Mr. Morrison is best known as a tariff reformer and was a member of the Illinois House of Representatives.

William R. Morrison

Mr. Morrison is best known as a tariff reformer and was a member of the Illinois House of Representatives.

Lawyer and congressman who served during the Civil War for the Union.

General E. S. Bragg

Lawyer and congressman who served during the Civil War for the Union.

U.S. House of Representatives member.

Frank Hiscock

U.S. House of Representatives member.

Lawyer and member of the U.S. House of Representatives.

George A. Jenks

Lawyer and member of the U.S. House of Representatives.

(1825-1908) Served as a member of the US House of Representatives and the Confederate Congress from Tennessee

John D. C. Atkins

(1825-1908) Served as a member of the US House of Representatives and the Confederate Congress from…

"Copied from the wall of a house in Pompeii, representing the vintagers treading grapes with their feet." — Goodrich, 1844

Winemaking

"Copied from the wall of a house in Pompeii, representing the vintagers treading grapes with their feet."…

"Usually kept as a family seat, and occupied by the master and mistress of the house, though occaisionally offered, as a special honor, to the guests." — Goodrich, 1844

Egyptian Double Chair

"Usually kept as a family seat, and occupied by the master and mistress of the house, though occaisionally…

Grass cut and dried for fodder.

Hay

Grass cut and dried for fodder.

A small house, hovel, or cabin.

Hut

A small house, hovel, or cabin.

A building for hay and other farm products; also for stabling cattle and horses.

Barn

A building for hay and other farm products; also for stabling cattle and horses.

An opening in the outer or inner wall of a house for going in and out at.

Door

An opening in the outer or inner wall of a house for going in and out at.

The cover or upper part of any house, barn, and the like.

Roof

The cover or upper part of any house, barn, and the like.

The basis or foundation of a thing; as the sills of a house or railway, etc.

Sill

The basis or foundation of a thing; as the sills of a house or railway, etc.

"Interior of a Greek House (Restoration)" — Morey, 1903

Greek House

"Interior of a Greek House (Restoration)" — Morey, 1903

A house, shed, or building, for beasts to lodge and feed in.

Stable

A house, shed, or building, for beasts to lodge and feed in.

A house or shed in which wood is deposited and sheltered from the weather.

Wood-house

A house or shed in which wood is deposited and sheltered from the weather.

A man drinking water from a well.

Man drinking from well

A man drinking water from a well.

A woman and children in the garden.

Gardening

A woman and children in the garden.

A newly hatched chick, with broken eggshell nearby.

Newly Hatched Chick

A newly hatched chick, with broken eggshell nearby.

A porch covered with flowers and vines overlooking a garden.

Garden

A porch covered with flowers and vines overlooking a garden.

"This triangular shape is a good one also for a movable poultry-house in its simplest form." — Harcourt, 1889

Triangular coop

"This triangular shape is a good one also for a movable poultry-house in its simplest form." —…

"This triangular shape is a good one also for a movable poultry-house in its simplest form." — Harcourt, 1889

Triangular coop

"This triangular shape is a good one also for a movable poultry-house in its simplest form." —…

"One of the simplest types of coldframes, which is a lean-to against the foundation of a house." — Baily, 1898

Coldframe

"One of the simplest types of coldframes, which is a lean-to against the foundation of a house." —…

"Hotbeds may be heated by means of either steam or hot water. They can be piped from the heater in a dwelling-house or greenhouse." — Baily, 1898

Pipe-heated hotbed

"Hotbeds may be heated by means of either steam or hot water. They can be piped from the heater in a…

"An outside cellar, fitted to keep fruit or vegetables." — Baily, 1898

Outside cellar

"An outside cellar, fitted to keep fruit or vegetables." — Baily, 1898

The Manor-House of Trianon.

Trianon

The Manor-House of Trianon.

A Brazilian farmhouse.

Brazilian farmhouse

A Brazilian farmhouse.

"Nearly all the hucksters of Rio carry their vegetables, fruits, and fish from house to house on their shoulders or upon their heads, instead of in carts or on donkeys." —Carpenter, 1902

Rio peddlers

"Nearly all the hucksters of Rio carry their vegetables, fruits, and fish from house to house on their…

"The villages are of thatched huts." —Carpenter, 1902

Coastal Brazilian village

"The villages are of thatched huts." —Carpenter, 1902

"Epimetheus had in his house a jar in which were kept certain noxious articles, for which, in fitting man for his new abode, he had had no occaision. Pandora was seized with an eager curiosity to know what this jar contained; and one day she slipped off the cover and looked in." —Bulfinch, 1897

Pandora

"Epimetheus had in his house a jar in which were kept certain noxious articles, for which, in fitting…

A house plant with a tin can flower-pot, with pine-cone decoration.

