American Collection (page 16)

Earliest man tracked by tooth, discovery in Pliocene strata
The earliest man tracked by a tooth: an astounding discovery of human remains in Pliocene strata. An artists vision of Hesperopithecus (the ape-man of the western world) and contemporary animals

Andrew Jackson Davis American spiritualist, visionary etc. Date: 1826 - 1910

Sportsmans Costume
What to wear while shooting birds ? Sportsperson Walter Winans sets a good example in this belted jacket and plus- fours outfit, with puttees and a jaunty tyrolean hat... Date: 1909

Jimmy Carter / Sadat / Begin
JIMMY CARTER 39th American President (1977-81) seen here during the Palestine-Israeli peace talks with Sadat and Begin Date: 1924 -

Native American Indian Picture Writing (Medicine Mans Chant) of the Chippewa or Ojibbewa Indians. Date: circa 1890s

Map of the Lake Tahoe area, Nevada and California, USA, showing the highway system. Date: 1922

Two girls playing on the beach in America Date: circa 1905

Mark Twains Study, Elmira, New York State, USA. The octagonal summer house where the American author wrote many of his books. He spent many summers in Elmira, and is buried there. Date: circa 1930

El Navajo Hotel, Gallup, New Mexico, USA
El Navajo, the new Santa Fe hotel and station at Gallup, New Mexico, USA. Date: 1910s

Main Street, Chanute, Kansas, USA
Main Street looking west, Chanute, Kansas, USA. Date: circa 1920

Edward Vernon Rickenbacker, US pilot and ace
Edward Vernon Rickenbacker (1890-1973), US pilot and leading fighter ace with 26 confirmed victories, seen here with his Nieuport 28. Date: circa 1918

Honey badger, Mellivora capensis, and grison or South American glutton, Galictis cuja.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Frederic Cuviers Dictionary of Natural Science: Mammals, Paris

Allamakee Hotel, Waukon, Iowa, USA
The Allamakee Hotel, Waukon, Allamakee County, Iowa, USA, with people in their cars outside. Date: circa 1910

Treadwell Mines, Douglas Island, Alaska, USA
Treadwell Mines, Douglas Island, east of Juneau, Alaska, USA. Date: circa 1905

General view of Nome, Alaska, USA
General aerial view of Nome, Alaska, USA, in winter. Date: circa 1910

American Liberator bomber by G. H. Davis
President Roosevelts promise is fulfilled as the American Liberator bomber arrives in Britain during the Second World War

Painesdale Cricket Club, Michigan, USA - played in the Copper (Houghton) County league - founded in 1906. The teams were made up of local miners, formerly Cornish tin miners

G Jefferson fails at pole vault, 1932 Olympics
A falling American pole-vaulter grips the cross bar as he makes his descent at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympic Games, failing to make a height of 13 feet 9 inches. Date: 1932

Sketch cover featuring Amelia Earhart by Olive Snell
Portrait of pioneering American aviator, Amelia Earhart (1897 - 1937) by society portraitist Olive Snell on the front cover of The Sketch magazine. Date: 1928

Prohibition -The vision 1920
In these days even " Spirits" have their " Ghost". Satire in a British periodical, depicting Uncle Sam thinking about when alcohol was freely available

Advert for Kodak movies
A woman enjoying the Cine-Kodak. Date: 1926

Harriet Hosmer
HARRIET HOSMER American sculptor with her autograph Date: 1830 - 1908

View of the Rockefeller Center and Downtown New York City
View of the Rockefeller Center looking Downtown, Manhattan Island, New York City, New York State, USA. Aerial photograph. Date: circa 1940

Mount Rainier and Gateway to the City of Tacoma, USA (note the Old City hall - 8193) - sitting above the extensive Northern Pacific Railroad freight depot (yards) and the Thea Foss Waterway

SS Anselm of the Booth Steamship Company
SS Anselm, a British turbine steamship of the Booth Steamship Company. Flying both the English and Brazilian flags - hinting at the standard route of passage for this particular vessel

Ulysses S. Grant - US President and Military Commander
Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885) - 18th president of the United States (18691877) following his success as military commander in the American Civil War. Date: circa 1920s

Washington DC, USA - Great Falls, Potomac River. How fortunate for the rainbow to have appeared just as the picture was taken.... Date: 1920

WW2 - Chemical Warfare Instruction - USA
WW2 - American soldiers undergoing Chemical Warfare Instruction at Greensboro, North Carolina, USA. Date: circa 1944

Joseph Jefferson in his bicycle Chair (The Palm Beach Coach) - Florida, USA. Joseph Jefferson, commonly known as Joe Jefferson (18291905) - American actor

Packing Parachutes at US Air Fields, San Antonio, Texas, USA Date: circa 1942

Keep em Flying - US Dive Bombing Planes. he planes shown here are all U.S. Navy Douglas SBD (" Scout Bomber Douglas" ) Dauntless aircraft

Arch Rock, Mackinac Island, Michigan Date: 1899

The Old Fort, Mackinac Island, Michigan Date: 1899

St. Pauls Minnesota, USA - Conservatory at Como Park and the Sunken Gardens Date: circa 1920s

Canoe Surfing in Honolulu, Hawaii Date: circa 1910s

White-Winged Silvery Gull, by John James Audubon
White-Winged Silvery Gull, Larus Leucopterus, by John James Audubon (1785-1851). A colour plate in The Birds of America: From Original Drawings. Date: 1827-1838

Boeing 314A Clipper NC18607 of Pan American Airways
Boeing 314A Clipper, NC18607, of Pan American Airways was sold to BOAC to become G-AGBZ, Bristol

North American J26 Mustang of the Swedish Air Force

Corvus brachyrhynchos, American crow
Plate 156 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1831-34), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

American Express Train (19th c. ). Litography
American Express Train (19th c.). Litography

American War of Independence. Battle of Yorktown (October 19, 1781). Oil on canvas. FRANCE. Versailles. National Museum of Versailles

CUSTER, George Armstrong (1839-1876). American

Map of Nueva Espa񡠨1767) by Jos頁ntonio Alzate
Map of Nueva Espa񡠨 1767) by Jos頁 ntonio Alzate. Addressed to the Cardinal and General Inquisitor Francisco Antonio de Lorenzana. SPAIN. Madrid. Navy Museum

A Texans eye view of the USA, with a certain state having slightly more georgraphical significance than the physical reality....!! Date: circa 1930s

Writing the Declaration of Independence, 1776. Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and John Adams meet at Jeffersons lodgings, on the corner of Seventh and High (Market) streets in Philadelphia

Denver in 1859. Date c1891 April 21

Railroad station, Fargo, North Dakota. Date 1939 Summer

General Grants cavalry escort, City Point, Va. March, 1865. Group portrait with 5 buglers at left. Date 1865 Mar. printed later

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