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"The Pharmacopeia Comes of Age" Painting

Date: 02 1956
Description: Photograph of a painting titled: "The Pharmacopeia Comes of Age" by the artist Robert Thom. The painting depicts a scene from 1880. Pictured are the notabl...
Photograph

"The Founding of the United States Pharmacopeia" Painting

Date: 1957
Description: Photograph of a completed painting by artist Robert Thom titled: "The Founding of the United States Pharmacopeia". The painting depicts a scene from the fi...
Photograph

Painting "The Founding of the U.S. Pharmacopeia"

Date: 1957
Description: Artist Robert Thom is seen here working on one of his paintings, this one titled: "The Founding of the United States Pharmacopeia".
Photograph

"The Founding of the U.S. Pharmacopeia" Painting

Date: 1957
Description: The artist Robert Thom pauses to pose with his new painting, "The Forming of the United States Pharmacopeia", which depicts the inaugural delegates to the ...
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Crowd Watching Agricultural Extension Alfalfa Lecture

Date: 1913
Description: Farm children, families and other onlookers watch an alfalfa series lecture by J.H. Skinner of International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department....
Postcard

Champion Chemical Company Postcard

Date: 09 1910
Description: Exhibit of the Champion Chemical Company promoting their embalming fluids. Also presented in the exhibit are caskets and clothing to dress the dead.
Painting

The Opening of the Railroad from Grandhaven to Grand Rapids

Date: 1857
Description: At the opening of the railway between Grandhaven and Grand Rapids, Michigan on July 26, 1857, the locomotive Grand Rapids was manned by the railroad...
Photograph

50,000 Ford Motor Company Employees

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Description: Thousands of employees appear in a composite photograph representing 50,000 employees of the Ford Motor Company. A company building reading "Ford Motor Com...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Ramparts Magazine Cover

Date: 04 1966
Description: Cover of "Ramparts," an underground newspaper, featuring a drawing of then Vietnamese first lady Madame Nhu in a Michigan State University cheerleading uni...
Photograph

Wartime Labor Agreement

Date: 07 14 1942
Description: Meeting of United Packinghouse Workers Local 69 stewards and committeemen employed at the Hygrade Food Products plant. They were meeting to organize a labo...
Photograph

"Islander" Steamer Ship

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Description: View of the steamer ship "Islander" leaving Mackinac Island. Signs painted on the ship reads=: "Islander," "Arnold Line" and "St. Ignace Mackinac Island" (...
Photograph

Elks Home

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Description: Front view of the exterior of the Elks Home. Flags adorn the home and lawn.
Photograph

Autos at Fairgrounds

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Description: Automobiles park beside several buildings on the fairgrounds. A crowd of people gathers in the background near a grandstand.
Photograph

Health and Happiness Campaign Procession

Date: 1920
Description: Group of people in automobiles adorned with flags, bunting and signs move in a procession down a dirt road for a "Health and Happiness Campaign."
Photograph

Jesus Salas Addresses Rally Crowd

Date: 1966
Description: Wisconsin agricultural labor union Oberos Unidos founder Jesús Salas addressing a rally crowd from a podium after a farm worker demonstration. The crowd is...
Photograph

View of Mackinac Island

Date: 07 1923
Description: View of Mackinac Island from a wooden pier. There are large houses, some with turrets, facing the water.
Photograph

Mackinac Island

Date: 07 1923
Description: View of Mackinac Island from a boat offshore. There are two large wooden piers with warehouses, and a beach on the right. Commercial buildings line the wat...
Print

Fort Mackinack

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Description: Woodcut illustration of Fort Mackinack.
Photograph

Woman, Young Woman, and Man with '76 Flag and Trucks

Date: 1975
Description: View of a woman, young woman, and a man in a military uniform are standing with a '76 flag. In the background are four International Transtar II heavy-duty...
Print

Michigan Commandery Dinner Menu

Date: 12 03 1891
Description: Front cover and menu page for a dinner of the "Loyal Legion. Michigan Commandery with Saginaw Valley Companions at Bancroft House," with the badge of the o...

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