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Traveling Medicine Wagon

Date: 1902
Description: A traveling medicine wagon with saleswomen and vendor selling Westmore's Hair Tonic.
Painting

Ellen Clarinda Martin Kneeland

Date: 1843
Description: Portrait of Ellen Clarinda Martin Kneeland.
Painting

Nellie Jane Manning

Date: 
Description: Full-length portrait of Nellie Jane Manning.
Photograph

Weighing Guests

Date: 1898
Description: Group of people on the front porch, weighing the guests. A visit was considered successful if the guests weighed more when they left.
Photograph

Sarah Fairchild Conover

Date: 1895
Description: Sarah Fairchild Dean Conover, sister of Civil War hero and governor Lucius Fairchild, reclines on a sofa in her home at 424 North Pinckney Street.
Photograph

Interior of Pond House

Date: 1920
Description: Interior view of home, perhaps taken through an open window. The sash and sill are in the foreground. A woman is sitting on the piano bench in front of a g...
Photograph

Portrait in a Mirror

Date: 1900
Description: A woman photographer catches reflections of herself, a young girl and a woman in a bedroom bureau mirror.
Photograph

Gesell Family Burlesque

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Description: The Gesell family in costume with broom, sword, and other props for a humorous picture. Family members identified as follows: Gerhard Jr. (drinking from pi...
Postcard

Outdoor Portrait of Ho-Chunk Woman

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Description: Susie Redhorn "HiNukIGa" (Woman), daughter of Frank Redhorn and Lucy Prettyman, shown in later years posing by two baskets. The photograph was taken at the...
Photograph

Nina Sturgis Dousman

Date: 1873
Description: Full-length portrait of Nina Sturgis Dousman, wife of H. Louis Dousman, standing behind a chair. Born April 20, 1852; died July 25, 1930.
Photograph

Jerusha Wilcox Sturgis

Date: 1866
Description: Full-length portrait of Jerusha Sturgis, standing near a chair. The wife of Samuel Davis Sturgis I and mother of Nina Dousman. Born December 1, 1827; Died ...
Photograph

Woman with Toasters

Date: 
Description: Woman comparing toaster wattages.
Photograph

Bath Time

Date: 05 08 1955
Description: A boy in the bath tub being bathed by his mother.
Photograph

Woman with Blender

Date: 03 18 1955
Description: Woman stirring the contents of an Osterizer blender that is sitting on the stove.
Photograph

Classroom Activities

Date: 04 07 1961
Description: Elementary school students paying various levels of attention to classwork in the classroom.
Photograph

Out of Action

Date: 01 13 1967
Description: Dejected skier at home with cast and crutches, after breaking her leg practicing for competition.
Photograph

Pet Hamsters

Date: 03 17 1955
Description: A boy plays with his pet rodents (hamsters).
Photograph

Bus Card Game

Date: 04 05 1958
Description: Women playing cards on a bus ride.
Print

John Adams

Date: 1862
Description: Engraving from a painting of John Adams. Inscription reads: "John Adams From a Painting by Chappel, in the possession of the Publishers. Johnson, Fry & C...
Photograph

Portrait of a Woman in Norwegian Costume

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Description: A portrait of a young woman in Norwegian costume, with long, loose hair and trimming at collar.

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