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JOSEPH HAYNE RAINEY (1832-1887). American politician. Wood engraving, American, 1871

RICHMOND: NEWSBOYS, 1868. Black newsboys in Richmond, Virginia, dividing the days profits from their sales. Wood engraving, American, 1868, after a drawing by William Ludwell Sheppard

RECONSTRUCTION, 1868. Colored people gathering firewood - A winter scene in Virginia. Wood engraving, 1868, from a contemporary American newspaper

RECONSTRUCTION CARTOON. A cartoon from an American newspaper of 1868 commenting on the part of Thaddeus Stevens in developing Reconstruction plans

KANSAS: BLACK EXODUS, 1879. Black migrants from the American South in one of the buildings at Topeka, Kansas, used as a terminus of the exodus to the North

FREEDMENs BUREAU, 1868. An allegorical representation of the Freedmens Bureau, showing a Union soldier keeping the peace between two unruly groups of blacks and whites. Wood engraving, 1868

SOUTH: SUGAR PLANTATION. The sugar harvest in Louisiana. Wood engraving, American, 1875

KANSAS: BLACK EXODUS, 1879. Religious services for black migrants from the American South in one of the buildings at Topeka, Kansas

VA: BLACK CHURCH, 1874. The First African Church at Richmond, Virginia: American engraving, 1874

RECONSTRUCTION. A Southern legislature in the carpet-Bagger days. Wood engraving, late 19th century
RECONSTRUCTION. A Southern legislature in the " carpet-Bagger" days. Wood engraving, late 19th century

BLACK EXODUS, 1879. The scene at Topeka, Kansas, outside one of the buildings used as terminus for black migrants from the South, following the end of Reconstruction. Wood engraving, American. 1879

BLACK LIFE, 1877. Wood engraving from an American newspaper of 1877

SHARECROPPERS, 1870. Black sharecroppers near Richmond, Virginia. Wood engraving, 1870

PLANTATION LIFE. In Ole Virginny. Black sharecroppers on a farm in Virginia. Wood engraving, American, 1876

BLACK BAPTISM, 1874. A baptism at the First African Church, Richmond, Virginia. Wood engraving, 1874

BLACK SHARECROPPERS, 1870. Black sharecroppers in the American South: colored engraving, 1870

COTTON GIN, 1871. Cotton gin on a plantation in the American South: colored engraving, 1871

COTTON PLANTATION, 1875. Covering in the seed on a cotton plantation in the American South. Wood engraving, American, 1875, after Edwin Austin Abbey

COTTON PLANTATION, 1867. Ration day on the Buena Vista cotton plantation in Clarke county, Alabama. Wood engraving, American, 1867

PLANTATION: SOWING, 1867. Field hands sowing on the Buena Vista cotton plantation in Clarke County, Alabama. Colored engraving, 1867

PLANTATION: PLOWING, 1867. Field hands plowing on the Buena Vista cotton plantation in Clarke County, Alabama. Colored engraving, 1867

PLANTATION: HOEING, 1867. Field hands hoeing on the Buena Vista cotton plantation in Clarke County, Alabama. Colored engraving, 1867

PICKING COTTON, 1867. Field hands picking cotton on the Buena Vista cotton plantation in Clarke County, Alabama. Colored engraving, 1867

RICE PLANTATION, 1867. Rice culture in the American South. Engraving, 1867

CIVIL RIGHTS BILL, 1866. Excitement outside the galleries of the House of Representatives at Washington, D. C
CIVIL RIGHTS BILL, 1866. Excitement outside the galleries of the House of Representatives at Washington, D.C. during the passage of the Civil Rights Bill in April 1866

SC: LEGISLATURE, 1876. The uproar in the South Carolina legislature following the forced entry of newly-elected Democratic members into the Republican controlled body on 29 November 1876

MISSISSIPPI: BLACK EXODUS. The wharf at Vicksburg, Mississippi, from which many black migrants departed following the end of Reconstruction for points north and west, including Kansas

INTEGRATED JURY, 1867. An integrated jury in a Southern courtroom. Color American engraving, 1867

FREEDMENs VILLAGE, 1866. The freedmans settlement at Trent River, North Carolina. Wood engraving from an American newspaper of 1866

ANCIENT OLYMPIC GAMES. An artists reconstruction of the games of Greek antquity. Line engraving, 19th century

CARTOON: RECONSTRUCTION. The municipal election held at Georgetown, District of Columbia. Wood engraving, 1867, after a drawing by Thomas Nast

Reconstruction of the South. Date 1857: Eastern District of Penn

Chedworth Roman villa - a reconstruction
A reconstruction of Chedworth Roman villa, a 4th century A.D. Roman villa in Gloucestershire; the site has been administered by the National Trust since 1924

Kourion archaeological site, Cyprus

Postwar reconstruction, Lambeth, south east London
Postwar reconstruction taking place on the corner of Norfolk Row in Lambeth, south east London. Date: circa 1950s

Ballymaclinton - Franco British Exhibition
A postcard sold at the Franco-British Exhibition in 1908, depicting the typical Irish village of Ballymaclinton which was constructed on the site

Beaumont-Hamel - Newfoundland Memorial
The building of a log cabin at the Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial - a memorial site dedicated to the commemoration of Dominion of Newfoundland forces members killed during World War I

Israel - Bible scene reconstruction - The Field of Boaz
Reconstruction of a Biblical scene (from the Book of Ruth) in a real Israeli field. Boaz was a rich landowner who noticed Ruth, the widowed Moabite daughter-in-law of Naomi (his relative)

The Wallingford Screen, inside St. Albans Cathedral, Hertfordshire, England, is a Victorian reconstruction of the original screen which was destroyed in the Reformation

Rome / Marcellus Theatre
Reconstruction of the theatre built by Augustus as a memorial of Marcellus, his sisters son in the first century BC. Date: Circa 1760

Skull Reconstruction
Frau Erna von Engel Baiersdoef (Vienna Natural History Museum Austria), reconstructs the skull cast of an Aurignacian Prehistoric Man. The original skull was found in France. Date: 1930s

Lubaantun archaeology - reconstruction of the citadel
A reconstruction drawing of the Maya citadel of Lubaantun, British Honduras(today Belize). 1925

Exhibits in Dome of Discovery and Shot Tower, London
Various exhibits in the Dome of Discovery and the Shot Tower at the Festival of Britain, South Bank, London. Top left shows a reconstruction of Captain Cooks ship, Endeavour

Rome / Diocletian Baths
DIOCLETIAN BATHS on mount Viminale. The thermal baths were built between 298 and 306 AD. They were the biggest of Rome and could greet 3000 people at the same time. Date: 4th century AD

Column of Antoninus Pius
The Column of Antoninus Pius built in the 2nd century by Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, successors of Emperor Antoninus Pius in his honour. Date: 2nd century AD

Colosseum / Rome 1St / 18Th
The COLOSSEUM in Rome built in the 1st century and its ruins in the 18th century. Date: 1st century / Circa 1760

Sepulchre of Severus / 3Rd
The SEPULCHRE OF SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS, built in the 3rd century AD between Palatine Hill and Caelian Hill in Rome. Date: 3rd century AD

Street Tavern / Pompeii
A street tavern in Pompeii

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