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Plano Manufacturing Company Advertising Card

Date: 1882
Description: Front of advertising card featuring a color illustration of a group of men looking at a man sitting on a Plano harvester and twine binder in front of an Ag...
Book or Pamphlet

Four Legs Village, Entrance To Winnebago Lake

Date: 1856
Description: Lithographic view of Four Legs Village at the outlet of Lake Winnebago. There are is a person in a canoe on the river and a large tree in the foreground. S...
Drawing

Big-Foot's Village and Lake

Date: 1856
Description: Lithographic view of a man in a canoe on Big-Foot's Lake (modern day Lake Geneva) with a small settlement on a bluff overlooking the lake. A group of birds...
Drawing

Residence of John Kinzie, Esq. (The First House Built in Chicago)

Date: 1856
Description: Lithograhic view of the residence of John Kinzie on the bank of the Chicago River at the mouth of Lake Michigan. The residence consists of a house with a f...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

The Battle of St. Croix Falls Historic Marker

Date: 07 26 1964
Description: The newly crowned beauty queens and attendants from St. Croix Falls and neighboring Taylors Falls stand with Willis Erickson (right), president of the Polk...
Photograph

Sowing Sesame Seed

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Description: Two men are standing near an ox, which is dragging a wooden implement. One man is holding a woven basket and casting seeds. Caption reads: "Sewing [sic] se...
Photograph

Traveling by Elephant to Florence

Date: 02 20 1923
Description: Five people are posing around an elephant in front of a large tree. Two people are standing next to the elephant, one man is the mahout sitting at the elep...

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