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Arrest Record for sit-in
Handwritten arrest record for Huldah Elizabeth Taylor on May 15, 1963 for trespassing during at Greensboro, North Carolina sit-in demonstration.
Stephen Hill, an African American who migrated to California for the Gold Rush
Photo of Stephen Hill
Portraits
portraits of Pedro di Alvarado, Ferdinand Cortes, Christoval de Olid, and Gonzalez de Sandoval
Angels taming sea monsters
page ornament with angels taming sea monsters
Tigre Mess[ican]a, Tlacocelotl, Itzecuintepotzotli, Istrice Mess[ican]o, Re de' Zopiloti, Axolotl, Occhione, Tepajaxin, Anfisbena Mess[ican]a, Temolin
animals of Mexico
Il Tempio, maggior di Messico
the Great Temple of Mexico
Portrait of Motezuma Xocojotzin
portrait of Motezuma Xocojotzin surrounded by portraits of Ferdinano Cortes, Pietro Alvarado, Gonzalo di Sandoval, and Cristoforo D'Olid
View of Aleppo
This image of Aleppo appears in the Travel Journal of Ambrosio Bembo. Like Balbi, Bembo too traveled throughout the Middle East and enlisted the assistance of a a French artist to illustrate various cities he visited during his travels. Bembo…
Jeweled Corno
18th century watercolor depicting the Ducal Corno. The original corno was created in 1555 and dis-assembled in the early 19th century, making this rendering an invaluable resource for understanding the appearance of this destroyed object.