Ralph Waldo Emerson on steam and coal, 1860 Categories: 1850-1900, Coal, Consumption, Culture, Economics, Extraction, Library Objects
Charles Cist Compares Cincinnati and Pittsburgh in 1841 Categories: 1800-1850, Coal, Consumption, Economics, Library Objects
“Comparative Costs and Profits of Cable, Electric and Horse Railway Operation in New York City,” Street Railway Journal, 1898 Categories: 1850-1900, Animal Power, Economics, Electricity, Journal, Library Objects, Transportation
“The Position of the Horse in Modern Society,” The Nation, 1872 Categories: 1850-1900, Animal Power, Consumption, Culture, Economics, Journal, Labor, Library Objects
“Influence of Railroads Upon Agriculture,” Agriculture of the United States, 1860 Categories: 1850-1900, Animal Power, Economics, Government Document, Library Objects, Transportation
Horses in Agriculture (gallery) Categories: 1800-1850, 1850-1900, 1900-1950, Animal Power, Culture, Economics, Environment, Library Objects, Photograph
Horses at War (gallery) Categories: 1850-1900, 1900-1950, Animal Power, Library Objects, National Security, Photograph
Details on the Whale Oil Trade in New Bedford, 1889 Categories: 1850-1900, Biofuels, Economics, Extraction, Library Objects
“The Whaling Interest,” Whalemen’s Shipping List and Merchants Transcript, New Bedford MA, July 2 1861 Categories: 1850-1900, Environment, Extraction, Library Objects, Newspaper
“Grand Ball Given by the Whales,” Vanity Fair, April 20, 1861 Categories: 1850-1900, Biofuels, Environment, Extraction, Journal, Library Objects, Oil
