American Scenery 1840. This view is taken from the American side, and presents the outlet of the waters of Niagara into Lake Ontario.
The outlet of Niagara River from the American side.
Chinese peasants with children from the northern provinces.
A peasant with his wife and family. The feet of children are prevented from growing large. The Mother is in the dress of the northern provinces.
The Castalian Spring near the sanctuary of Delphi.
In ancient times, pilgrims purified themselves at this spring before entering the sacred precincts of Delphi.
The Acropolis of Mycenae on the Peloponnese. Ancient Greece.
Mycenae was one of the most important cities in Greece in pre-classical times, and the Mycenaean culture was named after it.
The Great Cemetry of Scutari. Turkish necropolis, the cities of the dead.
Scutari cemetry of Istanbul, the former Constantinople. Among the objects which distinguish a Turkish necropolis, is the stone placed to mark the grave.
The usual Roman garment during the Republican Rome.
Rome during the height of its culture. Roman Republic. 500 B.C. – 30 B.C. The toga. The tunica. The abolla.
The Kiz Koulasi. Leander’s, or The Maiden’s Tower on the Bosporus.
The Kız Kulesi is now used as a beacon for ships entering the strait, and boats passing the estuary.
The Theodosian Walls. The Triple Wall of Constantinople.
The Triple Wall of Constantinople. On the Land side, near Top Kapousi. Constantinople and its environs.
The Cistern of Binbirdirek called the Thousand and One Pillars.
The Cistern of Binbirdirek or Cistern of Philoxenos called the Thousand and One Pillars is a man-made subterranean reservoir in Istanbul.
Scene at Tivoli above the falls, where the Teverone glides along.
This view is taken above the falls, where the Teverone glides along, skirted on one side by the straggling town, on the other bordered by fertile pasturages.