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I enjoy the History and Culture of the American West from the 1800s-1930s.
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Vintage Christmas Catalog Collection via Internet Archive
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December 8, 2025 at 5:03 AM
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José Guadalupe Posada, vignettes for the feast of the dead, ca. 1890-1910
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November 1, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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Calaveras (skeletons) by José Guadalupe Posda
c. 1880s-1910s
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October 31, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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c. 1864 photo of Civil War photographer Andrew J. Russell (1829-1902)
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October 25, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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Photos of pioneer families and sod homes by Solomon D. Butcher, ca. 1860s-1880s, Nebraska www.loc.gov/search/?fa=c...
October 22, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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1880s Nebraska photos by Solomon D Butcher www.loc.gov/search/?fa=c...
October 22, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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American silk and cotton aprons ca. 1830s-1850s
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October 19, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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1893 American Wool Riding Habit
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October 13, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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The Designer (Ladies’ Standard Magazine) June 1894, advertising women’s bicycles:
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October 4, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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More of Alexander Gardner’s photos can be viewed at The National Museum of the American Indian: americanindian.si.edu/collections-...
September 30, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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Portraits of Native Americans ca. 1866-1868 by Alexander Gardner americanindian.si.edu/collections-...
September 29, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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Ojibwa Coat, ca. 1789, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
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September 29, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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Crow War Shirt ca. 1880 www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
War shirt - Crow, Native American - The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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September 15, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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The Maffet Ledger book of 105 drawings done by Cheyenne warriors (ca. 1874-1881)
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September 14, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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American wool riding habit (1872)
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September 14, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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The Sacred Remains; American Attitudes Toward Death, 1799-1883 by Gary Laderman yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
The Sacred Remains
When George Washington died in 1799, towns throughout the country commemorated the event with solemn processions featuring empty coffins. In contrast, after ...
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September 14, 2025 at 3:31 AM
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Incidents of Travel and Adventure in the Far West wth Col. Fremont’s Last Expedition Across the Rockies (1857) by Solomon Nunes Carvalho
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Incidents of travel and adventure in the far West; with Col. Frémont's last expedition across the Rocky Mountains: including three months' residence in Utah, and a perilous trip across the great Ameri...
380 p. 20 cm
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September 13, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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The End of the Trail: The far west from New Mexico to British Columbia (1914) by Alexander Powell
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The end of the trail : The far west from New Mexico to British Columbia by Powell
Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by volunteers.
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September 13, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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Shelters, Shacks and Shanties (1914) by Daniel Carter Beard
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September 12, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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Album Pattern Quilt, Baltimore (c. 1846)
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September 4, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Comanche Lookout by Arthur Tracy Lee (1814-1879)
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September 4, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Fording the Pecos River (1858) by Harry S. Sindall
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September 4, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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Crossing the Pecos (1850) by John Russell Bartlett
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September 4, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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Novillo y el Sillìn & Two Vaqueros and a Wild Mustang (c. 1930s-40s) by Ricardo M Beasley
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September 4, 2025 at 3:53 AM
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Hector Bazy Photos (1890-1910) Hector Bazy Manuscript, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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September 4, 2025 at 3:44 AM