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1892 Antique Photography Book Railroad Old West Industry Architecture Indians For Sale
Our Land and Country
Life and History, Treasures and Splendors From Plymouth Rock to
the Golden Gate
A Panorama of 400 Years' American Progress
1492-1892
Published by C A Nichols Co.
MDCCCXCII
(1892)
Folks, this 120 year-old, 1st edition is packed full of old photos
that
are all more than a century old!
So many times we look at an old photograph, and have no idea of the
treasure before our eye's. Wet-plate photographers helped to open the
American West by taking their cameras out of the studio and on
location. The wet plate photographer needed a strong back when he went
into the field but the detail in wet-plate photos can be absolutely
astonishing. Many
of
the items in these old Victorian era photos have fallen victim to
the ravages of time and few objects possess the ability to transcend
time as old photograph books do. This old photo book is a treasure
trove of
assorted and valuable historical information about the US just 30 years
after the Civil War. The front of every page is a full-page photograph while the facing page has a generous amount of
information or history
about the photograph or illustration subject (there is a list of
the illustrations at the end of the description below).
Our Land and
Country contains glimpses of America through century-old
photography that includes street views, businesses, railroads,
nature, Indians,
landmarks, architecture, mining, industrial, nautical and rural views
just to
mention a few, and all for the most part, are long-gone.
This book is an 1892 photographic depiction of 19th century America
with over 300
full-page photographs and illustrations from over
100 years ago! Life and history, treasures and splendors, from Plymouth
Rock to the Golden Gate were
photographed in the
finest art and in the widest expansion of
pictorial illustration available at the time. A celebration of American
history. . . photos from 36 states. . . many from New York,
Massachusetts, Washington,
Illinois and California.
Remember
folks, this first edition book full of America's wonderlands was
copyrighted in 1892 so all
the photos are from that year or earlier. All photos are
full-page. I've arranged the photos by region for
the convenience of historians. Please allow time for the many photo
samples to load and enjoy!
COPYRIGHT: 1892 with MDCCCXCII
(1892) on title page
PAGES: 627 pgs measuring 9" x
10"
PUBLISHER: C A Nichols
CONDITION: Most books of massive weight like this one do not
survive! This book weighs just over 6 pounds! It has had some TLC and
is now in solid condition. The spine has been recovered with black
leather and the remaining portions of the original spine cloth has been
laid on. The
inside front and rear
hinges have been reinforced with black linen archival binding. This old
photo book is a clean, solid book. There
are
just a couple margin page-turning tears and very minor foxing. Pages are
not brittle nor are there any loose or missing pages. The front and rear cloth
boards have some corner wear. The photos below are all full-page in
the book and measure
6" x 8". Most of the photos below appear lighter on the left side
because I didn't force the book to lay flat on the scanner - all photos
in the book are even-toned. The book is an over-all solid and presentable book. There are no signs
of previous ownership. The book is a fine example of this increasingly
rare old photography book!
Vintage Photos:
Alaska:
Fort Wrangel, Alaska, Indian Village
street scene with totem
pole •
Glacier in Alaska, The Muir, fronting the ocean • Sitka, Alaska
panoramic view
Arizona:
Cliff Dwellings
in
Arizona •
Grand Canyon
of the Colorado River
California:
Newport Beach:
Summer Bathing (with
horse and buggies on the beach) •
Redwoods loaded on railroad
cars pulled by locomotives in logging train yard •
Lick Observatory, Mt. Hamilton, California near San Jose • Orange
Grove, San Gabriel Valley, California • Upper Yosemite Fall, CA •
Giant redwood tree dwarfing two axe men • Del Coranado Hotel, San Diego
CA • Life in
Chinatown, San Francisco • San Francisco looking south from the Cliff
House • San Francisco, CA view of California Street business section
with trolley cars • Interior view of Santa Cruz Church • Interior view
of the great 36.5" telescope at Lick Observatory, CA • View of San
Francisco from Russian Hill • Interior view of Starr King Church, San
Francisco • Entrance to the Golden Gate Bay, California • Panoramic
view of San
Francisco Bay and buildings, California ( Cliff House in distance)
Colorado:
Balanced Rock,
Colorado • Ute Pass,
Colorado • Denver Colorado High
School • Railway train loaded with ore in downtown Creede, Colorado •
Pike's Peak Toll Road and horse and buggy passengers • Yellowstone
Lake, Colorado • Panoramic view of Denver, Colorado • Creede Mining
Camp miners, group photo, Creede, CO • Panoramic view Silver Cord Mine,
Leadville, CO
Connecticut:
Downtown street
view of Hartford,
Connecticut • State Capitol, Hartford
CT • Street view in New Haven, CT • Interior view of Yale College
Library, New Haven, CT
Florida:
Florida banana
plantation with negro
boy • Street view in St.
