, by Jost Amman

ROPE MAKER, 1568. Woodcut, 1568, by Jost Amman

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