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Dutch Milk Wagon

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Description: A milkman pauses to dispense milk from the tap of a large milk can on his dog-powered delivery cart in Rotterdam, Holland.
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Ole Bull

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Description: Monograph of famous Norwegian violinist Ole Bull holding his violin and bow.
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Pasta Factory

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Description: Workers posing with racks of fresh pasta drying in the sun in Naples, Italy.
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Russell Jones with Group of Journalists

Date: 11 1956
Description: Russell Jones, facing camera wearing a light trench coat, standing with a group of journalists on a street corner during the fighting in Budapest, Hungary....
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Portrait of French Indians

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Description: Portrait of French Indian men who made the trip to Washington via the Mississippi River to sign the 1854 Treaty ceding lands in both Minnesota and Wisconsi...
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Community Leadership Workshop

Date: 08 1955
Description: A community leadership workshop session, August-September, at Highlander Folk School. Elizabeth Brinkman, Germany, in background in a flower dress; obscure...
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Jeremiah Curtin and Henryk Sienkiewicz

Date: 1900
Description: Jeremiah Curtin and Henryk Sienkiewicz standing in front of a table with books on it.
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Members of Dutch Underground Arrest German Soldier

Date: 05 1945
Description: Members of Dutch Underground arresting a German soldier on the day of liberation in Amsterdam.
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Disarming of German Soldiers

Date: 05 1945
Description: Disarming of German soldiers after the war in Amsterdam.
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Cristoforo Colombo

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Description: Posthumous portrait of Christopher Columbus (c. 1451 – 5/20/1506), navigator, colonizer, and explorer, by Italian Renaissance painter Ridolfo Ghirlandaio (...
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Walter Bray

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Description: Seated studio portrait of Walter Bray, Richard Quinney's great great grandfather.
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Treaty with Massasoit

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Description: Sculpture relief entitled: "Treaty with Massasoit." The relief depicts Massasoit (c.1581 - 1661) signing the treaty with the pilgrims in 1621. Text on th...
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Roadside Stop in France

Date: 08 25 1944
Description: A roadside stop in Normandy, France. Three men are standing with a jeep. From left is Robert Doyle, war correspondent for the Milwaukee Journal. The...
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Group Portrait of War Correspondents in Guam

Date: 04 1945
Description: A group of war correspondents, soldiers and officers pose outdoors on the sand in front of palm trees for a portrait in Guam. Many are holding a beverage a...
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In Breuschwickersheim

Date: 1979
Description: Frederick Brumder (1943-2012), in white sweater, is sitting at a table with relatives in Breuschwickersheim, Alsace, France. The other people are, from lef...
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Chippewas, Irish & Dutch

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of men, women, and children. Title reads: "A bunch of natives, head of Lake Superior, Chippewas, Irish & Dutch."
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Czar and Czarina of Russia

Date: 1890
Description: Carte-de-visite portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Tsar Alexander III and Tsarina Maria Feodorovna.
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King Alfonso XII and Queen Maria de las Mercedes

Date: 1925
Description: Oval framed quarter-length profile carte-de-visite portrait of Alfonso XII and Maria de las Mercedes, the King and Queen of Spain.
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King Alfonso's Throne Shaky

Date: 1931
Description: Waist-up profile portrait of King Alfonso XIII of Spain, who is wearing a uniform. Caption reads: "(100) King Alfonso's Throne Shaky. Conditions in Spain a...
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Alois Alphonsus

Date: 1923
Description: Three-quarter length portrait of Alois Alphonsus, of the Austrian Department of Agriculture, standing outdoors. Alphonsus was a beekeeper who came to Madis...

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