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| Date: | 11 25 1871 |
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| Description: | Engraved view of Peshtigo Fire showing people trying to escape the flames by boat and on horseback. A team of cattle also seek refuge and several birds tak... |
| Date: | 1871 |
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| Description: | Drawing of the Peshtigo Fire, showing people seeking refuge in the Peshtigo River. |
| Date: | 02 1892 |
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| Description: | Engraving of a fur trader standing in the middle of a circle of seated Indians in their council tepee. |
| Date: | 1871 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye view of the Chicago fire of October 8, 1871. The hand-colored lithograph was published by Currier and Ives. |
| Date: | 09 22 1860 |
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| Description: | Sketch from the "New York Illustrated News" of the sinking of the sidewheel passenger, Lady Elgin. She was struck and sunk by the Augusta on ... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Image from an International Harvester calendar promoting safety using themes from World War I. The title of calendar is "The World's Greatest Chance Taker!... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Image from an International Harvester calendar promoting safety using themes from World War I. The title of calendar is "The World's Greatest Chance Taker!... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Image from an International Harvester calendar promoting safety using themes from World War I. The title of calendar is "The World's Greatest Chance Taker!... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Page from an International Harvester calendar promoting safety using themes from World War I. The title of calendar is "The World's Greatest Chance Taker! ... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Page from an International Harvester calendar promoting safety using themes from World War I. The title of calendar is "The World's Greatest Chance Taker! ... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Page from an International Harvester calendar promoting safety using themes from World War I. The title of calendar is "The World's Greatest Chance Taker! ... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Page from an International Harvester calendar promoting safety using themes from World War I. The title of calendar is "The World's Greatest Chance Taker! ... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Page from an International Harvester calendar promoting safety using themes from World War I. The title of calendar is "The World's Greatest Chance Taker! ... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Page from an International Harvester calendar promoting safety using themes from World War I. The title of calendar is "The World's Greatest Chance Taker! ... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Page from an International Harvester calendar promoting safety using themes from World War I. The title of calendar is "The World's Greatest Chance Taker! ... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Page from an International Harvester calendar promoting safety using themes from World War I. The title of calendar is "The World's Greatest Chance Taker! ... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Page from an International Harvester calendar promoting safety using themes from World War I. The title of calendar is "The World's Greatest Chance Taker! ... |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | Advertising poster for International trucks featuring illustrations of trucks delivering food to areas in Africa and the Middle East. The text describes a ... |
| Date: | 1883 |
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| Description: | Lithographed advertising card for the Oliver Chilled Plow Works commemorating the new year, 1884. The card features two color illustrations within a gold f... |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | Postcard depicting the fire of February 26-27, 1904 that destroyed most of the second Wisconsin State Capitol. The smoke and flames have been dramatically ... |
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