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Office Environment

Date: 1926
Description: A businessman and his secretary at the desk in his office.
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Wilson Theater

Date: 1926
Description: Exterior view of Wilson Theater. Standing on sidewalk from left to right are: Delia Berry Wilson, Orpha Wilson, Robert Paul Hollis, and Robert Henry Wilson...
Book or Pamphlet

"Ideals of the Ku Klux Klan" Cover

Date: 1926
Description: Cover art of a pamphlet called "Religious and Patriotic Ideals of the Ku Klux Klan" (KKK), author W. C. (Walter Carl) Wright, featuring an image of the Ame...
Photograph

Frank Lloyd Wright

Date: 1926
Description: Full-length portrait of Frank Lloyd Wright standing at the foot of the steps of the national Capitol.
Photograph

Portrait of Rudolph Valentino from The Son of the Sheik

Date: 1926
Description: Rudolph Valentino stands with his hands on his hips and wears a white turban in a publicity still from The Son of the Sheik (UA, 1926).
Photograph

Rudolph Valentino, Pola Negri, Mae Murray, and Prince David Mdivani

Date: 1926
Description: Full-length portrait of two couples, Rudolph Valentino with Pola Negri, and Mae Murray with Prince David Mdivani, apparently taken the day of Murray and Md...
Photograph

"The Rugged Four"

Date: 1926
Description: Sigurd Olson, second from the left, with one of the early groups that he guided into the wilderness near Ely, Minnesota. The other men are identified as Dr...
Photograph

Brazilian Court Hotel

Date: 1926
Description: People sit at umbrella-covered tables in the courtyard at the Brazilian Court Hotel. Lush vegetation and palm trees decorate the space and wait staff are i...
Print

Christmas Greetings

Date: 1926
Description: Holiday card with two parts. The main card is red paper with gold foliage printed on the outside. "Christmas Greetings" is printed on the bottom in black u...
Photograph

Man and Woman Wrapped in Wire Fencing

Date: 1926
Description: Portrait of a man and a woman posed together, wrapped in wire fencing. It must be a prank because they are both smiling. She is wearing a hat with a plume ...
Photograph

John Gilbert and Ramon Novarro

Date: 1926
Description: Actors John Gilbert and Ramon Novarro compare their moustaches. Gilbert is in costume.
Manuscript

Neighborhood House Album: 1st and 2nd Residents

Date: 1926
Description: First page of an album kept by Neighborhood House, with individual images of head resident Gay Braxton, second resident Mary Lee Griggs, and two exterior v...
Photograph

Dorothy Sunne in Winter Coat and Cap

Date: 1926
Description: Dorothy Sunne (b. 1922) stands on a stump in front of her house. She is wearing a winter coat with a cap, stockings and shoes.
Photograph

Neighborhood House Boys Club with Log Cabin

Date: 1926
Description: Seven boys standing outdoors around a table with a model of a log cabin and its surroundings on it. A building with narrow siding is in the background.
Photograph

Class Portrait at Saint Raphael's School

Date: 1926
Description: Students pose outdoors in front of a stone building at Saint Raphael's School. Mary Julia O'Dea (born 1917) is standing in the third row, second from the r...
Photograph

Man and Woman Wrapped in Wire Fencing

Date: 1926
Description: Portrait of a man and a woman posed together, wrapped in wire fencing. It must be a prank because they are both smiling. She is wearing a hat with a plume ...
Photograph

Child in High Chair

Date: 1926
Description: Child sitting in a high chair drinking tomato juice from a mug. The child is wearing a bib with a rabbit stitched on the front.
Book or Pamphlet

"Cultivate with Kovar" Catalog Cover

Date: 1926
Description: Catalog cover featuring an illustration of a man driving a tractor and pulling a spring tooth digger in a field. The slogan: "Cultivate with Kovar" is over...
Photograph

Chicago and North Western Railroad Station

Date: 1926
Description: Exterior view of the South Madison Chicago and North Western Railroad Station located next to the railroad tracks that cross Lakeside Street. In the foregr...
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X-Ray Machine

Date: 1926
Description: A group of women and children surround a woman who is standing on an X-Ray machine (fluoroscope) to determine if her shoes fit. A man on the right is opera...

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