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"Buffalo Bill" Cody and White Beaver

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Description: "Buffalo Bill" Cody and David Franklin Powell ("White Beaver") posing in in front of a painted backdrop in a Racine, Wisconsin gallery. This image was in t...
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Portrait of William Horlick

Date: 1936
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of William Horlick (1846-1936), by Harold A. Stewart.
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Locomotive and Crew

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Description: Locomotive and railroad crew.
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Racine Civil War Veterans

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Description: "Civil War Day Pictures of Racine Veterans." Composite of small oval head and shoulders portraits of veterans of the Civil War, consisting of 100 Union sol...
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Racine Civil War Veterans

Date: 1900
Description: "Racine County War Veterans Living and Dead." Composite of small oval head and shoulders portraits, consisting of about 100 Union soldiers, all identified....
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Toothpick Sculpture

Date: 05 16 1957
Description: Kenneth Mills, 10, with his toothpick sculpture that he named "Pickalator." The work was part of an exhibit of children's art at Racine's Wustum Museum of ...
Drawing

Wisconsin Centennial Postage Stamp Design

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Description: Design in black and white for the Wisconsin Centennial 3 cent postage stamp with an industrial theme.
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Root River Lighthouse

Date: 1840
Description: View of the Root River lighthouse.
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Lincoln Statue

Date: 1950
Description: A statue of Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln.
Postcard

Lincoln-Todd Monument

Date: 1945
Description: Lincoln-Todd Monument in East Park. Caption reads: "Lincoln-Todd Monument, Racine, Wisconsin".
Photograph

Graham Residence

Date: 1910
Description: View of the music room in the residence of Frederick Graham.
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One Room School

Date: 1914
Description: Unidentified one-room school in Racine County. Transportation to better consolidated schools was one significant improvement that motorized vehicles brough...
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Drummers at Pow Wow

Date: 08 07 1967
Description: Harry Funmaker (left) of Wisconsin Dells, and Ray Tahawah of Lawton, Oklahoma, drumming. A crowd of young people is in the background.
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WPA Art Project

Date: 1935
Description: Santos Zingale (1908-1999), then an unemployed artist, working on the cartoon phase of a WPA mural he was painting in Racine. The preliminary sketch from w...
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Ada Meinhardt Residence

Date: 1895
Description: An interior view of the Ada Meinhardt residence. There is an elaborate stairway with several musical instruments displayed below.
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Small Boy on Bushel Basket

Date: 1900
Description: Alois Schwaller, youngest son of Frank A. and Susan Schmitt Schwaller, standing outside THE Schwaller home on an upturned metal "bushel basket" holding 10-...
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Three Men Playing Musical Instruments

Date: 1900
Description: Three Men Playing Musical Instruments, Edward Schwaller at left; Frank H. Schwaller in middle; man at right unidentified. Probably inside Schwaller Music ...
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Man in Musical Instrument Store Room

Date: 1900
Description: A well-dressed man sits in a chair in a Schwaller Music Store on Pine Street. Various pianos are on display. There are signs for Sohmer Pianos and New Home...
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Horse-Drawn Carriage near Storefronts

Date: 1900
Description: Looking east across Pine Street at the F. A. Schwaller Music Store / Schwaller's Real Estate Office, flanked by Theodore Riel's dry goods and grocery store...
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Nicolas Le Prevost

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Description: Oval-shaped waist-up portrait of Nicolas Le Prevost.

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