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A working replica of the Iron Duke locomotive class of steam trains. designed for use on the Great Western Railway lines from the mid-19th century. (Great Western Society's Didcot Railway Centre)

A replica of the North Star locomotive, designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-59) for the Great Western Railway, England. The North Star class ran from 1838. (Swindon Steam Museum)

A 19th-century Christmas card showing the perils of stagecoach travel in winter. From an original painting by Gilbert Wright. See original source note on usage: The images on TuckDB Ephemera and TuckDB Postcards are of items/postcards created...

This map illustrates the final stage of the Siege of Toulon (August 28–December 19, 1793), one of the early defining campaigns of the French Revolutionary Wars. The operation not only secured a vital naval base for the French Republic but...

Khosrow II (r. 590-628) and his favorite wife Shireen, f. 66v, 1568, possibly Golconda (Khuda Bakhsh Library, Patna, No. 499.

Arrest of Khosrow II (r. 590-628), illustration from a 16th-century Turkish manuscript of the Shahnameh. New York Public Library

Gold dinar of Khosrow II (r. 590-628), minted in the Sassanian Empire, c. 611. Classical Numismatic Group, Inc. http://www.cngcoins.com

An illustration of an early steam-powered passenger train in Britain during the Industrial Revolution. The first such line ran in 1825 from Stockton to Darlington in the northeast of England.

The back view of the so-called Golden Wig, the Meskalamdug Helmet from Sumer, c. 2500 BCE. The oldest helmet found thus far in the world. British Museum, London.

Stele of the Vultures fragments, dated to the Early Dynastic III Period (2600-2334 BCE), commemorating the victory of the city of Lagash over Umma. Louvre, Paris.