Women on the North American Canadian Frontier in 19C - by Dutch-born...
Cornelius Krieghoff was born in Amsterdam, spent his formative years in Bavaria, and studied in Rotterdam & Dusseldorf. He traveled to the United States in the 1830s, where he served in the Army...
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Freed Female Slave by William Aiken Walker (American genre artist, 1839-1921 best known for depicting poor black emancipated slaves in the post-Reconstruction American South.)
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Cornelius Krieghoff (Dutch-born Canadian painter, 1815-1872) Winter Landscape Laval 1862Cornelius Krieghoff 1815-1872 was born in Amsterdam, spent his formative years in Bavaria, & studied in...
View Article19C Southern Emancipated Slave Woman by William Aiken Walker 1839-1921
Freed Female Slave by William Aiken Walker (American genre artist, 1839-1921 best known for depicting poor black emancipated slaves in the post-Reconstruction American South.)
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Cornelius Krieghoff (Dutch-born Canadian painter, 1815-1872) A Winter IncidentCornelius Krieghoff 1815-1872 was born in Amsterdam, spent his formative years in Bavaria, & studied in Rotterdam &...
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Cornelius Krieghoff (Dutch-born Canadian painter, 1815-1872) Breaking up of a country ball in Canada in the early morning 1857Cornelius Krieghoff 1815-1872 was born in Amsterdam, spent his formative...
View Article1830 Odd Scraps of Information for the Frugal Housewife
Lydia Maria Francis ChildThe Frugal Housewife - Dedicated to Those Who Are Not Ashamed of Economy 2nd Edition To Which is Added Hints to Persons of Moderate FortuneBoston: Carter and Hendee. 1830Henry...
View ArticleMoving West- Ex Slave Stagecoach Mary Fields 1st Black Woman in US Postal...
This former slave was the 1st black woman delivering letters & packages in America's Old West. Mary Fields, born in 1832, in Hickman County, Tennessee, was born a slave, grew up an orphan, never...
View Article19C Southern Emancipated Slave Woman by William Aiken Walker 1839-1921
Freed Female Slave by William Aiken Walker (American genre artist, 1839-1921 best known for depicting poor black emancipated slaves in the post-Reconstruction American South.)
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Cornelius Krieghoff was born in Amsterdam, spent his formative years in Bavaria, and studied in Rotterdam & Dusseldorf. He traveled to the United States in the 1830s, where he served in the Army...
View ArticleMoving West - Domestic Chores - 1824-27 in Missouri
In 1803, President Thomas Jefferson quietly purchased the territory of Louisiana from the French government for $15 million. The Louisiana Purchase stretched from the Mississippi River to the Rocky...
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Cornelius Krieghoff was born in Amsterdam, spent his formative years in Bavaria, and studied in Rotterdam & Dusseldorf. He traveled to the United States in the 1830s, where he served in the Army...
View ArticleMoving West - Slavery - 1824-27 in Missouri
Gottfried Duden, Report on a Journey to the Western States of North America: Written during a stay of several years along the Missouri, 1824-1827.Eyre Crowe (1824–1910) Slaves Waiting for Sale from...
View Article19C Southern Emancipated Slave Sisters by William Aiken Walker 1839-1921
Freed Female Slaves by William Aiken Walker (American genre artist, 1839-1921 best known for depicting poor black emancipated slaves in the post-Reconstruction American South.)
View ArticleMoving West - 1828 The Life of the Frontier Wife
Frances Trollope, Domestic Manners of the Americans. Written during her stay in America, 1827-18311828-29. The Life of the Frontier WifeHenry Ossawa Tanner (American artist, 1859–1937) Spinning by...
View ArticleMoving West - Women's Diet & Health - 1824-27 in Missouri
Gottfried Duden, Report on a Journey to the Western States of North America: Written during a stay of several years along the Missouri, 1824-1827.George Caleb Bingham (American genre painter,...
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Cornelius Krieghoff was born in Amsterdam, spent his formative years in Bavaria, and studied in Rotterdam & Dusseldorf. He traveled to the United States in the 1830s, where he served in the Army...
View ArticleMoving West - Food Needed for a Wagon Trip Across Country
Randolph B. Marcy. A Hand-Book for Overland Expeditions. Harper and Brothers, New York 1859 "Supplies for a march should be put up in the most secure, compact, and portable shape. Bacon should be...
View ArticleMoving West - Living Costs - 1824-7 in Missouri
Gottfried Duden, Report on a Journey to the Western States of North America: Written during a stay of several years along the Missouri, 1824-1827.MISSOURI. March 1827. Financial requirements for...
View ArticleWomen on the North American Canadian Frontier in 19C - by Dutch-born...
Cornelius Krieghoff was born in Amsterdam, spent his formative years in Bavaria, and studied in Rotterdam & Dusseldorf. He traveled to the United States in the 1830s, where he served in the Army...
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