Plant

A house plant with a tin can flower-pot, with pine-cone decoration.

A house plant win a cylindrical flower-pot made with tin cans.

Plant

A house plant win a cylindrical flower-pot made with tin cans.

A scene from the story, <em>Olaf of Orchard Farm</em>.

Olaf

A scene from the story, Olaf of Orchard Farm.

A scene from the story, <em>Olaf of Orchard Farm</em>.

Olaf

A scene from the story, Olaf of Orchard Farm.

A frame of a scene from the story, <em>Olaf of Orchard Farm</em>.

Olaf

A frame of a scene from the story, Olaf of Orchard Farm.

A frame of a scene from the story, <em>Olaf of Orchard Farm</em>.

Olaf

A frame of a scene from the story, Olaf of Orchard Farm.

A scene from the nursery rhyme, <em>The Nonsense of Edward Lear</em>. There was an old man of the Cape, who possessed a large Barbary ape; Till the ape, one dark night, set the house on a light, which burned that old man of the Cape.

Edward Lear

A scene from the nursery rhyme, The Nonsense of Edward Lear. There was an old man of the Cape,…

Napoleon instituting the house of the legion of honour at Ecouen.

Napoleon

Napoleon instituting the house of the legion of honour at Ecouen.

Long House of the Iroquois Indians.

Iroquois Long House

Long House of the Iroquois Indians.

A member of the Irish House of Commons and a campaigner for legislative freedom for the Irish Parliament in the late 18th century.

Henry Grattan

A member of the Irish House of Commons and a campaigner for legislative freedom for the Irish Parliament…

House-hunting time in Bunnyville.

Bunnyville

House-hunting time in Bunnyville.

Andrew Craigie's house in Cambridge. He was the apothecary-general to the Continental Army.

Craigie House

Andrew Craigie's house in Cambridge. He was the apothecary-general to the Continental Army.

Inside the House of Commons.

House of Commons

Inside the House of Commons.

Benjamin Disraeli as the Earl of Beaconsfield in the House of Commons.

Benjamin Disraeli

Benjamin Disraeli as the Earl of Beaconsfield in the House of Commons.

Famous English politician, in the House of Commons.

Charles Bradlaugh

Famous English politician, in the House of Commons.

Gladstone was a British statesman and Prime Minister.

William Ewart Gladstone

Gladstone was a British statesman and Prime Minister.

Court-house in Fort Worth, Texas.

Fort Worth

Court-house in Fort Worth, Texas.

The Tile House in New Castle, Delaware.

Tile House

The Tile House in New Castle, Delaware.

A recessed balcony, W. H. Vanderbilt's House, Fifth Avenue. Herter Brothers, Architects.

Recessed Balcony

A recessed balcony, W. H. Vanderbilt's House, Fifth Avenue. Herter Brothers, Architects.

An oriel is a bay window that projects from an upper floor of a building. This example is from a house on Fifty-Fourth Street in New York. C. C. Haight, Architect.

Oriel

An oriel is a bay window that projects from an upper floor of a building. This example is from a house…

House in Fifty-Sixth Street, New York. Bruce Price, Architect.

House

House in Fifty-Sixth Street, New York. Bruce Price, Architect.

From ex-governor Tilden's House. Calvert Vaux, Architect.

Tilden's House

From ex-governor Tilden's House. Calvert Vaux, Architect.

House of Representatives in Session.

Congress - House of Representatives

House of Representatives in Session.

The White House in Washington, D. C.

White House

The White House in Washington, D. C.

The House of Representatives in Session.

House of Representatives

The House of Representatives in Session.

"Why no one should spit on floors or sidewalks and why flies should be kept away from food." &mdash;Davison, 1910

Flies outside window

"Why no one should spit on floors or sidewalks and why flies should be kept away from food." —Davison,…

"A filter to strain out the germs at the house tap. Such a filter must be cleaned and boiled weekly." &mdash;Davison, 1910

Tap water filter

"A filter to strain out the germs at the house tap. Such a filter must be cleaned and boiled weekly."…

"How the sewer pipes are arranged in a house to carry off the waste and prevent sewer gas from entering the rooms." &mdash;Davison, 1910

Sewage pipes of house

"How the sewer pipes are arranged in a house to carry off the waste and prevent sewer gas from entering…

"House with gambrel roof, New England, 1765. The piazza is a recent and poor addition." &mdash;Kinne, 1920

Gambrel roof

"House with gambrel roof, New England, 1765. The piazza is a recent and poor addition." —Kinne,…

"The same house, as it might be. notice the fine effect of the windows." &mdash;Kinne, 1920

Gambrel roof

"The same house, as it might be. notice the fine effect of the windows." —Kinne, 1920