North Wind Picture Archives

BUSN4C-04815

Camels in a caravan loaded with goods. 15 sec. animation of a hand-colored woodcut

BUSN4C-04915

Transporting merchandise on the great Silk Road in the Middle Ages. 15 sec. animation of a hand-colored woodcut

BUSN4C-07515

Trade caravans on the Silk Road of Central Asia. 15 sec. animation of a hand-colored woodcut

EVNT4N-00031
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EVNT4N-00031

British burning Washington DC, 1814, in the War of 1812. 8 sec. animation of a hand-colored woodcut

EVRV4C-00315

Committee drafting the Declaration of Independence: Franklin, Jefferson, Livingston, Adams, Sherman. 15 sec. animation of a hand-colored engraving

EVRV4C-02215

Washington leading the Continental Army to Valley Forge winter camp. 15 sec animation of a hand-colored halftone

EVRV4C-02715

Thomas Jefferson reading his draft of the Declaration of Independence to Ben Franklin. 15 sec. animation of a hand-colored halftone

EVRV4C-04515

Independence Hall in Philadelphia, 1776. 15 sec. animation of a printed color lithograph

EVRV4C-06515

Opening prayer of the First Continental Congress, Philadelphia, 1774. 15 sec. animation of a hand-colored woodcut

EVRV4C-07815

Carpenter's Hall, Philadelphia, where the First Continental Congress met. 15 sec. animation of a hand-colored halftone

EVRV4C-16715

American troops huddle in the cold at Valley Forge during the American Revolution. 15 sec animation of a hand-colored woodcut

EVRV4C-19815

Liberty Bell announcing the Declaration of Independence, 1776. 15 sec. animation of a hand-colored woodcut

EVRV4N-00167
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EVRV4N-00167

American soldiers huddled around a campfire at Valley Forge. 8 sec. animation

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EVRV5M-00187

Valley Forge, the American army's winter camp, Revolutionary War. 87 sec. animation and video

EXPL4C-00115

Columbus explaining his plan to the Council at Salamanca. 15 sec. animation of a hand-colored engraving

EXPL4C-00415

Columbus landing at Hispaniola, 1492. 15 sec. animation of a hand-colored woodcut

EXPL4C-00815

Columbus watching for land from deck of Santa Maria, 1492. 15 sec. animation of a hand-colored woodcut

EXPL4C-00915

Three ships of Columbus approaching the New World, 1492. 15 sec. animation of a hand-colored woodcut

EXPL4C-01815

Columbus showing a map to Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain. 15 sec. animation of a hand-colored woodcut

EXPL4C-02915

John Smith saved by Pocahontas, Jamestown Colony, Virginia, 1607. 15 sec. animation of a hand-colored engraving

EXPL4C-05515

First view of the New World by Columbus and his crew aboard "Santa Maria." 15 sec. animation of a color lithograph

EXPL4C-05715

Columbus at Isabella's court with gifts from the New World. 15 sec. animation of a color lithograph

EXPL4C-06715

Departure of Columbus expedition from Palos, Spain, 1492. 15 sec. animation of a color lithograph

EXPL4C-06915

Columbus in chains brought to Ferdinand and Isabella by Bobadilla, 1500. 15 sec. animation of a color lithograph by Jover

EXPL4C-07015

Return of Columbus to Ferdinand and Isabella in Spain. 15 sec. animation of a color lithograph by Balaca

EXPL4C-09615

Medieval seaport on the Mediterranean. 15 sec. animation of a hand-colored woodcut from Travels of Marco Polo 15th century manuscript

EXPL4C-14615

Marco Polo welcomed at the court of Kublai Khan in China, 1300s. 15 sec. animation of a hand-colored halftone illustration

GANC4C-00915

Mongol warriors showing their horsemanship to the Chinese forces of Hung-Wu. 15 sec. animation of a hand-colored woodcut

