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Slumber of Rip Van Winkle

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Description: View of the Slumber of Rip Van Winkle, the protagonist of Washington Irving's 1819 short story.
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Row of Cottages

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Description: A group of children stand along a fence near a row of cottages at the outskirts of town. In the far background is a mountain range.
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Dog Team on the Fairbanks-Valdez Trail

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Description: View of a dog team pulling a sled on the Fairbanks-Valdez Trail. In the background are cabins and mountains. Published by Chisholm & Hall.
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Ox Team

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Description: View uphill of a team of oxen with a wagon stacked with lumber. In the background, men gather outside a general store located in the Raton Mountains, betwe...
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Mule Train

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Description: View downhill of a mule train with mail and freight in the mountains on the Fairbanks-Valdez Trail. Published by A.J. Johnson and Hall's Book Store. Copyr...
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General Vallejo's English Carriage

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Description: View of the carriage of the late General Vallejo, which was built in England in 1832. A field of cacti can be seen behind the carriage. There is a fence an...
Print

Cream City Tobacco Works Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of Louis Ballschmider of the Cream City Tobacco Works of Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin, manufacturer of and dealer in various tobacco products. On ...
Photograph

Jacob's Ladder

Date: 1900
Description: View of a railroad engine with passengers before it ascends Mount Washington Railroad's 'Jacob's Ladder,' built around 1868 with a grade of 37.41%.
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Freight Yard

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Description: View of several rows of railroad cars at a freight yard.
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Provo Railroad Station

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Description: Exterior of Provo Railroad Station. Baggage trucks can be seen near the tracks as a train arrives at the station.
Print

Milwaukee Journal Tour Club Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Milwaukee Journal Tour Club, a national automobile club, with a three-quarter view of the company building surrounded by scenes of a hote...
Print

Frigid Frozen Custard, Label

Date: 07 29 1935
Description: Label submitted to the State of Wisconsin for trademark registration. "Frigid Frozen Custard." Features two men, each driving a dog sled with teams of dogs...
Photograph

Film Still of Movie Poster for "The Boss of the Lazy 'Y'"

Date: 1918
Description: Movie poster using a heavily retouched film still for "The Boss of the Lazy 'Y,'" a western genre film. Shown is actor Roy Stewart playing Calumet Marston ...
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Film Still of Movie Poster for "The Boss of the Lazy 'Y'"

Date: 1918
Description: Movie poster using a heavily retouched film still for "The Boss of the Lazy 'Y,'" a western. Shown on the right is actor Roy Stewart, playing Calumet Marst...
Book or Pamphlet

James Expedition Map

Date: 02 1823
Description: A map featuring the North American expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains led by Edwin James.
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Robert Doyle and Captain Money

Date: 11 05 1943
Description: Robert Doyle and Australian Captain William (Bill) A. Money, chat on Goodenough Island, in the Solomon Sea, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). In t...
Poster

Support the People’s War in Peru!

Date: 05 17 1980
Description: Poster in support of the People's War in Peru, which began in 1980. The war was instigated by a Maoist political group within Peru known as the Shining Pat...
Postcard

Greetings from Burlington

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Description: Color reproduction of a painting of a river in the mountains. Two people are standing near the river. Caption reads: "Greetings from Burlington, Wis. A Sum...
Print

Circumnavigators Club Aviation Night Menu

Date: 10 19 1933
Description: "A Night Above the Clouds" dinner menu, with a tipped-in infra-red photograph of the peaks around Mt. Everest on cream stock embedded with silver flecks. O...
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People Riding Zebus

Date: 1906
Description: Man and a woman riding on zebu cattle, with fields and a mountain in the background. The people, place, and date of the photograph are unknown. The man and...

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