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Painting

Marquette and Joliet

Date: 1921
Description: Painted scene of an Indian guide paddling, Jacques Marquette, a Jesuit missionary standing, and Louis Joliet, a fur trader paddling in a canoe exploring th...
Photograph

Attilio Gatti and His Wife

Date: 03 30 1938
Description: Attilio Gatti and his wife pose for the camera during their expedition to the African Congo. International Harvester sponsored the expedition and Gatti use...
Photograph

Mrs. Attilio Gatti

Date: 03 30 1938
Description: Mrs. Attilio Gatti carried by four Congolese men during her husband's expedition to the African Congo. The expedition was sponsored by the International Ha...
Photograph

Commander Attilio Gatti in Africa

Date: 1939
Description: Commander Attilio Gatti poses in front of a Congolese village during his tenth expedition to Africa. The expedition was sponsored by International Harveste...
Photograph

Explorers Photographing in the African Congo

Date: 1939
Description: Members of Commander Atillio Gatti's tenth African expedition taking photographs from the top of an International truck. Native Africans are standing, hold...
Painting

Marquette and Joliet Discover the Mississippi River

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Description: A painting depicting Marquette and Joliet in a birch bark canoe with two other men during their excursion on the Mississippi River, which they discovered o...
Photograph

Monument of Samuel D. Champlain

Date: 1912
Description: Statue dedicated to the French geographer, explorer and colonialist Samuel de Champlain (1567-1635). A bronze man in a cape stands at the top of the pedes...
Print

International Truck Advertising Proof Featuring Commander Gatti

Date: 1949
Description: Advertising proof for International trucks, featuring color photographs relating to an expedition to Africa by explorer Attilio Gatti. Includes images of n...
Print

Commander Gatti's Jungle Yacht Ad

Date: 1938
Description: Advertisement for International trucks, featuring Commander Attilio Gatti and his wife with their "jungle yachts" in the "Belgian Congo." International mad...
Print

S.S. Argentina Luncheon Menu

Date: 07 21 1951
Description: Luncheon menu for the S.S. Argentina, with a map of Argentina with spot illustrations for the provinces and featured products or symbols, the coat o...
Postcard

The First Northern Voyageurs

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Description: Color reproduction of a metal sculpture of two explorers standing near upended canoe. Text on reverse reads: "The First Northern Voyageurs Sculpture b...
Postcard

Mural Decoration, Brown County Courthouse

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Description: Caption reads: "Mural Decoration, Brown County Courthouse." Text on reverse reads: "This mural decoration, on the south wall of the east entrance hall, rep...

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