wagon trains, 19th century

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An emigrant train attacked by hostile Indians on the prairie / Champney del. ; Nichols sc.

An emigrant train attacked by hostile Indians on the prairie / Champne...

Illustration shows an emigrant wagon train being attacked by Natives while traveling across the Great Plains. Illus. in: Ballou's pictorial drawing-room companion, v. 13, no. 7 (1857 August 15), pp. 104-105. A... More

View of Cumberland Gap, from the south

View of Cumberland Gap, from the south

Print shows abandoned tents scattered across the landscape, as the army passes through the Gap; long columns of troops and wagon trains are departing, some building are being burned. Possibly represents the sud... More

Winslow Homer - Campaign sketches. The coffee call / H.W. [i.e. W.H.]

Winslow Homer - Campaign sketches. The coffee call / H.W. [i.e. W.H.]

Print shows Army of the Potomac soldiers waiting for coffee at a campfire in an encampment. Purchase; William Reese Company; 2013; (DLC/PP-2013:089.01).

Winslow Homer - Campaign sketches. The baggage train / Homer.

Winslow Homer - Campaign sketches. The baggage train / Homer.

Print shows two African American drovers, one with a pipe and the other with a whip, sitting on the back of a covered wagon, which is part of a baggage train for the Army of the Potomac. Purchase; William Rees... More

Swift's Station, Carson and Lake Bigler Road - eastern summit of Sierra Nevada Mountains

Swift's Station, Carson and Lake Bigler Road - eastern summit of Sierr...

Gems of California Scenery, no. 690. The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view.

Pilgrims on the plains / sketched by Theo. R. Davis.

Pilgrims on the plains / sketched by Theo. R. Davis.

Print shows horses being driven into a corral formed by the covered wagons of a wagon train; on the left, in the foreground, is a family gathered at the rear of two wagons. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 13, n... More

Pilgrims of the plains / A.R. Waud ; A. Bobbett sc. N.Y.

Pilgrims of the plains / A.R. Waud ; A. Bobbett sc. N.Y.

Print shows a group of men seated around a campfire, one man plays the fiddle; there are several covered wagons nearby and several more approaching in the background. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 15, no. 782... More

On the way to new diggings - halt in a roug[h] [p]ass of the Rocky Mountains / Meaton(?), sc. ; Frenzeny & Tavernier.

On the way to new diggings - halt in a roug[h] [p]ass of the Rocky Mou...

Miners stopped on rough pass of the Rocky Mountains. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1875 May 1, pp. 360-361.

The newly-discovered mines in the Rocky Mountains

The newly-discovered mines in the Rocky Mountains

Two illustrations: Prospectors and emigrants crossing the parks among the mountains, en route to Leadville, with dead horses along the road; surveyors starting on an expedition to fix the boundaries of claims. ... More

20 mule Borax team, Mojave, Cal. Valley line

20 mule Borax team, Mojave, Cal. Valley line

Photograph shows teams of eighteen mules and two horses attached to large wagons in the desert; two pale horses, positioned closest to the wagon, wear coverings over faces. No. 6.

Winter life on the plains wood engraving, Library of Congress

Winter life on the plains wood engraving, Library of Congress

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1882 Feb. 11, p. 89.

Arbuckle Bros. - Victorian era public domain image

Arbuckle Bros. - Victorian era public domain image

: tradecards,4235 ( tradecards,4235 ) .. Subject (TGM): Coffee industry; Historical events; Cabins; Log cabins; Massacres; Explorers; Pioneers; Wagon trains; Statehood;

Arbuckle Bros. - Victorian era public domain image

Arbuckle Bros. - Victorian era public domain image

: tradecards,3860 ( tradecards,3860 ) .. Subject (TGM): Coffee industry; Statehood; Historical events; Massacres; Wagon trains; Pioneers;

Arbuckle Bros. Coffee Co - Public domain vintage map

Arbuckle Bros. Coffee Co - Public domain vintage map

: tradecards,4220 ( tradecards,4220 ) .. Subject (TGM): Coffee industry; Pioneers; Wagon trains; Carts & wagons; Covered wagons; Plains; Maps;

Arbuckle Bros. Coffee Company - Public domain old map

Arbuckle Bros. Coffee Company - Public domain old map

: tradecards,4007 ( tradecards,4007 ) .. Subject (TGM): Coffee industry; Maps; Covered wagons; Pioneers; Animal teams; Wagon trains;

Nevada. Fallon, mule train street scene

Nevada. Fallon, mule train street scene

Photograph shows man standing with eight team mule train attached to large wagon in the center of town in front of businesses. No. 554.

