Black and white photograph of the Vesta restoration site. The image depicts ruins with buildings in the background.

Black and white photograph of Mt. Vesuvius taken near Castellamare di Stabia.

Black and white photograph of Mt. Vesuvius taken from Pompei.

Black and white photograph of Mt. Vesuvius taken from the rim of the volcano.

Black and white photograph of Mt. Vesuvius taken from the rim of the volcano.

Black and white photograph of Virginia Park, looking east. Taken by Robert Merrill in Holland, Michigan. Houses are visible along a lakeshore.

Black and white lantern slide of a wagon train traveling through a dirt path cut between two steep hillsides.

Black and white lantern slide of a wagon train traveling through a dirt path cut between two steep hillsides.

Black and white photograph of Wahwahtaysee Lake, Ontario.

Black and white photograph of a group of five people seated in Walker's auto. Taken by Robert Merrill in Humboldt Park, Buffalo, New York.

Black and white photograph of two people sitting in an automobile looking back towards the camera. A lake is visible in the distance in front of a mountain range.

Black and white photograph of one man and two women on a hill with Washington D.C. in the background.

Black and white lantern slide of a man standing next to a windlass, or winch, with a bucket attached.

Black and white photograph of the Waukazoo Inn in Holland, Michigan. Taken by Robert Merrill, looking northeast across the water.

Black and white photograph of tour vehicles parked in front of the Wawona Hotel in Yosemite National Park. People are walking around the vehicles and building.

Black and white photograph of the Wawona tree. A wooden sign in front of the tree is visible, though the blurriness of the image makes the sign unreadable.

Black and white photograph of a tour vehicle driving through the Wawona tree at Yosemite.

Black and white photograph with closer view of Webb's grader near the Erie Canal.

Black and white photograph of a grader, a machine used to level ground, by the Erie Canal. Two wheeled vehicles, pulled by horses, are visible in the image.

Black and white lantern slide of steamships and smaller boats in the Weihaiwai harbor.

Black and white lantern slide of a breakwater structure in the Weihai harbor. Atop the brick structure is a small building, weather vane and several crane structures.

Black and white lantern slide of the Weihaiwei coastline with boats in the harbor, taken from the water.

Black and white lantern slide of the steamship Shenking unloading passengers in the Weihai harbor. Passengers are being rowed to shore in small dinghies.

Black and white lantern slide of a breakwater structure near a canal lock at Wei Hu, China.