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Postmortem Photograph of Cyrus Hall McCormick

Date: 05 13 1884
Description: "Mourning portrait" of Cyrus Hall McCormick (1809-1884), taken after his death on the morning of May 13, 1884. McCormick's hair and beard are neatly trimm...
Print

A Pretty Good Choke, (Joke,) on J.D.

Date: 1860
Description: Jefferson Davis hanging by a scarf held by the hand of Abraham Lincoln. Caption reads: "A Pretty Good Choke, (Joke,) on J.D. Verdict, — served him right." ...
Photograph

Family with Portrait

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Description: Seven members of the Fragon family sitting and standing for a portrait around a framed painting of a young man, possibly a deceased family member. An older...
Photograph

Corpse of an Elderly Man

Date: 1918
Description: Corpse of an elderly man laid out in his coffin with floral decorations.
Photograph

Funeral Floral Display

Date: 1912
Description: Funeral floral arrangement for William Jaeger. His framed portrait sits on two wooden chairs. He is wearing a suit and has a neckbeard. Flower arrangements...
Photograph

Funeral Arrangement

Date: 1912
Description: Floral funeral arrangement for William Jaeger. A large head and shoulders portrait of him is resting on two chairs behind floral arrangements, with "Vater"...
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Funeral Floral Arrangement

Date: 1912
Description: Funeral floral arrangement for William Jaeger. His framed portrait is sitting on two wooden chairs. He is wearing a suit and has a neckbeard. Flower arrang...
Historical Object

Paul Vanderbilt Pairing 45

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Description: The house was smaller than its legendary fill of righteousness
The author knelt before the scratched and wintered argument
to learn that Grace, in an...
Photograph

Man in a Chair

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Description: View of a man sitting in a wicker rocking chair with a newspaper across his lap. His eyes are partially open. He is either sleeping or deceased. In the bac...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Death Notice of Arthur McArthur, Sr.

Date: 03 06 1898
Description: Death notice and image of Arthur McArthur, Sr. (the last name was sometimes spelled MacArthur). The death notice was printed in the Milwaukee Sunday Sen...

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