Emigrant Train, Strawberry Valley, going east. [no. 625].

Emigrant Train, Strawberry Valley, going east. [no. 625].

Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, train car, railway, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Camp at White Bear Den, D.T. - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph

Camp at White Bear Den, D.T. - stereoscopic view, public domain photor...

North Dakota stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker who... More

Teaming from the Central Pacific Railroad at Cisco, Placer County.

Teaming from the Central Pacific Railroad at Cisco, Placer County.

Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, train car, railway, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Emigrant Train, Strawberry Valley, going east. [no. 625].

Emigrant Train, Strawberry Valley, going east. [no. 625].

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Teaming from the Central Pacific Railroad at Cisco, Placer County.

Teaming from the Central Pacific Railroad at Cisco, Placer County.

California Stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker who a... More

Maryland, Antietam Bridge - NARA - 533293

Maryland, Antietam Bridge - NARA - 533293

General notes: Use War and Conflict Number 173 when ordering a reproduction or requesting information about this image.

Wagon train crossing the Rappahannock River

Wagon train crossing the Rappahannock River

Stereograph showing the Sixth Corps wagon train crossing the Rappahannock River on a pontoon bridge near Fredericksburg, Virginia in May, 1864. No. 715. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War H... More

Wagon train crossing the Rappahannock River

Wagon train crossing the Rappahannock River

Stereograph showing the Sixth Corps wagon train crossing the Rappahannock River on a pontoon bridge near Fredericksburg, Virginia in May, 1864. No. 715. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War H... More

Emigrant train, Strawberry Valley, going east

Emigrant train, Strawberry Valley, going east

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 625. Published in: Eyes of the nation : a visual history of the United States / Vincent Virga and ... More

Emigrant train, Strawberry Valley, going east

Emigrant train, Strawberry Valley, going east

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 625. Published in: Eyes of the nation : a visual history of the United States / Vincent Virga and ... More

First wagon train entering Petersburg - 19th century Virginia.

First wagon train entering Petersburg - 19th century Virginia.

Stereograph showing Union wagon train entering Petersburg, Virginia, with provisions after the Rebels were forced to evacuate. No. 951. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War History, 1861-1865... More

First wagon train entering Petersburg - 19th century Virginia.

First wagon train entering Petersburg - 19th century Virginia.

Stereograph showing Union wagon train entering Petersburg, Virginia, with provisions after the Rebels were forced to evacuate. No. 951. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War History, 1861-1865... More

First wagon train entering Petersburg - 19th century Virginia.

First wagon train entering Petersburg - 19th century Virginia.

Stereograph showing Union wagon train entering Petersburg, Virginia, with provisions after the Rebels were forced to evacuate. No. 951. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War History, 1861-1865... More

Sioux Indians attacking a company of the Seventh Cavalry, June 24, 1867 Camp pets of the Seventh United States Cavalry ; Sioux and Cheyennes attacking a wagon train / / sketched by T.R. Davis.

Sioux Indians attacking a company of the Seventh Cavalry, June 24, 186...

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 11, 1867 Aug. 17, p. 516.

Sioux Indians attacking a company of the Seventh Cavalry, June 24, 1867 Camp pets of the Seventh United States Cavalry ; Sioux and Cheyennes attacking a wagon train / / sketched by T.R. Davis.

Sioux Indians attacking a company of the Seventh Cavalry, June 24, 186...

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 11, 1867 Aug. 17, p. 516.

[Richmond, Virginia Wagon train of Military Telegraph Corps]

[Richmond, Virginia Wagon train of Military Telegraph Corps]

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, fallen Richmond, April-June 1865.

[Richmond, Virginia Wagon train of Military Telegraph Corps]

[Richmond, Virginia Wagon train of Military Telegraph Corps]

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, fallen Richmond, April-June 1865.

[Cedar Level, Virginia  Commissary depot with supply train wagons]

[Cedar Level, Virginia Commissary depot with supply train wagons]

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the siege of Petersburg, June 1864-April 1865.

[Cedar Level, Virginia  Commissary depot with supply train wagons]

[Cedar Level, Virginia Commissary depot with supply train wagons]

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the siege of Petersburg, June 1864-April 1865.

