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Postcard

"Buffalo Bill" Cody

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Description: Postcard reproduction of a portrait of William Frederick Cody from the T.B. Walker Collection.
Drawing

Shooting of Arndt by Vineyard

Date: 1842
Description: Shooting of Charles C.P. Arndt by James Vineyard in the territorial council chamber of the legislature. This depiction of the event was created by the staf...
Print

George Washington

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Description: Portrait engraving of George Washington from a painting by J.G. Chapman after C.W. Peale.
Drawing

Henry Dodge

Date: 1834
Description: Full-length illustration of Henry Dodge in frontiersman attire. He is holding a hat, a gun, and has a sword on his belt.
Photograph

Annie Oakley

Date: 1892
Description: Annie Oakley, the sure shot. On tour in England.
Photograph

Frederick Jackson Turner at Hancock Point

Date: 1927
Description: Frederick Jackson Turner poses with a gun in his hand outdoors at Hancock Point on Frenchman's Bay.
Photograph

George F. Pond

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Description: Seated portrait of George F. Pond wearing a long coat with a pistol in the pocket and knee-length boots.
Photograph

Publicity Still of John Gilbert in "The Cossacks"

Date: 1928
Description: Publicity still of actor John Gilbert in "The Cossacks." He is looking towards the left and smiling, and is wearing a big bushy hat and holding a gun at hi...
Photograph

Elderly Hero

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Description: Autographed carte-de-viste of John L. Burns, the elderly resident of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania who volunteered to fight with the Union Army during the battl...
Photograph

Gettysburg Hero

Date: 1903
Description: Statue of John L. Burns, the elderly citizen-hero of the Battle of Gettysburg, who fought with the 7th Wisconsin on July 1, 1863 and was wounded. A veteran...
Photograph

Cigar Box Cover for Nelson Dewey Cigars

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Description: Cigar box cover with a head and shoulders portrait of Nelson Dewey. Beneath his portrait is a Native American headdress, a tomahawk, a stone club and a qui...
Photograph

Chris Noth

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Description: Publicity photograph of Chris Noth for the television series Law & Order. He is standing with his hands in his pants pocket while leaning against a ...
Photograph

Emil Costello and Meyer Adelman

Date: 09 1943
Description: Two men pose outside a brick building. The man on the left is holding a rifle. Caption reads: "Thiensville (vicinity), Wis. Sept, 1943. Meyer Adelman and E...

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