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| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha train cars loading onto car ferry Pere Marquette. |
| Date: | 1896 |
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| Description: | Illustration from the Freethinkers Pictorial Text Book of a woman climbing a steep, rocky slope to a sign that reads "Come Up Higher / The Free Thou... |
| Date: | 1844 |
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| Description: | Full-length portrait of Joc-O-Sot, "A Sauk Chief from the Upper Missouri, U.S.A." |
| Date: | 1844 |
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| Description: | "The Scalp Dance is given as a celebration of a victory; and amongst this tribe, as I learned whilst residing with them, danced in the night, by the light ... |
| Date: | 1844 |
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| Description: | Full-length portrait of Mah-To-Toh-Pa. He is holding a decorated spear. "In the former letter I gave some account of Mah-to-toh-pa (the four bears), second... |
| Date: | 1844 |
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| Description: | Group of men engaged in a war dance. They hold spears, axes, and bows. (Plate 29) |
| Date: | 1844 |
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| Description: | North American Indians on horseback during a buffalo hunt. "In [this plate], I have represented a party of Indians in chase of a herd, some of whom are pur... |
| Date: | 1844 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of North American Indians. Portraits of the O-Jib-Be-Ways, and individual portraits, one smoking a pipe. Symbols corresponding to individual... |
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| Description: | Two illustrations depicting the capture by Europeans of Africans who were taken away on ships to be slaves. The caption is in French. |
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| Description: | An illustration of a man with a full body tattoo. He is an inhabitant of the Island of Nukahiwa. |
| Date: | 05 05 1970 |
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| Description: | Steve Landaal and two friends sit on a log over a creek at the Sound Storm rock festival. They are enjoying nude sunbathing. |
| Date: | 05 05 1970 |
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| Description: | Steve Landall embraces his girlfirend while standing in a creek at the Sound Storm rock festival. |
| Date: | 07 27 1861 |
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| Description: | The caption with the image states, "Battle of Hoke's Run-Col. Starkweather with his Wisconsin Regiment deploying as skirmishers." The Battle of Hoke's Run ... |
| Date: | 05 31 1862 |
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| Description: | Engraved view of the Commisary [sic] depot of Major-General Halleck's army at Hamburg Landing. |
| Date: | 03 15 1862 |
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| Description: | Engraved Illustration for the story titled: "The Fight at Fort Donelson". The illustration shows the Second Iowa Volunteers regiment attacking Confederate ... |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | An illustration depicting the cheese factory and dry goods store of J.G. Pickett at Pickett's Station. |
| Date: | 04 04 1863 |
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| Description: | Illustration depicting a large group of people gathered in the yard of a house. Three woman stand on the porch steps, and men, women and children are gathe... |
| Date: | 10 03 1863 |
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| Description: | Illustration depicting a crowd watching the Potomoc-Sword presentation. |
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