Augustine, FL • Interior court of the Ponce de Leon, St. Augustine, FL
• Memorial Church and garden, St. Augustine, FL • View of Deep Creek,
St. John's River, FL (with steamboat in view) • Street corner with old
houses, St. Augustine, FL
Idaho:
Shoshone Falls
and
Rapids, Idaho
Illinois:
Washington Park,
suburban of Chicago,
Derby Day (clubhouse in view) •
Lake and
Floral View of Chicago South Park • Interior view of Exchange Hall of
Chicago Board of Trade • Lake and
Floral View of Chicago South Park • Schiller Monument and Garden in
Lincoln Park, Chicago Illinois • Water Works building in Chicago IL •
Street view of homes on Michigan Avenue, Chicago • Masonic Temple,
Chicago IL • Statue, The Indian Chief, Lincoln Park, Chicago •
Pavilion
and lake in Lincoln Park, Chicago • View of lake in Jackson Park,
Chicago • View of La Salle Street, Chicago, business section with
trolley cars • Madison Street, Chicago, IL business section with
trolley cars • Exterior of Woman's Temple, Woman's Christian Temperance
Union, Chicago • Woman's
Department building under construction, Columbian Exposition, Chicago •
Horticultural Dept. Building, under construction, for 1893 Columbian
Exposition • Dairy Department and Building under construction for 1893
Chicago Columbian Expo Fair • Mines and Mining Dept. Building under
construction for 1893 Chicago World's Fair • Transportation Dept.
Building under construction for Columbian Exposition 1893 fair •
Agricultural Dept. Building under construction for 1893 Chicago
Columbian Exposition • Electrical Department Building under
construction for Columbian Expo
Indiana:
Downtown street
view in Indianapolis •
Exterior view of State House, Indianapolis, IN
Iowa:
Downtown street
view of Burlington Iowa
• Downtown business street
view, Des Moines Iowa • Business section street view in Cedar Rapids,
IA (with early electric poles) • Park view in Des Moines, IA
Kansas:
Kansas City Park
lake view with bridge
in distance • Stock Exchange building, Kansas City
Kentucky:
Court House,
Louisville, KY • Fourth
Street business section of
Louisville, KY with old street lamps and trolley car tracks in view
Louisiana:
Jackson Square
and
St. Louis Cathedral,
New Orleans •
Scene of New Orleans levee with train cars a huge ship
Maine:
Downtown street
view of Portland,
Maine, (horse and buggies in photo) •
Deering Park, Portland, Maine
Maryland:
Johns Hopkins
Hospital, Baltimore MD •
Mount Vernon Place and Monuments, Baltimore MD • Panoramic rooftop view
of Baltimore • Statue of George
Peabody, Baltimore
Massachusetts:
Plymouth Rock
beneath the granite
canopy •
Statue of Edward Everett in
the Public Garden, Boston •
Famous Minot's Ledge Lighthouse,
Massachusetts Bay •
Longfellow's Home, Cambridge Massachusetts •
Bridge view in Public Garden, Boston • Memorial Hall interior,
Harvard College •
Medical School building, Harvard College •
Interior
view of King's Chapel, Boston • Highland Lighthouse, Cape Cod •
National Monument to the Forefathers, Plymouth Massachusetts • Fancy
interior parlor view of a Boston, Back Bay home •
Old State House,
Boston • Interior of Trinity Church, Boston MA • Bunker Hill Monument,
Charlestown, MA •Thomas Ball's Equestrian Statue of Washington •
Interior view of Faneuil Hall, Boston • Interior of library in Quincy,
neighborhood of Boston MA • Springfield, MA, downtown view of
business street with trolley cars • Exterior view of Trinity Church,
Boston • Street view in business section of Boston with horse-drawn
trolley cars • Fall
River, MA High School (with clock tower, observatory, and a chime of
bells)
Michigan:
Panoramic view
of
Belle Isle Park,
Detroit • University of Michigan,
Ann Arbor • Calumet and Hecla Copper Mining Engine, largest land engine
in the world, 4700 hp • Iron Mines, Ishpeming, MI • State House
building, Lansing MI • Detroit, view of Woodward Avenue in business
section
Minnesota:
Ice Palace at
night, St. Paul Minnesota
• Panoramic view of flouring
mill factories in Minneapolis • Panoramic view of St. Paul, Minnesota •
Business section street view in Minneapolis • Minnehaha Falls,
Minneapolis, MN
Missouri:
Shaw's Garden,
St.
Louis MO, bequeathed
by Henry Shaw •
Missouri Railway-loop scene
Nebraska:
View of Douglas
Street business
section, Omaha, Nebraska
New Hampshire:
Jacob's Ladder
railroad trestle, Mt.
