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Painting "The Founding of the U.S. Pharmacopeia"

Date: 1957
Description: Artist Robert Thom is seen here working on one of his paintings, this one titled: "The Founding of the United States Pharmacopeia".
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"The Founding of the U.S. Pharmacopeia" Painting

Date: 1957
Description: The artist Robert Thom pauses to pose with his new painting, "The Forming of the United States Pharmacopeia", which depicts the inaugural delegates to the ...
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Busy B's Dog and Monkey Act

Date: 1970
Description: Gloria Peebles' Busy B's animal act featuring a monkey in a rabbit costume pushing a wheelbarrow while a dog looks on through the window of the playhouse.
Postcard

Champion Chemical Company Postcard

Date: 09 1910
Description: Exhibit of the Champion Chemical Company promoting their embalming fluids. Also presented in the exhibit are caskets and clothing to dress the dead.
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William Ford

Date: 1929
Description: William Clay Ford Sr.(?) sits behind a desk in an office. Mr. Ford may have been an International dealer.
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Man Pouring Tivoli Beer

Date: 1935
Description: A man is sitting at a table holding a cigarette in one hand and pouring a bottle of Tivoli pilsner beer into a glass with the other. Original caption reads...
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UPWA Officers

Date: 02 11 1949
Description: Swearing-in ceremony for Local 190 of the United Packinghouse Workers of America in Detroit by field representative George Sinclair: Daniel Penn, president...
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NAACP and UPWA

Date: 1960
Description: Donald Hankins (third from the right), president of United Packinghouse Workers Local 569, hands a $500 check for an NAACP life membership to Arthur Johnso...
Photograph

Studio Portrait of Elizabeth Murphy

Date: 06 1898
Description:  Studio portrait (head and upper torso) of Elizabeth "Bessie" Dorr (Murphy) Hickey (1879-1946) of Green Bay, Wisconsin. She is wearing a silk dress with sq...
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28" Old Type Gisholt Turret Lathe

Date: 08 14 1911
Description: Close-up of a 28" Old Type Gisholt turret lathe at the Packard Motor Car Company factory. This lathe machined a brake band support. The original envelo...
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View of a 28" Old Type Gisholt Turret Lathe

Date: 08 14 1911
Description: View of a 28" Old Type Gisholt turret lathe at the Packard Motor Car Company factory. This lathe machined a brake band support. The original envelope ho...

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