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[Page from 18th Century almanac: illus. of solar eclipse, n.d.] – Vintage Print

[Page from 18th Century almanac: illus. of solar eclipse, n.d.] — antique engraving
[Page from 18th Century almanac: illus. of solar eclipse, n.d.]. Antique engraving from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Step back in time with [Page from 18th Century almanac: illus. of solar eclipse, n.d.], an antique engraving rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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[Page from 18th Century almanac: illus. of solar eclipse, n.d.]

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An engraved page from an 18th-century almanac, showing a solar eclipse, is a reminder of how these small yearly books served ordinary readers. Almanacs of the period mixed weather lore, tide tables, calendars and astronomical notices, and an eclipse illustration would have told readers when to expect the sun to dim and how the event looked in the sky. The record gives no date for this page, so its exact year is unknown, but the engraving style fits the broader era of colonial and early American printing. Visitors may find it worth noting how a practical reference book could present a celestial event as both useful information and a bit of wonder.

Medium1 print : engraving.
Notes[no date recorded on caption card]
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,219 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-126670

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