Washington Railway, NH • Mount
Washington Railway in the White Mountain range, NH •
Jefferson Mills,
Manchester NH, cotton mill factory interior view • Panoramic view of
factories and river in Manchester, NH
New Jersey:
Panoramic view
of
Paterson NJ factories
on the Passaic River • Jersey
City, Pennsylvania Railroad PRR terminal station under construction
New York:
Mall in Central
Park •
Front View of
the Capitol in Albany, New York •
St. Patrick's Cathedral, NY •
Shipping view, Niagara River •
Astor House, New York •
Buffalo, New
York Street view •
Interior view of St. Paul's Church, Broadway, NY
where Washington attended •
The Marble Arch and Terrace, Central Park,
NY •
West Point Landing, Hudson River, NY ( sternwheelers in view) •
Coney Island, Brighton Beach, New York • Panoramic view of East River
Bridge, New York • Banks of the Hudson River, The Highlands (where
Washington ordered a chain suspended to prevent enemy vessels from
entering) • US Military Institute, Governor's Island •
Panoramic view
of New York City downtown with river in distance •
Trinity Church, New
York City • Interior Courtyard of Fort Columbus, New York Harbor •
Chautauqua Assembly Grounds, Chautauqua, NY • Senate Chamber, Albany
Capitol interior view • Egyptian Obelisk, Central Park, New York •
Union League Club Building, New York • New York Historical Society
building sculptures and paintings room • Downtown street view of Troy
NY •
Statue of Lafayette, Union Square, New York • Fancy
Drawing Room in a New York mansion • Interior view of St.
Patrick's Cathedral • Statue of Liberty • Street view of Wall
Street •
Corridor in New York State Capitol • Observatory in Central
Park • Castle Garden, New York • Lenox Library building,
New York City • East River Docks full of ships, steamers,
sternwheelers, tugs, etc,
Statue of Liberty in background • Public Markets (Farmer's
Market),
New York City • Widlam • View of Poughkeepsie, NY and her great bridge
of the
Hudson River • Elevated Railroad, Sixth Avenue, NY • Business scene at
the docs, Buffalo NY • Noonday view in Printing House Square, NYC
(trolley cars in photo) • Street view of Vanderbilt Mansions, New
York
City • Madison Square Garden and street view, NY, old street lamps in
view • Interior view of a room in the Union League Club House, NYC •
Interior view of Trinity Church, NYC
Ohio:
Dayton Ohio
street
scene, corner of 5th
and Main Streets looking east • Exterior of Music Hall, Cincinnati,
Ohio • Busy harbor scene and ships,
Cleveland, Ohio • YMCA Building, Dayton OH • Business section street
scene in Columbus, Ohio • Exterior view of Old State Capitol, Columbus,
Ohio • Public Square, Cleveland, OH • Adelbert College, Cleveland
Oregon:
Portland Harbor
•
Opera House, Portland
Oregon • Mt. Hood, Oregon • Hercules' Pillars, OR
Pennsylvania:
Ancient
Historical
House in
Philadelphia, First Fish House in City •
Independence Hall interior, Philadelphia •
Mauch Chunk 'Gravity'
Railway, PA, ascends to Pisgah's top •
Old Independence or Liberty Bell, Philadelphia • Drive and Tunnel in
Philadelphia
Park • Graduating Class of Indians from Indian Industrial School,
Carlisle, PA (13 male, 5 female Indians) • Exterior view of Academy of
Fine
Arts, Philadelphia • Girard College, Philadelphia PA, exterior view •
Business street view of Chestnut Street, Philadelphia with trolley car
tracks and old street lamps
Rhode Island:
Panoramic view
of
Providence, Rhode
Island •
Old Slater Mill, Pawtucket
RI, 1st cotton mill in US •
Roger Williams Monument, Providence RI •
Old Stone Mill, Newport, Rhode Island •
Brown University, Providence RI •
Surf bathing at Block Island RI •
Ida Lewis Lighthouse, Newport
Harbor, RI •
Exterior view of casino at Narragansett Pier, RI • Newport
Harbor
South Carolina:
Marion Square
and
statue, Charleston
SC, in honor of Revolutionary War
General Marion • Sidewalk view next to the ocean in Charleston SC,
mansions on left • Exterior view of the Custom House, Charleston, SC
Tennessee:
Downtown street
view of Nashville
Utah:
Mormon
Tabernacle
and Temple (under
construction), Salt Lake City • Panoramic view of Salt Lake City, Utah
with LDS Mormon Temple under
construction • Provo Falls, Utah
Vermont:
Bennington
Monument, Bennington VT
Virginia:
Panoramic view
of
Richmond, VA and
James River • Newport News Harbor, VA
Washington:
Panoramic view
of
Seattle city and bay
• Downtown street view of
Seattle • Downtown street view of Tacoma, Washington • Tacoma, WA, view
of schooners at a pier
Washington DC:
Famous East Room
