A scarce and vivid lithograph illustrating the tensions surrounding the passage of the fugitive slave law. The Library of Congress provides an excellent description of this evocative print: “A satire on the antagonism between Northern abolitionists on the one hand, and Secretary of State Daniel Webster and other supporters of.....
![Item #7378 [Album of Northern California lumbering real photo postcards.]. A. W. Ericson, J. H....](https://jamesarsenault.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/7378_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1648594349)
An evocative album documenting the Northern California lumbering industry in the early 20th century. Comprising images by at least eight identified photographers, this album begins with a range of photos of lumberjacks posing in front of massive felled, or soon-to-be felled, Redwood trees in Humboldt County. Images show the transportation.....
A promotional pamphlet designed to attract prospective buyers to southeastern Nebraska, including a map showcasing the Burlington Route railroad network in the region. By 1887, the southeastern region of Nebraska was already well-settled and connected extensively by rail, largely dominated by the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad (CB&Q, commonly known.....
An appealing topographical map of the town of Woodstock, Connecticut featuring many local points of interest, with additional printed annotations by a second hand. Lester’s distinctive map is characterized by its prominent hillshade hatching, which portrays this northeastern Connecticut town within an almost otherworldly landscape of rolling hills. Depicted in.....
A map of Berkshire County, Massachusetts made for the Berkshire Life Insurance Company (est. 1851) of Pittsfield, Mass., intended to promote tourism in the area. Civil engineer Walter Watson first created this map in 1883. This second edition of 1896 differs from the earlier edition in that it is accompanied.....