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Circus Show Buggy and Bandwagon

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Description: Dode Fisk, the operator of a dog and pony show and circus, drives a wire-wheeled show buggy pulled by the horse "Bobby". They are photographed next to a ...
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Memorial Day Parade

Date: 1902
Description: Grand Army of the Republic in Memorial Day Parade, in front of the Freeman House. Leading the ranks is probably James Livingston, Alvin "Bean" Hagen is pro...
Postcard

Tall-tale Postcard: Onions

Date: 10 30 1909
Description: An elderly, bearded man hauls a giant onion using a dolly. The man is wearing a black hat and white work gloves. The background shows the side of a barn....
Photograph

Tall-tale Postcard: Background with Men on Ramp

Date: 1911
Description: Photographic mock-up for an Alfred Stanley Johnson photomontage postcard. Two men walk up a ramp leading into a railroad car. Both men are pushing large i...
Photograph

T.G. Mandt Carriage Factory

Date: 1880
Description: Slightly elevated exterior view of T.G. Mandt Wagons & Carriages. Several of the men are standing near or leaning on one of the many carriages displayed ar...
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Men and Women in a Carriage on Film Set

Date: 1929
Description: A production still for the Fox Hearst film "Romance of a Reaper." The film was produced by International Harvester at Walnut Grove to celebrate the Reaper ...
Photograph

Del McDermid in Horse-Drawn Vehicle

Date: 1929
Description: A production still for the Fox Hearst film "Romance of the Reaper." The film was produced by International Harvester at Walnut Grove to celebrate the Reape...
Photograph

"Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man" Movie Set

Date: 10 03 1961
Description: Caption on negative jacket reads, "The 20th Century Fox motion picture studio crew at work filming 'Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man,' based on Ernes...
Painting

The Blacksmith Shop

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Description: A town scene featuring the blacksmith shop and horses.
Photograph

Drill Grounds and Armory on Government Inspection Day

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Description: Elevated view of military formations on the drill grounds on government inspection day. A band plays for the military drill, and a flag waves on a pole on ...
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Procession at Bryn Mawr

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Description: A man leads a procession with a bull carrying a long cart decorated with flowers. Women process along the sides of the cart and a band marches on the road ...
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Brewery Gulch

Date: 1920
Description: Storefronts line the main streets in Brewery Gulch. Paramount Pictures Theater can be seen in the foreground.
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Main Street View

Date: 06 01 1892
Description: View down Main Street featuring crowds of people near the Theatre Comique and other stores and offices.
Photograph

Campus Players

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Description: Group portrait of young adults, including Spencer Tracy, posing outdoors with luggage.
Photograph

C.R. Monroe, Traveling Photographer

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Description: Man displaying two horses in front of a photographer's wagon that says "C.R. Monroe, Traveling Photographer." Two women, one holding a photograph, are pose...
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Two Men Posed with Locomotive

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Description: Two men posed by the locomotive of a freight train on railroad tracks, probably by the coal shed at Millston. The two-wheeled express wagon on the platform...
Print

En Route on Stagecoach

Date: 02 1855
Description: Engraved image from Harper's New Monthly Magazine showing people riding in a stagecoach pulled by two horses.
Photograph

Boy in Buggy Pulled by Miniature Horse with Parrot and Dog

Date: 10 1906
Description: A boy dressed in a light suit and dark socks is sitting in a buggy pulled by a miniature horse. In the boy's arm is a small dog, and a parrot is perched on...
Photograph

Thompson Tent Show

Date: 1907
Description: Photographic postcard of the Thompson Tent Show. Two tents, a tall wagon, an automobile and a truck are set up in a field or park with houses and trees in ...
Photograph

"Porgy and Bess" Production Still

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Description: Production still from the film "Porgy and Bess." Porgy (Sidney Poitier) kneels on his cart which is pulled by a goat. He passes a group of men playing dice...

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