of
President's Mansion
(White House) •
Interior view
of Chamber of US Supreme Court • Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington DC
(horse and buggies and trolley cars in view) • Group of Thomas Crawford
sculptures •
US Capitol building • Presidential Mansion,
Washington DC (White House) •Monumental Memorial
statue to Daguerre in Museum of Art at Washington •
Panoramic view of
Washington DC with trolley cars • Bronze Door of US Capitol, designed
by Rodgers, depicts scenes in life of Christopher Columbus • National
Museum building, Washington DC • Green Room of Presidential Mansion
(White House) • Interior view of 'Model Room' in Patent Office,
Washington DC • Interior view of Hall of the House of Representatives,
Washington DC • Exterior view of buildings of Smithsonian Institution
and Botanical Gardens, Washington DC • Interior view of US Senate
Chamber • Interior view of Congressional Library, Washington DC
Wisconsin:
Street view of
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
with early
electric poles
Wyoming:
Lone Star Geyser
in
Yellowstone Park •
Upper Falls of the Yellowstone River • Great Falls of the Yellowstone
Other Vintage Photos:
Drilling for
Petroleum •
Telephone Operating Room •
Ice Cutting • Cod
Fisheries, Weighing out the Bank fares •
Building a ship •
Model Race
Yacht •
Group of Souix Indians • Edison's Phonograph or Talking Machine •
Interior view of Locomotive Factory •
Typical American High School •
Quadruple Electrotype Perfecting Press (newspaper printing
press) • Stone and Marble quarry at work •
United States Steamship
Yorktown •
Whirlpool Rapids, Niagara (with bridge in view) • Union Pier
elevators on the Lakes • Mackerel Fishing boat with men at work • White
Star steamship Teutonic •
Interior of a watch factory • Cable railroad bridge and incline •
'Whaleback' steamer, peculiar and novel steam-propeller vessel •
Combine operation with harvester, header, thresher pulled by horses •
Participating sail boats in the International Boat race • Comanche
Indians, horse back camp with tepees •
Negroes picking oranges • Northwestern Railroad traffic • Indian camp
with teepee in Los
Pinos • Irrigation in the Northwest • US steamer Dolphin • Merchant
ship of the
1890s • Interior
view of a luxurious railway Palace train car • View filled with
Petroleum (rock oil)
derricks in oil region (possibly in Allegheny River area) • A duck farm
• Smelting ore factory
and train yard • American Palm trees • Train yard of the Texas and
Pacific Railway,
possibly in Llano county TX ore smelting factory • Transatlantic
steamship Majestic • Elevated Railroad curved
track with steam locomotive pulling passenger car on it • Interior view
of City
Operating Room of an electric telegraph co. • Pole-vaulter in
action at a competition or exhibition • Bicycle race starting
line
with crowd
in background
Illustrations:
Menomonee Indian
Medicine Dance,
Keshna, Wisconsin • Columbus Nearing the Land of the New
World • Landing of Columbus on the
Islands of the New World • Cabot Discovering the Mainland of the
North
American Continent • Discovery of Florida by Ponce De Leon, 1512 • De
Soto's Discovery of the Mississippi • California Waters Entered by Sir
Francis Drake, 1579 • Establishing the Virginia Colony with Captain
John Smith, 1607 • Henry Hudson Ascending the North River, NY, 1609 •
Landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth Massachusetts, 1620 • Landing and
Settlement at Rhode Island by Roger Williams, 1636 • First Settlement
in Connecticut in 1636 and First Meeting House • Founding of
Pennsylvania by William Penn, 1682 • House of Wm. Penn and First
Assembly House of Pennsylvania • Surrender of Fort Orange by Stuyvesant
the Dutch Commander • General Washington takes command of the Army at
Cambridge • Inauguration of the First President of the US, George
Washington, 1789 • George Washington at Trenton NJ on horseback •
Niagara Falls, New York • Opening the Great West, 1804 • Old
Independence or Liberty Bell (hanging from a chain and in use) •
Natural Bridge, Virginia • San Francisco, 1849 • City of Charleston,
SC, view from the river, 1780 • Marble Hall mansion, Newport RI •
Sutter's Mill views, 1848 • Kansas City MO, Main Street view • Coal
Mines and Mining operations • Louisville, Kentucky view of Ohio River,
1778 • 1820 view of Chicago, Illinois with inset view of earliest steam
navigation on the lake • US Government Building at Columbian
Exposition, Chicago
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