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| Date: | 1821 |
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| Description: | Indians of the North Red River area, probably in the vicinity of old Fort Douglas, now Winnipeg, Canada, spearing beaver. |
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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... |
| Date: | 1844 |
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| Description: | A portrayal of the effects of contact with whites on the Assiniboine chief, Wi-Jun-Jon. (Plate 25). "In offering this illustration to the reader, I am re... |
| Date: | 11 1956 |
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| Description: | A UPI photograph depicting Hungarian "Freedom Fighter" on the streets of Budapest during the Hungarian popular revolt against Soviet occupation. Note the ... |
| Date: | 1876 |
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| Description: | Quite possibly this is the "View of Guard Tent and Guard" listed in the "Centennial Views of the City of Madison, July 4th, 1876. Views of Chicago Light Gu... |
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| Description: | "Death Whoop" an engraving after a drawing by Seth Eastman from the American Aboriginal Portfolio. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Two hunters stand around a pile of giant rabbits that they have killed in a Wisconsin forest. It is winter; there is snow on the ground. One of the hunters... |
| Date: | 1967 |
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| Description: | Freedom House in flames after Milwaukee Police fired tear gas into the building. Two armed officers stand in front of the burning building. Both officers h... |
| Date: | 03 24 1970 |
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| Description: | Cover of "The East Village Other," an underground newspaper, featuring a cartoon bomb on top of a pile of money. The headline reads, "Booming the Economy."... |
| Date: | 01 08 1973 |
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| Description: | Cover of "The Great Speckled Bird," an underground newspaper, featuring an illustration of a Frosted Flakes cereal box, pouring out atomic bombs on a Vietn... |
| Date: | 09 1957 |
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| Description: | Mob violence during the integration crisis in Little Rock. Probably taken between September 20th, when Governor Faubus withdrew the National Guard and Sept... |
| Date: | 02 1971 |
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| Description: | Political propaganda poster featuring a red, white, and blue eagle being struck down from the sky, accompanied by the phrase: "Strike Him Down." The eagle... |
| Date: | 02 18 1949 |
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| Description: | Members of Ethlyn Jefferds' dancing class, fifth and sixth grade students from Shorewood, Randall, and Lakewood schools, attending their first costume ball... |
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| Description: | The Milwaukee police approach a line of NAACP Youth Council members in an attempt to break up a demonstration. |
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| Description: | Copy photograph of a Ho-Chunk man posing sitting outside a tent, smoking a calumet pipe, holding a metal tomahawk, and wearing a Sioux headdress, several n... |
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| Description: | Copy photograph of a Ho-Chunk man posing sitting outside a tent smoking a calumet pipe, holding a metal tomahawk, and wearing a Sioux headdress, several ne... |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | A man wearing a hat and smoking a pipe sits on a Farmall H tractor while a uniformed man stands on the top of a military tank. Two more men are sitting in ... |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | A cartoon created during the 1928 presidential campaign depicting bigotry displayed against Democratic candidate Al Smith. "The Sniper" is depicted as a ma... |
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| Description: | The front design of a postcard with the caption "Free Huey Newton!" showing an iconic image of Newton positioned in a drawing that depicts him inside the m... |
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| Description: | Stereograph of Union infantry standing in front of a slave dealer's shop. |
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