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Peshtigo Fire

Date: 11 25 1871
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...
Painting

Bad Axe Battleground

Date: 1856
Description: This landscape painting by Samuel Marsden Brookes and Thomas H. Stevenson depicts a broad view of the confluence of Bad Axe and Mississippi Rivers; site of...
Book or Pamphlet

McCormick Catalog Cover

Date: 1884
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company showing a "reaper used by ancient Gauls, First Century." The "reaper" is frame...
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Snags (Sunken Trees on the Missouri River)

Date: 1832
Description: Steamboat navigating through sunken trees on the Missouri River.
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Junction of the Yellowstone River with the Missouri

Date: 1832
Description: Junction of the Yellowstone River and the Missouri River.
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The Citadel Rock on the Upper Missouri

Date: 1832
Description: The Citadel Rock on the Upper Missouri River.
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Oliver Chilled Plow Works Advertisement

Date: 1883
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...
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Whitewater

Date: 1870
Description: Bird's-eye view of Whitewater, with insets.
Drawing

Porcupine Mountains

Date: 1854
Description: Drawing of the Porcupine Mountains on Lake Superior. A deer is standing in the lake drinking water. A man is on the rock ledge above the shoreline and is a...
Book or Pamphlet

William Deering and Company Harvesting Machinery Catalog

Date: 1886
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for William Deering and Company farm machinery. Features an illustration of a young woman in a wheat field surrounded by bi...
Drawing

Shooting Wild Pigeons

Date: 09 21 1867
Description: Illustration of four men shooting at a thick flock of wild pigeons. Hunting dogs are gathered around them in the field, which has a number of dead birds.
Book or Pamphlet

McCormick Harvesting Machine Company Catalog

Date: 1880
Description: Cover of a McCormick Harvesting Machine Company fair circular (catalog). The cover is illustrated with a lake and mountain scene and includes the text "Man...
Book or Pamphlet

The Falls of St. Anthony

Date: 1884
Description: Illustration of the Falls of St. Anthony, as seen in The Indian Tribes of the United States: their history antiquities, customs, religion, arts, languag...
Book or Pamphlet

Deering Advertising Catalog

Date: 1885
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for William Deering and Company, manufacturers of agricultural machinery. Features an illustration of a woman and two child...
Magazine or Periodical

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers

Date: 1870
Description: Magazine illustration of the home, titled: "Soldiers' National Asylum at Milwaukee, Wisconsin". The building is in the background, and in the foreground ar...
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Jeff. Davis in Suspense, Long May He Wave

Date: 1860
Description: Jefferson Davis hanging by a noose in a tree with a serpent wrapped around it. The "SOUTHERN EAGLE" is flying in the background. Captions below read: "JEFF...
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A Merry Christmas

Date: 1845
Description: Two holiday cards with European Robins. Robins are a symbol of Christmas in Great Britain. Caption reads: "A merry christmas." Chromolithograph. Images and...
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A Merry Christmas

Date: 1845
Description: Two holiday cards with European Robins. Robins are a symbol of Christmas in Great Britain. Caption reads: "A merry christmas." Chromolithograph. Images an...
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The Pet Bird

Date: 01 1852
Description: A colored engraving depicting a bird under a glass dome with flowers and plants on a decorative shelf.
Magazine or Periodical

The American Velocipede

Date: 1886
Description: Engraved image from a sketch by Theodore Davis showing four men bicycling.

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