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Fairchild Model 21

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Description: Side view of a Fairchild Model 21 sitting on a runway with two people wearing aviator hats and goggles sitting in the front cockpit, and one person standin...
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Daisy Bates at NAACP Event

Date: 1957
Description: Daisy Bates, who is wearing a fur, poses with other people at an NAACP event.
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Fur Trading Post

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Description: A diorama depicting several people, including a small child, gather at a fur trading post in Juneau, Alaska.
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Production Still for "Sleep, My Love"

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Description: Unidentified actress having her gloves and veil adjusted by three other persons, on the set of "Sleep, My Love." One person is holding a fur stole.
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Launching of the Detroit Edison

Date: 09 09 1954
Description: Elevated view of the sideways launching of Hull 418, the Detroit Edison at Manitowoc Shipbuilding, Inc. A group of people are gathered at the wharf ...
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The Market

Date: 1918
Description: People wearing thick coats and hats, some made of fur, are standing at an outside market, possibly in Arkhangelsk, Russia. In the background is a long buil...
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Robert Taft Visit

Date: 1952
Description: A man is shaking hands with a woman, who is wearing a sign that reads: "Oust Graft, Elect Taft." A group of people are talking the background. Caption read...
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Iceboat on the Mississippi River

Date: 1905
Description: The iceboat was built by the Ranke boys. There are about forty-nine people posing in front of the boat. Almost everyone is wearing ice skates. Names: Fred ...
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Dane County Republican Women's Club

Date: 10 10 1957
Description: Three people at the head table of the Dane County Republican Women's Club meeting are: Warren R. Smith, Wisconsin State Treasurer; Margaret Smith, Treasure...
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Group Portrait of People with Automobiles

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Description: View across road towards a group of people posing and standing near two automobiles. There are four women, three men, and a girl. The car on the right has...
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The Pyramid Supper Club

Date: 1960
Description: Colorized postcard view of bartenders and group of people at an Egyptian-themed cocktail bar, the Pyramid Supper Club, in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin.
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Daisy Bates with Two Other People

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Description: Daisy Bates posed on a sofa between an unidentified man and an unidentified woman who is wearing a fur cape.
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Woman in Fur Coat

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Description: Miss Emma Strauss poses near a house wearing a fur coat and fancy hat.
Postcard

Blanket Toss — Eskimo Style

Date: 07 21 1973
Description: Slightly elevated view of a group of people bundled up in colorful coats, standing in a snowy landscape. They are all holding one blanket and looking up to...
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Unidentified Native American Man

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Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of a waist-up portrait of an unidentified Native American man, possibly from the Canadian Woodland Tribe. He is wearing a coat an...
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People with Automobile Near Lake

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Description: View of A.G. Zimmerman sitting in his automobile near the lake shore. He has one arm resting on the steering wheel; the other on the seat back. Two women a...
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Chief Little Black Hawk

Date: 1895
Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of George Blackhawk (WonkShiekChoNeeKah), sitting, and an unidentified man who is standing and w...
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Group of People Posing in Sleigh

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Description: A man, sitting between two women,is holding the reins of a horse-drawn sleigh. The group is sitting on furs and have a blanket over their laps. In the back...
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The Democratic Victory Banquet

Date: 05 11 1933
Description: View from audience, sitting at tables in the foreground, towards a group of men and women standing at a long table adorned with flowers and candles. Behind...
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Studio Portrait of Ed Greengrass and Jennie Blackhawk

Date: 1895
Description: Studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk man and woman posing sitting in front of a painted backdrop. They are identified as Ed Greengrass (CheWinCheKayRayHeKah) and ...

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