Emigrant Train, Strawberry Valley, going east. [no. 625].

Emigrant Train, Strawberry Valley, going east. [no. 625].

Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, train car, railway, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Camp at White Bear Den, D.T. - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph

Camp at White Bear Den, D.T. - stereoscopic view, public domain photor...

North Dakota stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker who... More

Emigrant Train, Strawberry Valley, going east. [no. 625].

Emigrant Train, Strawberry Valley, going east. [no. 625].

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

[Study for "Westward Ho!" showing figures with wagon train from "Westward the course of empire takes its way"]

[Study for "Westward Ho!" showing figures with wagon train from "Westw...

Public domain photograph of 19th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Study for "Westward Ho!" showing figures with wagon train from "Westward the course of empire takes its way"]

[Study for "Westward Ho!" showing figures with wagon train from "Westw...

Public domain photograph of 19th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Across the continent, "Westward the course of empire takes its way" / J.M. Ives, del. ; drawn by F.F. Palmer.

Across the continent, "Westward the course of empire takes its way" / ...

Print shows a settlement of log buildings, with school and church, on the edge of the prairie; a steam railroad train is headed west with many passengers and covered wagons are departing for the west as well; N... More

Across the continent, "Westward the course of empire takes its way" / J.M. Ives, del. ; drawn by F.F. Palmer.

Across the continent, "Westward the course of empire takes its way" / ...

Print shows a settlement of log buildings, with school and church, on the edge of the prairie; a steam railroad train is headed west with many passengers and covered wagons are departing for the west as well; N... More

Across the continent, "Westward the course of empire takes its way" / J.M. Ives, del. ; drawn by F.F. Palmer.

Across the continent, "Westward the course of empire takes its way" / ...

Print shows a settlement of log buildings, with school and church, on the edge of the prairie; a steam railroad train is headed west with many passengers and covered wagons are departing for the west as well; N... More

[Atlanta, Ga. Wagon train on Marietta Street]

[Atlanta, Ga. Wagon train on Marietta Street]

Photograph of the War in the West. These photographs are of Sherman in Atlanta, September-November, 1864. After three and a half months of incessant maneuvering and much hard fighting, Sherman forced Hood to a... More

[Atlanta, Ga. Wagon train on Marietta Street]

[Atlanta, Ga. Wagon train on Marietta Street]

Photograph of the War in the West. These photographs are of Sherman in Atlanta, September-November, 1864. After three and a half months of incessant maneuvering and much hard fighting, Sherman forced Hood to a... More

[Atlanta, Ga. Wagon train on Marietta Street]

[Atlanta, Ga. Wagon train on Marietta Street]

Photograph of the War in the West. These photographs are of Sherman in Atlanta, September-November, 1864. After three and a half months of incessant maneuvering and much hard fighting, Sherman forced Hood to a... More

[Petersburg, Virginia The first Federal wagon train entering the town]

[Petersburg, Virginia The first Federal wagon train entering the town]

Photograph of the main eastern theater of war, the siege of Petersburg, June 1864-April 1865.

[Petersburg, Virginia The first Federal wagon train entering the town]

[Petersburg, Virginia The first Federal wagon train entering the town]

Photograph of the main eastern theater of war, the siege of Petersburg, June 1864-April 1865.

[Petersburg, Virginia The first Federal wagon train entering the town]

[Petersburg, Virginia The first Federal wagon train entering the town]

Photograph of the main eastern theater of war, the siege of Petersburg, June 1864-April 1865.

Grand review. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Grand review. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Distant view of supply wagons and pack mules grouped in front of tents. Copyright deposit. Title transcribed from item. Forms part of the John C. H. Grabill Collection.

Grand review. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Grand review. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Distant view of supply wagons and pack mules grouped in front of tents. Copyright deposit. Title transcribed from item. Forms part of the John C. H. Grabill Collection.

First wagon train entering Petersburg - 19th century Virginia.

First wagon train entering Petersburg - 19th century Virginia.

Stereograph showing the first Union wagon train entering Petersburg, Virginia, with provisions after the Rebels were forced to evacuate. No. 951. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War History,... More

First wagon train entering Petersburg - 19th century Virginia.

First wagon train entering Petersburg - 19th century Virginia.

Stereograph showing the first Union wagon train entering Petersburg, Virginia, with provisions after the Rebels were forced to evacuate. No. 951. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War History,... More