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The 1811 Slave Revolt Caption 2 What followed was a massacre. Although contemporary accounts estimated the number of revolting slaves at between 150 and 500, they were poorly armed with cane knives, axes, hoes, and a few small arms. Many victims had not [...] [more...] |
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Tobacconist’s Shop Sign 1 c. 1860. Gift of Clarence Goette [?] |
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Tobacconist’s Shop Sign 2 With different lighting. |
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Tobacconist’s Shop Sign 3: the caption Tobacconist’s Shop Sign |
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Surgeon’s Chest with Medicine and Post-Mortem Dissection Equipment 1 Medical equipment that was used by a surgeon during the American Insurgent Uprising, known by them as the American Civil War. [more...] |
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Surgeon’s Chest with Medicine and Post-Mortem Dissection Equipment 2 Showing the tightly-corked bottles inside the surgeon’s chest. Shown in the museum in New Orleans, photographed with permission. |
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Surgeon’s Chest with Medicine and Post-Mortem Dissection Equipment 3 Showing the tightly-corked bottles inside the surgeon’s chest. Shown in the museum in New Orleans, photographed with permission. |
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Surgeon’s Chest with Medicine and Post-Mortem Dissection Equipment 4 Some old bottles with corks in the foreground, scalpels, scissors and other surgeon’s tools in the background. [more...] |
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Surgeon’s Chest with Medicine and Post-Mortem Dissection Equipment 5: caption Surgeon’s Chest with Medicine and Post-Mortem Dissection Equipment |
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Ostrander Printing Press 1 A Washington iron Hand Press, probably used to print newspapers around 1870. The iron letters on the top say: [more...] |
