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Mother Feeding Infant

Date: 09 01 1971
Description: A young mother feeds her infant baby food outdoors.
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Cafeteria

Date: 10 13 1980
Description: Empty cafeteria in state office building.
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Making Dolls

Date: 07 17 1957
Description: A young woman helps a girl make toy dolls out of cloth.
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On Strike

Date: 11 05 1962
Description: Lone picketer from Painters' Local 781 protests against workers not receiving union wages, hours, and benefits.
Print

Thomas Jefferson Seated with Quill Pen

Date: 
Description: Engraving from a painting of Thomas Jefferson, seated with books and writing implements.
Photograph

Mother and Children with Typewriter

Date: 
Description: A woman and two small boys are sitting at a typewriter in the kitchen.
Print

Weary Woman

Date: 1873
Description: Engraving of a woman sitting in a chair with light from an attic window shining on her face. Next to her is a rumpled bed and a pull-toy overturned on the ...
Photograph

Radiophone

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Description: A woman takes down menus and recipes that she hears on her radiophone.
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Carving the Turkey

Date: 11 25 1965
Description: A man takes pleasure in the carving of the Thanksgiving turkey, with other food items in the foreground and vending machines behind him.
Book or Pamphlet

Plano Manufacturing Company Catalog

Date: 1897
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for the Plano Manufacturing Company, manufacturers of grain binders, mowers, headers, reapers, and hay rakes. The cover fea...
Photograph

The Fix-it Man

Date: 
Description: Workers from Starkweather Contractors repair and install windows at a residence.
Photograph

Enjoying the Sound System

Date: 
Description: A little girl stands at the built-in home entertainment system consisting of a phonograph turntable, radio, and single speaker.
Photograph

Snow Cones for the Kids

Date: 1950
Description: Children enjoy cold treats while being entertained, as nuns and an adult male look on.
Photograph

Cook Out

Date: 09 07 1963
Description: Husband and wife prepare meal on top of a campfire grill.
Photograph

Circus Group

Date: 1892
Description: A large group of circus performers and personnel, including a clown and band members, pose in front of a tent.
Photograph

William Horlick

Date: 1910
Description: Three-quarter length outdoor portrait of William Horlick (1846-1936), co-founder of Horlick's Malted Milk Company of Racine, Wisconsin.
Photograph

Chippewa Woman Making Baskets

Date: 1925
Description: A Chippewa (Ojibwa) woman preparing splints for basket making. This image is part of an exhibit about Native Americans prepared by Paul Vanderbilt, the fir...
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Golfing near Belmont Avenue and outer Lake Shore Drive

Date: 1933
Description: Woman playing golf at Sydney R. Marovitz(?) golf course near Belmont Avenue. The Chicago skyline is in the background.
Photograph

Delaware Lenape Log House

Date: 
Description: Dogs and women outside of a Delaware Lenape log house.
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Leech Lake Agency Teepee

Date: 1901
Description: A small pox patient's Leech Lake Agency teepee, burned after the man's removal.

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