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Lucy Stone

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Description: Head and shoulders halftone portrait of Lucy Stone, a leader of the Woman Suffrage movement.
Painting

The Opening of the Railroad from Grandhaven to Grand Rapids

Date: 1857
Description: At the opening of the railway between Grandhaven and Grand Rapids, Michigan on July 26, 1857, the locomotive Grand Rapids was manned by the railroad...
Painting

On a Sugar Plantation in South Carolina

Date: 1859
Description: Hölzlhuber felt his most interesting experiences in America were his interactions with southern slavery. "My sketch here shows a negro family as I saw them...
Drawing

Robert Spencer

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Description: Engraved quarter-length portrait of Robert Spencer.
Photograph

Dorothy Jardon Publicity Portrait

Date: 1913
Description: Dorothy Jardon is dressed as Bimboula, a Persian woman, from the musical comedy "Oh! Oh! Delphine" in which she appeared at the Shaftsbury Theatre in Londo...
Print

Chesty Potato Chips, Label

Date: 03 19 1945
Description: Drawing submitted to the State of Wisconsin for trademark registration. Blue and yellow label for Chesty Potato Chips featuring a drawing of a young boy we...
Photograph

Portrait; Civil War Veteran

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Description: Three-quarter length outdoor portrait of a man with a moustache and long beard posing sitting, probably a Civil War veteran and member of the Grand Army of...
Photograph

Dead Infant

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Description: Interior view of an infant post mortem, lying in a baby buggy.
Photograph

Engine No. 1224

Date: 1914
Description: Railroad workers posing in front of locomotive Engine No. 1224 at Stowell Station. From left to right are Fireman John F. Fohey, yardmaster John Rice, Waym...
Print

Brumder Building

Date: 1880
Description: A halftone print copy of a photograph of George Brumder's 1873 three story brick building at 286-288 West Water Street. Brumder and his family lived on the...
Print

Jonathan Abel

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Description: Lithographic portrait of a man. Includes the dedication: "Resp'ty Yours Jonathan Abel."

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