A few nice history images I found:

Image from page 226 of “The Ninth New York heavy artillery. A history of its organization, services in the defenses of Washington, marches, camps, battles, and muster-out … and a complete roster of the regiment” (1899)

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Title: The Ninth New York heavy artillery. A history of its organization, services in the defenses of Washington, marches, camps, battles, and muster-out … and a complete roster of the regiment
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Roe, Alfred S. (Alfred Seelye), 1844-1917
Subjects: New York Artillery. 9th Regt United States — History Civil War, 1861-1865 Regimental histories N. Y. art. 9th
Publisher: Worcester, Mass., The author
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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he remem-bers best, and the chances are hewill answer, Honey. They be-came expert capturers of thesame, though the accompanyingpicture shows what sometimes: befell the careless plunderer.Martinsburg prices current are From Hardtack and Coffee, by permission. interesting: sugar, 2o cents per pound; cheese, 40; butter, 60; milk, 10 cents per quart. November 5th came the first snow-fall, but the camp-dutygoes on just the same; Companies H and L on picket; four menand a corporal on a post. The vidette is thirteen rods awayfrom the post in the daytime and three rods away in the night.The posts are about fourteen rods apart. The momentous pres-idential election of 1864 came on the 8th of November, just aslate as possible, and it is not improbable that the movement ofthe Ninth was delayed till after the voting was done. Our mengave Lincoln a large vote, as might have been expected. On the 9th of November begins the falling back, moving at9.30 A. M. and camping between Newtown and Winchester.

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200 NINTH NEW YORK HEAVY ARTILLERY. possibly four miles from the latter place. Except as exactcamp location was varied, we remained here till December 3d,the change of place being eaused by a desire to be nearer thebase of supplies. There are the daily foraging expeditions, andthe wonder is that then- was anything left worth taking. Some-how or other the enemy managed to make a deal of noisearound us on occasion. On the 10th we change our position,bringing our regiment on extreme right of corps, division andbrigade. The 11th sees the tents going up in systematic man-ner with carefully made chimneys and fireplaces. In the after-noon an alarm calls the boys out with orders to pack up; buttiring ceased after dark. The next morning we were stirred upbefore daylight, form battle-line and march to crest of hill,where we carried rails and resumed our pristine calling of mak-ing breastworks. Lie behind them all day. and are relievedat night. We hie off old loads in guns, return to camp andget

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Meynier, Charles (1800) Clio, Muse of History

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History was a big deal to the Greeks, and so they had a Muse who gave inspiration to those who wrote it.

You can see all the crumbling historical artifacts in the background: a frieze of a battle on the lower left, perhaps Persian; an Egyptian statue on the upper right. Are those swords center front?

Of course, for all their greatness, the Greeks were not the first to write history. The Hebrews did so a thousand years earlier than Herodotus and Thucydides. But because the Greek histories are seen as being secular, then our secular age wants to give them the preeminence, even though the Hebrews very carefully recorded their histories and considered these writings the sober truth. (Why do we call the truth "sober," anyway? Doesn’t the truth set you free, let you be who God wants you to be through Christ?)

Image from page 306 of “History of Washington, the evergreen state, from early dawn to daylight; With portraits and biographies” (1893)

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Title: History of Washington, the evergreen state, from early dawn to daylight; With portraits and biographies
Year: 1893 (1890s)
Authors: Hawthorne, Julian, 1846-1934 Brewerton, George Douglas, 1820-1901
Subjects: Washington (State) — History Washington (State) — Biography
Publisher: New York, American Historical Publishing
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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ire and most destructive surprise.What wonder that the ignorant Kliketats concluded that the evilspirits fought against them and grew discouraged at methods sonovel and alarming ! To return : Then on the part of the whitesfollowed a general stampede of men, women, and children forthe lilock-houses ; and, says Grant, had it not been for thefact that the rifles in the hands of the Indians had been gener-ally emptied by the first volley many of the inhabitants wouldhave fallen on their way to a place of safety. Fortunately allescaped without difficulty. Until high noon the battle thuscommenced raged without cessation ; the crack of the rifleof the concealed savage alternated with the explosion ofthe marines musket, the cheer of the sailor and the con-stant whoop of the foe ; while over all roared the gnus of theDecatur as they tore up the ground beyond Third Street withtheir exploding shells. Bancroft tells us that above all theother noise of battle the cries of the Indian women could be

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/^ /x/, Ay^^^^ ^,.c-^ TUB NEW VORKPUBLIC LIBRARY ASrOB, LENOX ANDTILDBN FOUNDATIUSS i/ HISTORY OF WASHINGTOJT. 303 heard urging their warriors to greater efforts ; Imt tliougli theycoiitiniied to yell ami lire witli great persistency, the range wastoo l<)ng from the ])oint to wiiieh the Decaturs guns soon drovethem to perniil of tlieiisliors(h)ing execution. It was a fortunatecircumstance, moreover, tliat Captain Hewitts Yohinteer com-pany liad returned to Seattle tlie day before, its term of enlist-ment having expired ; as it was, it did gallant service and great-ly aided in the defence. At noon the Indians ceased firing whilethey feasted on rlie beef of the settlers, which their women hadkilled and roasted, a lull taken advantage of by the whites toconvey t.heir women and children on l)oard of the Decatur andthe bark Brontes, then lying in jiort. AVe will tell the rest of thestory in the words of Grant: At the same time, an effort was made to gather from thesuddenly des

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