GANC4C-23415

Mongol, or Tartar, horseman. 15 sec. animation of a hand-colored woodcut

GANC4N-00040

Capture of Helen, causing the Trojan Wars according to Homer. 10-sec animation of a hand-colored woodcut

GANC4N-00154

Sun-god Ra embarking for his daily journey through Egypt. 15 sec animation of a hand-colored engraving

GANC4N-00248

Hanging Gardens of ancient Babylon. 15-second animation of a hand-colored woodcut

GANC4N-00356
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GANC4N-00356

Prehistoric humans learning to make fire. 8 sec. animation of a hand-colored woodcut

GASI4C-00715

Mongols on the move in the Gobi Desert. 15 sec. animation of a hand-colored woodcut

GASI4C-04015

Horse caravan crossing the Gobi Desert, Mongolia. 15 sec. animation of a hand-colored woodcut

GEUR4C-00215

Moonlight on Genoa harbor, 1400s. 15 sec. animation of a hand-colored woodcut

GGBR4C-05715

Christ Church (Cardinal) College, Oxford University, 1566. 15 sec. animation of a hand-colored woodcut

HOUS4C-00115

Thanksgiving-Day feast among the Puritans of New England. 15 sec. animation of a hand-colored woodcut

HOUS4C-11715

Choir singing a Christmas anthem in an Anglican church, 1880s. 15 sec. animation of a hand-colored woodcut

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HSET4N-00002

Pioneer family building a log cabin in the Old Northwest Territory. 8 sec. animation of a hand-colored woodcut

HSET4N-00077
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HSET4N-00077

African-American "buffalo soldiers" around a campfire in the west, 1800s. 6 sec. animation of a hand-colored woodcut

MIDL4C-00215

Marco Polo leaving Venice, 1338. 15 sec. animation of a medieval ilustration

NATI4C-11315

Wampanoag warrior in full costume, Massachusetts. 15 sec. animation of a hand-colored woodcut

PANC4N-00089

Odoacer compels the abdication of Romulus, the last Roman emperor of the West, 476 AD. 10-sec animation of a hand-colored woodcut

PANC4N-00101

King Nebuchadrezzar II overlooking the city of Babylon, 6th century BC. 15-sec. animation of a hand-colored woodcut

PANC4N-00121

Emperor Justinian, shown with Theodora, Empress of the Eastern Roman Empire, 500s A.D. 10-sec. animation of an antique hand-colored print

PART4C-01415

Architect Charles Bulfinch. 15 sec. animation of a hand-colored woodcut

PASI4C-00115

Genghis Khan leading the Mongols. 15 sec. animation of a hand-colored woodcut

PEXP4C-01915

Portrait of Marco Polo. 15 sec. animation of a hand-colored woodcut

PEXP4C-02515

Christopher Columbus. 15 sec. animation of a hand-colored woodcut

PEXP4C-02715

Columbus, from a portrait in Montanus. 15 sec. animation of a hand-colored woodcut

PEXP4C-08915

Drean of Columbus while traveling with his son from court to court. 15 sec. animation of a hand-colored woodcut

PLIT4C-07515

Charles Dickens writing. 15-sec. animation of a hand-colored woodcut

PLIT4C-08615

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. 15 sec. animation of a hand-colored engraving

PLIT4C-08915

Ralph Waldo Emerson portrait. 15 sec. animation of a hand-colored engraving

PLIT4C-11315

Manuscript of a Henry Wadsworth Longfellow poem, 1878. 15 sec. animation

PMUS4C-02715

Handel's river concert for George I of England. 15 sec. animation of a hand-colored halftone

PMYT4N-00001

The Roc, a legendary bird of great size and strength. 15 sec. animation of a hand-colored woodcut

PMYT4N-00071
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PMYT4N-00071

Temple of Zeus in ancient Greece. 5 sec. animation of a hand-colored woodcut

PMYT4N-00084
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PMYT4N-00084

Persephone abducted by Hades and taken to the Underworld in Greek mythology. 8 sec. animation of a hand-colored woodcut