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Map of Saxony (Germany) around the time of the Protestant Reformation, original from 1595.

Full title: S. Imperium Romano-Germanicum oder Teutschland mit seinen Angräntzenden Königreichen und Provincien, neulich entworffen und theils gezeichnet durch Iulium Reichelt Chur Pfaltz: Rath und Mathes: Professor P. zu Strasburg aber…

Following the 1803 Louisiana Purchase, the Federal government started surveying the West with the intention of selling as much land as possible to the public. The system used divided land into thirty-six single-square-mile sections. Each section…

Map depicting the battle on the hill of Barrabás, near Zirándaro, now in the state of Guerrero. The map shows where Don Vicente Guerrero, Commander in Chief of the Revolutionary troops of the South set up his fortifications from which his troops…

Letter to Edward L. Vail (March 301898) from H. Harrison, the secretary of the Live Stock Sanitary Board for the Territory of Arizona. The letter is the notification of Edward L. Vail's appointment as Live Stock Inspector and Detective for the…

A photograph of an orchard showing narches, washington navel, and valencia.

Formal photograph taken of Margarita Moreno when she was 18-years-old. Photograph was taken in Tucson, Arizona.

Portraits of Maria (Tadino) Scorcia with her family. Photograph on the left depicts Maria (Tadino) Scorcia, her brothers and sisters, the mother of Maria Tadino Scorcia, possibly her father, and a small dog. The photograph on the left was taken in…

María De la Torre (right) photographed in her youth, wearing glasses, standing, embracing a female friend (unknown name)

Photographic portrait of Maria De la Torre as an adult
Retrato fotográfico de María De la Torre como adulta

Photographic portrait of Maria De la Torre in her youth

Photograph of María De la Torre Uribarren at the piano, wearing glasses, taken in her adult years

First Tucson Mariachi, photo taken by Wong & Wong. Back row (left to right): Alfredo Nuñez (guitarrón), Rey Lopez (trompetista), Gerardo Hernandez (first violin), Jesus Medina (second violin), and Gustavo Nuñez (third violin). Front Row (left to…

Mark Cook posing for a formal photo sitting on a bench covered in cloth dressed in Sunday best. Watch fob in vest button and pocket.

The market. Shows corn, beans, bananas, fish, sweet potatoes. [Shantz travel journal, July 28, 1919]

A photograph of people standing around as teff hay is sold in the market in Johannesburg at 15 pound to 16 pounds and 10 shillings per ton. The auction method is universally used in South African markets.

A photograph taken from outside of the market, showing the bamboo fence surrounding the market area as well as the depot anf the bay in the background.

The market, N'gano - N'gano a mile beyond our camp. It is a typical native market on the top of one of the great hills. Held at 2:00 P.M. [Shantz travel journal, Mar. 17, 1920]

The market, N'gano - N'gano a mile beyond our camp. It is a typical native market on the top of one of the great hills. Held at 2:00 P.M. [Shantz travel journal, Mar. 17, 1920]