Mississippi Collection (page 2)

John Law (1671 A?i? 1729). Scottish economist. Dutch satiri
John Law (1671A?i?1729). Scottish economist. He was appointed Controller General of Finances of France under King Louis XV. In 1716 Law established the Banque G?n?rale in France, a private bank

Hernando de Soto (c. 1496 / 1497A?i?1542). Spanish explorer an
Hernando de Soto (c.1496/1497A?i?1542). Spanish explorer and conquistador. Was the first European documented to have crossed the Mississippi River. Colored engraving

Hernando De Soto
HERNANDO DE SOTO Spanish explorer. Discovered the Mississippi river

Natchez and Eclipse
A race between the two paddlesteamers Natchez and Eclipse on the Mississippi

Railroad bridge over Mississippi River, Illinois, USA
Train on railroad bridge over Mississippi River at Quincy, Illinois, USA, on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Line. Date: circa 1910

US Rowing Eight on the Mississippi River
A US Rowing Eight on the Mississippi River. Date: 1900

Falls of Saint Anthony, Upper Mississippi, 1847, by Henry Le
Henry Lewis (1819-1904). English painter. Falls of Saint Anthony, Upper Mississippi, 1847. Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum. Madrid. Spain

Jackson. The Confederate War Memorial. 1891
Jackson. Monument to the Confederate Dead (1891) before Charlotte Capers Building. USA

Jackson. The Old Mississippi State Capitol. Built 1839 by Wi
Jackson. The Old Mississippi State Capitol. Built 1839. Architect William NIchois. State of Mississippi. USA

Jackson. Mississippi State Capitol. State of Mississipi. USA
Jackson. State of Mississipi. Mississippi State Capitol. Housing the Mississippi Legislature. Built in 1901 by Theodore C. Link (1850-1923). USA

Jackson. First presbyterian church State of Mississippi. USA

French allegory about the founding of the East India Company (1717). Merchants and missionaries with Indians at the mouth of the Mississippi River. Colored engraving

Mississippi Cotton Steamer, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
A cotton steamer on the Mississippi River at New Orleans. Horses and wagons line up to transport bales of cotton. Date: circa 1895

Charles Henry Davis
CHARLES HENRY DAVIS American naval officer who commanded a Union flotilla on the Mississippi and secured the surrender of Memphis. Date: 1807 - 1877

Crossing Mississippi
Settlers wagons are ferried across the Mississippi River, at the start of their long journey to the Golden West. Date: circa 1850

Mississippi Flood / 1927
Memphis submerged under the flood waters of the Mississippi Date: 1927

Mississippi River landing, Mississippi, USA
Mississippi River landing at Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA, with two steamboats, the Belle of Calhoun (left) and the Belle of the Bends (right). Date: circa 1905

Gulf of Mexico, Mississippi City, Mississippi, USA
A group of women looking out across the Gulf of Mexico, Mississippi City, Mississippi, USA, from the deck of Friendship House Restaurant. Date: 1950

Cat Island Lighthouse, Mississippi coast, USA
Cat Island Lighthouse, a square, screw-pile structure off the Mississippi coast, USA. Designed to guide shipping through the Mississippi Sound

People picnicking in a wood, Silver Creek, Mississippi, USA
A large group of people picnicking in a wood at Silver Creek, Mississippi, USA. Date: circa 1908

River front, Hannibal, Missouri, USA
River front at Hannibal, Missouri, USA, showing a large steamboat on the Mississippi River. Date: circa 1925

Poster design for Illinois Central travel
Poster design for Illinois Central, the road of travel luxury, featuring trips from Chicago and St Louis to the Gulf Coast (Beautiful Mississippi), offering sports all the year round

Ictinia mississippiensis, Mississippi kite
Plate 117 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

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United States (s. XIX). Econom� Plantaci󮠤 e algod󮠥 n el Mississippi. Litograf� Litography

Abductions / Pascagoula
CHARLES HICKSON and CALVIN PARKER are fishing when a UFO lands near them and they are abducted on board : returned, they insist their story is true - and still do ! Date: 11 October 1973

Jefferson Davis, seated, facing left, during portrait session at Davis home Beauvoir, near Biloxi, Mississippi. Date c1885

Jefferson Davis, seated, facing front, during portrait session at Davis home Beauvoir, near Biloxi, Mississippi. Date c1885

Admiral Porters fleet running the rebel blockade of the Mississippi at Vicksburg, April 16th 1863. Date 1863

Destruction of the rebel ram Arkansas: By the United State gunboat Essex, on the Mississippi River, near Baton Rouge, August 4th 1862. Date 1862?

The U. S. Steam Frigate Mississippi, Com re M. C. Perry--Goin
The U.S. Steam Frigate Mississippi, Com..re M.C. Perry--Going out to the relief of the American steamer Hunter a French bark her prize

Mississippi River fleet - US gunboat Fort Hindman. Date photographed between 1861 and 1865, printed later

Scene on the upper Mississippi (Am Ober-Mississippi). Two steamboats and raft in foreground. Date 186-?

Wooding up on the Mississippi. Date c1863. Wooding up on the Mississippi. Date c1863

Low water in the Mississippi. Date c1867

Family of Peter Elvis, New Orleans, La. All except smallest baby work in the Barataria Canning Company. Youngest boy, Jo. seven years old works Saturdays

Dr. N. W. Tracys illustrated lecture. The Mississippi of int
Dr. N.W. Tracys illustrated lecture. The Mississippi of intemperance. Date c1882 Aug. 12. Dr. N.W. Tracys illustrated lecture. The Mississippi of intemperance. Date c1882 Aug. 12

Little Teeny, one of the smallest oyster shuckers at Pass Christian, Miss. Did not know how old she was. Location: Pass Christian, Mississippi. Date 1911 February

Mississippi River steamer

Typical farmer group of Prairie City, Missouri, in Mississippi County. Date 1936 Mar

Twelve year old son of a cotton sharecropper near Cleveland, Mississippi. Date 1937 June

Port Gibson, Mississippi. Date 1940 Aug

The tractor is driving cotton workers off the land. Mississippi Delta, Aldridge Plantation. Date 1937 June

Theatre in Leland, Mississippi. Date 1937 June

Vegetable vendor, Mound Bayou, Mississippi. Date 1939 Jan

The steamer Capitol, Mississippi River, Arkansas. Date 1935 Oct

The Splendid Naval Triumph on the Mississippi, April 24th 1862. Destruction of the Rebel gunboats, rams, and iron clad batteries by the Union Fleet under the Flag Officer Farragut

John Law (Card)
JOHN LAW Scottish financier in France, where he promoted the Mississippi scheme. His initial funding came from success at the gaming table. Date: 1671 - 1729

Land and Water Magazine - Cover - Cecil Aldin
Cover design by Cecil Aldin for Land and Water Magazine, featuring a Town and Country coach pulled by a team of four white horses

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