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Cyrus Hall McCormick, Jr. Family Portrait

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Description: Formal studio portrait of Cyrus Hall McCormick, Jr., his wife, and their two sons. McCormick was president of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company from...
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Nettie Fowler McCormick at Paris Exposition

Date: 1900
Description: Nettie Fowler McCormick (1835-1923), wife of inventor and industrialist Cyrus Hall McCormick (1809-1884), at the Paris Exposition of 1900. Mrs. McCormick i...
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Grant Family Bible Page

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Description: Page of photographs removed from the Grant Family bible. Included are images of Grandma and Grandpa Dent, an unidentified man, an unidentified woman, Mrs. ...
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Portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Best

Date: 1898
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a man posing sitting in a stuffed chair and a woman standing, with her arm on his shoulder, facing him wi...
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Child with Injured Foot

Date: 08 1957
Description: A young Algerian girl has her foot treated by a Red Crescent (Red Cross equivalent) worker in a tent. The man is wrapping the girl's foot in bandages. She ...
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Olivia de Havilland and Errol Flynn in "The Adventures of Robin Hood"

Date: 1938
Description: Olivia de Havilland (playing Maid Marian) and Errol Flynn (Robin Hood) in a hand-colored publicity still from director Michael Curtiz's film "The Adventure...
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Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh in "Gone with the Wind"

Date: 1939
Description: Clark Gable (playing Rhett Butler) embraces Vivien Leigh (Scarlett O'Hara) who is dressed in mourning clothes in a publicity still from the Selznick produc...
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William Powell and Myrna Loy in "Double Wedding"

Date: 1937
Description: William Powell kisses Myrna Loy on the cheek in this publicity still from "Double Wedding" (MGM 1937).
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Portrait of Man in Rocking Chair

Date: 1895
Description: Interior portrait of an elderly man holding a book posed sitting in a wicker rocking chair. In the background it appears that a woman is sitting in another...
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Studio Portrait of Group of People

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of an elderly man and woman posed sitting, surrounded by two seated women and three standing men.
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Studio Portrait of Group of People

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of an elderly man and two women posed sitting in front of two standing men and two standing women.
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Man and Woman Load a Motorcycle into an International Scout Terra

Date: 1977
Description: A man and woman load a motorcycle into an International Scout Terra parked on a hill in a wooded area.
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Laraine Day

Date: 1940
Description: Laraine Day is helped by a man on the set of the film "Foreign Correspondent." She is wearing a dress and is soaking wet. She is either smiling or gritting...
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Artwork of Insects with Human Faces

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Description: Print of seven insects and one mammal with human faces. Scientific names printed beneath each image. "Melanoplus differentialis" grasshopper, "Eurypelma he...
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Studio Group Portrait of George Hull Family

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Description: Studio group portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two young men and a young woman posing standing behind a young woman posing sitting between an olde...
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Studio Group Portrait of Mr and Mrs Philander Hill and Daughter

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Description: Studio group portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Mr. and Mrs. Philander Hill, and a girl sitting between them, probably their daughter.
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Studio Group Portrait of Unidentified European Americans

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two men and two women, posing sitting and standing. The group is wearing dark-colored clothing.
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Studio Group Portrait of Unidentified European American Family

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Description: Studio group portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a family, including three men, five women, three boys, and one girl.
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Studio Portrait of Unidentified Group of European Americans

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Description: Studio portrait of a group of five men and three women.
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Studio Group Portrait of Unidentified European Americans

Date: 1985
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a group of four men and five women.

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