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| Date: | 06 1892 |
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| Description: | Frank G. Lenz posed with his bicycle between railroad tracks in the northeastern United States. |
| Date: | 05 1892 |
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| Description: | Frank Lenz posed with his bicycle on a badly neglected stretch of road. A split-rail fence encloses a field behind Lenz. |
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| Description: | An advertisement for El Nina Rancho, "a bit of old Mexico transplanted in beautiful Waushara County." The ad includes a photograph of people in riding clot... |
| Date: | 04 30 1909 |
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| Description: | Newspaper clipping of prospective parents looking up at children in the windows of the orphan train. The caption reads: "The Arrival of the Babies." |
| Date: | 04 30 1909 |
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| Description: | Newspaper clipping titled: "The Little Darling" shows a couple holding an orphan train child as two other women look on. |
| Date: | 04 30 1909 |
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| Description: | Newspaper clipping of a man holding a small child in his arms who arrived on the orphan train for adoption. The caption is: "He Wins A Prize." |
| Date: | 1872 |
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| Description: | Engraved masthead for The American Spiritualist depicting a seance over the word "phenomenal," a globe over the word "scientific," and a man at a de... |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Quarter-length portrait of Dr. Juliet Severance. |
| Date: | 1849 |
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| Description: | Head and shoulders portrait of Metea, a Chief of the Potawatomi Tribe. He spoke against land cessions during the 1821 treaty negotiations. |
| Date: | 1859 |
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| Description: | Hand-colored engraving showing fur company agents making a distribution of goods to Indians, some of whom are seated on the ground, in a fenced courtyard w... |
| Date: | 05 1936 |
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| Description: | A political cartoon from Foreign Service magazine depicting four young men disrespecting and vandalizing the Tomb of the Unknown Solider. One of the... |
| Date: | 1923 |
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| Description: | Illustration on cover of a book written about the history of the typewriter covering 1873-1923. |
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| Description: | Illustration used for a book written about the history of the typewriter. Image includes Christopher Latham Sholes, inventor of the first practical typewri... |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | Studio portrait of Richard Thompson sitting in a chair and holding a cane. |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Increase Claflin, first white settler of Door County. |
| Date: | 12 02 1962 |
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| Description: | The cover design of the December issue of "The Progressive." It features a vivid yellow background, a black and white photographic collage, and the article... |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | View across water towards the George Whiting Paper Mill on the Lawson Canal. |
| Date: | 03 23 1912 |
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| Description: | A map showing proportions of women's suffrage in the United States. |
| Date: | 1891 |
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| Description: | View down tree-lined sidewalk along Marshall Street facing west. The northwest corner of S. 6th and Marshall Streets is circled by a fence, which continue... |
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