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Digitally restored from a late 19th Century encyclopedia.
On April 3, 1865, Major General Godfrey Weitzel marched his troops - most of them African Americans - into Richmond, the capital of the Confederacy. Wood engraving, published in 1865.
The sea sinks the army of the pharaoh in the old book The Bible in Pictures, by G. Doreh, 1897
Villa Eugénie in Biarritz, France. Vintage half tone photo etching circa 19th century. The original building was damaged by fire in 1903 and rebuilt.
London, England 1800s: \nThe Palace of Westminster the Parliament of the United Kingdom in London, England. \nCommonly called the Houses of Parliament with the House of Commons and House of Lords.\n\nThe Chamber of the House of Commons measures 14 by 20.7 metres and is plainer in style than the Lords Chamber; the benches, as well as other furnishings in the Commons side of the palace, are coloured green. Other parliaments in Commonwealth nations, India, Canada, Australia, have copied the colour scheme with green and red.
Washington Politics - White House
A drawing of Primoz Trubar as depicted on the Tolar banknote on a white background
Vintage photograph of The Waterloo Chamber, Windsor Castle, 19th Century
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close-up of an old-style hundred US dollars, details of a 100 dollars banknote
Drawn and measured very precisely by Antoine Desgodetz Architect in 1676.
The Wilhelma is a zoological-botanical garden in the Stuttgart district of Bad Cannstatt. With over one million visitors annually, it is one of the most popular zoological gardens in Germany. Today, Wilhelma shows around 11,000 animals from all over the world on around 30 hectares. Photography from 19th century.
Horse Guards - a historic building in the City of Westminster, London, on Whitehall\n\nBuilt in the mid-18th century as a barracks for the Household Cavalry. \n\nHorse Guards was the entrance to the Palace of Whitehall and St James's Palace;  still ceremonially defended by the King's Life Guard.
Blenheim Palace is a monumental stately home situated in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England. It is the seat of the Dukes of Marlborough. The palace, one of England's largest houses, was built between 1705 and circa 1724. UNESCO recognised the palace as a World Heritage Site in 1987.
Benjamin Franklin cut from 100 US dollar banknote and Nicolae Grigorescu cut out from 10 Romanian Lei banknote for design purpose
Vintage photograph of the Louvre Colonnade, the easternmost façade of the Palais du Louvre in Paris.
A closeup of a 100 American dollar banknote
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LEI Romanian money. RON Leu money european currency and inflation
Puerta del Perdón (Door of Forgiveness) at Mosque–Cathedral of Córdoba in Córdoba, Spain. Vintage halftone photo etching circa 19th century.
Bethlem Royal Hospital, aka St. Mary Bethlehem, Bethlehem Hospital and Bedlam, a psychiatric hospital in Bromley, London. \n\nIts famous history has inspired several horror books, films, and TV series, most notably Bedlam, a 1946 film with Boris Karloff.\n\nFounded in 1247, the hospital was originally near Bishopsgate just outside the walls of the City of London.  then to St George's Fields in Southwark in 1815, The word \
The House of Representatives passed the constitutional amendment to abolish slavery in the United States on January 31, 1865. Wood engraving, published in 1865.
Vintage elements of paper banknotes.Bonistics.Fragment of 100 US dollar banknote for design purpose. United States of America
Vintage photograph of Boys playing by a river, Tourane (Da Nang), Vietnam, 19th Century
Achan was stoned in the old book The Bible in Pictures, by G. Doreh, 1897
Dovedale, in the Peak District of England from out-of-copyright 1891 book \
Street in Berwick-upon Tweed including the Custom House. Vintage effect. Northumberland England
camden place
London, England 1800s:  HM Prison Holloway a prison for adult women and young offenders in Holloway, London, England, Was the largest women's prison in western Europe,. Closed in 2016.
The Port of Liverpool, England. This is a scan of an original engraving from 'The Modern Universal British Traveller' published by J Cooke in 1779. At this time ships out of Liverpool dominated the transatlantic slave trade.
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