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Magazine or Periodical

Pro-McKinley Political Cartoon

Date: 08 29 1896
Description: Cover of Harper's Weekly, with a pro-William McKinley Presidential cartoon depicting McKinley as a soldier in 1861 and William Jennings Bryan as an ...
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Dane County Courthouse

Date: 03 27 1869
Description: Dane County Courthouse.
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Jefferson Liberal Institute

Date: 1869
Description: Cover of Billed-Magazin. featuring an engraved view of The Jefferson Liberal Institute.
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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USS "Seneca"

Date: 1861
Description: View of the gun boat USS "Seneca".
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Political Market

Date: 06 12 1858
Description: A political cartoon in "Harper's Weekly" about railroad company presidents' purchasing Wisconsin state legislatures and governors. The caption reads: ...
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Departure of a Colony of Emigrants for Colorado

Date: 1870
Description: Crowd gathered at Chicago & St. Louis Railroad Station to see off a colony of emigrants from Chicago who planned to settle in Colorado on a tract of land p...
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The Ice Velocipede

Date: 02 20 1869
Description: Engraved image of a man riding an ice velocipede, a bicycle-like vehicle with a studded front wheel and back blades. In the background is an iceboat.
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Scene in a Velocipede Riding School, New York City

Date: 02 13 1869
Description: Engraved image of several men attempting to ride velocipedes in a large open, interior space. Many have fallen or are struggling with balance.
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Pneumatic Masthead

Date: 1896
Description: Masthead of the bicycling journal Pneumatic.
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Douglas & Sherwood's Expansion Skirt

Date: 05 1858
Description: An illustration in "Godey's Lady's Book" of a steel expansion skirt.
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An Awkward Fix

Date: 07 1892
Description: Engraved illustration depicting Frank Lenz sitting on the edge of a railroad bridge holding his safety bicycle in front of him and his box camera on his ba...
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Comely Features Article

Date: 12 1894
Description: An illustrated article in Godey's Ladies Book regarding "triumph of surgery" to improve one's facial features.
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Detail of 'Comely Features' Article

Date: 12 1894
Description: An illustration from the article "Comely Features" in Godey's Ladies Book, showing elimination of forehead wrinkles.
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Escort Into Minneapolis

Date: 07 23 1892
Description: Frank Lenz entering Minneapolis escorted by members of the St. Paul Cycle Club, the Minneapolis Business Men's Bicycle Association, and the Minnesota Divis...
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A Stretch Between the Tracks

Date: 06 1892
Description: Frank G. Lenz posed with his bicycle between railroad tracks in the northeastern United States.
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A Sorely Neglected Stretch

Date: 05 1892
Description: Frank Lenz posed with his bicycle on a badly neglected stretch of road. A split-rail fence encloses a field behind Lenz.
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Edison's Electric Generator in Scientific American

Date: 10 18 1879
Description: Depiction of Edison's Electric Generator in the weekly journal of practical information, art, science, chemistry and manufactures. It is an electrical gene...

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