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| Date: | 1856 |
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| Description: | A hand-colored lithograph of two species of salmon collected near Hakodate, Japan by members of the Perry expedition. James Carson Brevoort later studied t... |
| Date: | 1856 |
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| Description: | A hand-colored lithograph of three fish specimens collected near Hakodate, Japan by members of the Perry expedition. At top, a young fish identified only a... |
| Date: | 1856 |
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| Description: | A hand-colored lithograph of two eels, created from drawings and descriptions of specimens collected by members of the Perry expedition. No. 1, top, was co... |
| Date: | 1856 |
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| Description: | A hand-colored lithograph prepared from drawings and descriptions of two shark specimens collected near Shimoda by members of Perry's Japan expedition. No.... |
| Date: | 1856 |
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| Description: | An etching, labeled Conchology Plate 1 depicts a number of bivalve mollusks collected and drawn by members of the Perry expedition. The specimens we... |
| Date: | 1856 |
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| Description: | A hand-colored etching, labeled Choncology Plate II, depicts mollusks collected by the Perry expedition. The specimens were described and named by p... |
| Date: | 1856 |
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| Description: | An etching, labeled Conchology Plate III, depicts two large mollusks collected by members of the Perry expedition. They were described and named by physici... |
| Date: | 1856 |
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| Description: | An etching, labeled Conchology Plate IV which depicts the exterior, Figure 1, and interior of the shell of the scallop identified as Pecten yesso... |
| Date: | 1856 |
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| Description: | A hand-colored etching of the shells of mollusks collected by members of the Perry expedition, described and named by physician and conchologist John Clark... |
| Date: | 04 15 1892 |
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| Description: | The masthead page of the first issue of "The Pneumatic," a monthly cycling magazine. It features a cartoon captioned, "A Spring Cycling Episode." |
| Date: | 1864 |
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| Description: | A flyer distributed by the U.S. Christian Commission announcing a Union Meeting "in behalf of our sick and wounded soldiers...". Several edits have been ma... |
| Date: | 1839 |
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| Description: | Cut-away lithography illustration of a mining operation, showing men lowering a miner into a mine where several other men are working. |
| Date: | 04 18 1888 |
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| Description: | A stereograph of ruins of a fireplace in an old French fort on the banks of the Mississippi River. The fort may have been built by Nicholas Perrot. |
| Date: | 04 18 1888 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of fireplace ruins on the site of an old French fort, possibly built by Nicholas Perrot. There is an electric pole behind the fireplace and a g... |
| Date: | 1814 |
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| Description: | A map of the Harbour (sic) of St. Catherine (Brazil). |
| Date: | 10 30 1875 |
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| Description: | A cartoon of a woman representing excellence standing on the steps of Tammany Hall and holding her nose as she looks at the pitiful state of school reform.... |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | A drawing of ancient works at the southeast angle of the Third Lake. |
| Date: | 1816 |
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| Description: | The four-stepped, low-rising Pyramid of Cholula, covered in sparse vegetation, stands in a flat valley, surrounded by distant mountains. A stairway leads u... |
| Date: | 1867 |
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| Description: | A map and profile map of the railroad line from Omaha to San Francisco. |
| Date: | 1857 |
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| Description: | Illustration of an early design for the 3rd Wisconsin State Capitol, the second in Madison. Caption reads: "State Capitol at Madison — Donnel & Kutzbock, A... |
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