LOC's Public Domain Archive
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![[Title page showing bottle, large fork and man holding bubbling pot]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NDYvMDEvMDEvdGl0bGUtcGFnZS1zaG93aW5nLWJvdHRsZS1sYXJnZS1mb3JrLWFuZC1tYW4taG9sZGluZy1idWJibGluZy1wb3QtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/320/472/jpg "[Title page showing bottle, large fork and man holding bubbling pot]")
![[Negro man in straw hat, standing, stripping cane]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4MDgvMDEvMDEvbmVncm8tbWFuLWluLXN0cmF3LWhhdC1zdGFuZGluZy1zdHJpcHBpbmctY2FuZS02NDAuanBn/40/62/webp "[Negro man in straw hat, standing, stripping cane]")
![[Aged man posed near a stove]. 19th century, Library of Congress collection](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDAvMDEvMDEvYWdlZC1tYW4tcG9zZWQtbmVhci1hLXN0b3ZlLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/48/webp "[Aged man posed near a stove]. 19th century, Library of Congress collection")
![[Man feeding piglet with bottle]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjQvMDEvMDEvbWFuLWZlZWRpbmctcGlnbGV0LXdpdGgtYm90dGxlLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/32/webp "[Man feeding piglet with bottle]")
![[Butcher holding slab of beef in a meat locker]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMDcvYnV0Y2hlci1ob2xkaW5nLXNsYWItb2YtYmVlZi1pbi1hLW1lYXQtbG9ja2VyLTAxYjE0NC02NDAuanBn/40/31/webp "[Butcher holding slab of beef in a meat locker]")
![[Title page with sailing ship, starboard view]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4MjQvMDEvMDEvdGl0bGUtcGFnZS13aXRoLXNhaWxpbmctc2hpcC1zdGFyYm9hcmQtdmlldy02NDAuanBn/40/67/webp "[Title page with sailing ship, starboard view]")
![[Negro man in straw hat, standing, stripping cane]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4MDgvMDEvMDEvbmVncm8tbWFuLWluLXN0cmF3LWhhdC1zdGFuZGluZy1zdHJpcHBpbmctY2FuZS0xLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/49/webp "[Negro man in straw hat, standing, stripping cane]")
