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Boathouse

Date: 1893
Description: Three canoes, two of which have a square stern, are tied up outside of the boathouse at Villa Henrietta, George Brumdber's estate on Pine Lake. Inside the ...
Photograph

Unidentified Women

Date: 1893
Description: Two unidentified women posing together. The woman on the left is sitting on a table or bench, and is wearing a hat and a coat with a cape. The other woman ...
Photograph

Painting of Cyrus Hall McCormick

Date: 1893
Description: Portrait of Cyrus Hall McCormick by LSG Parker (Lawton Parker).
Photograph

Painting of Cyrus Hall McCormick

Date: 1893
Description: Portrait of Cyrus Hall McCormick by LSG Parker (Lawton Parker).
Historical Object

Stoneware Vase

Date: 1893
Description: Stoneware vase is ovoid-shaped with a flared rim. It is gray with a salt-glaze. The dark brown on the lower body and the top of the neck may be caused by a...
Photograph

McDougall Whaleback

Date: 1893
Description: Men are standing in the foreground on the ice-covered whaleback docked in Superior. Signs on the pilot house at the back of the boat read "Mather" on the l...
Photograph

McDougall Passenger Whaleback

Date: 1893
Description: Illustration of the McDougall Passenger Whaleback out on the water. Text at bottom right of card reads: "West Superior, Wis."
Print

Egbert W. Gillett

Date: 1893
Description: Lithograph portrait of Egbert W. Gillett, who wrote Gillett's magic cook book in 1892 and founded the Northwestern Yeast Company in Chicago in 1893....
Photograph

Viking Ship

Date: 1893
Description: View of a replica Viking Ship that sailed from Norway to the United States for the Columbian Exposition in 1893. Three men are standing on shore in front o...
Photograph

John Peter Altgeld

Date: 1893
Description: Portrait of John Peter Altgeld, a Union veteran of the Civil War, judge, lawyer, and politician. Altgeld was a Progressive Democrat and the 20th Governor o...
Drawing

John Peter Altgeld

Date: 1893
Description: Engraved lithographic quarter-length portrait of John Peter Altgeld, a Union veteran of the Civil War, judge, lawyer, and politician. Altgeld was a Progres...
Photograph

Oscar Altpeter

Date: 1893
Description: Vignetted quarter-length semi-profile carte-de-visite portrait of Oscar Altpeter, a maltster and Democratic politician. Altpeter was the son of Phillip Alt...

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