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Pic Island from Camp Porphyry

Date: 1850
Description: Pic Island on the north shore of Lake Superior.
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Running the Rapids of New River

Date: 02 21 1874
Description: African American boatmen run a rapids in a small river boat.
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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...
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Wilkins 45: Bear Valley

Date: 07 31 1849
Description: Bear Valley in Utah; sketched by Wilkins on his 151-day journey from Missouri to California on the Overland Trail (also known as the Oregon Trail).

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Wilkins 47: Bear River

Date: 08 01 1849
Description: Bear Valley in Utah; sketched by Wilkins on his 151-day journey from Missouri to California on the Overland Trail (also known as the Oregon Trail). Wilki...
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Wilkins 50: Steam Boat Springs

Date: 08 03 1849
Description: Steam Boat Springs in Idaho; sketched by Wilkins on his 151-day journey from Missouri to California on the Overland Trail (also known as the Oregon Trail)....
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Polar Frozen Custard Label

Date: 07 02 1935
Description: Label submitted to the State of Wisconsin for trademark registration. Features a polar bear licking a large ice cream cone. There are floating blocks of ic...
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Central Pacific Railroad Map

Date: 1867
Description: A map and profile map of the railroad line from Omaha to San Francisco.

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