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| Date: | 1832 |
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| Description: | An early type of sidewheel passenger and freight steamboat The Milwaukie, also known as The Milwaukee. It was used on Lake Erie and upper lak... |
| Date: | 06 01 1989 |
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| Description: | First graders writing and drawing while lying on the floor. |
| Date: | 1873 |
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| Description: | Engraving of a woman sitting in a chair with light from an attic window shining on her face. Next to her is a rumpled bed and a pull-toy overturned on the ... |
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| Description: | Illustration of a man driving a horse-drawn wagon out of burning woodland. |
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| Description: | A drawing representing the first treaty between the Indians and the original 13 states. |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Rebus from the National Temperance Advocate, 1884-1886 p.207. Solution is: "What harm can there be in a glass of beer? None, my man, in one or two. 'Tis... |
| Date: | 1884 |
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| Description: | Two drawings illustrating a hyperbolic comparison between a society which permits drinking of alcoholic beverages and one that does not. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | A political cartoon during the presidential campaign depicting W.J. Bryan repainting a sign with the word "imperialism". |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | A political cartoon in which a small Harry Truman wearing an oversized shoe is requesting more power of a man representing Congress. |
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| Description: | Paul Bunyan walking with an axe over his shoulder and whistling. He is accompanied by Babe the Blue Ox who is carrying several people on his back. |
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| Description: | Drawing of Paul Bunyan and his blue ox, Babe, hauling off Section 37. Bunyan has an axe over his shoulder and holds a pipe. |
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| Description: | Mess hall at Paul Bunyan's lumber camp. Men are seated at long tables as trains dispense soup, coffee, and tea, while salt is hauled in a wagon pulled by e... |
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| Description: | Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) poster with a drawing of a man standing with his sleeves rolled up and his arms crossed. There are industrial scenes ... |
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| Description: | English and German versions of an advertisement for Rheumatic and Neuralgic Paste manufactured by Smart & Sons of Dodgeville, Wis. The ads feature drawings... |
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| Description: | Directions for using the vacuum cap, a device intended to stimulate hair growth. A drawing at the top shows a man with the cap on his head with the cap tur... |
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| Description: | A cartoon depicting the delivery of ice from a wagon. Children surround the wagon and a boy shouts, "Oh Skin-nay, yoo hoo! I-I-Ice." |
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| Description: | An illustration of a two-berth cabin on a sailing ship, including a wash basin, long coats on coat hooks and a large traveling trunk. |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Drawings of pottery bowls with decorations characteristic of the Oneota Aspect. Figures 1-8: Orr patterns; 9-18: Grand River patterns; 19-28: Lake Winnebag... |
| Date: | 12 20 1970 |
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| Description: | Four men are sitting or reclining on the floor in a room, surrounded by large sheets of paper and art supplies. One man is propsping up sheets of paper wit... |
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