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| Date: | 1844 |
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| Description: | Choctaw Indians performing dance (Plate 22). "As I have mentioned in former pages that for nearly all their hunts, wars, or games, the events of which th... |
| Date: | 1844 |
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| Description: | Large group of Indians engaged in the game of lacrosse (Plate 23). "Having in the two former illustrations and their chapters, explained to the readers t... |
| Date: | 1844 |
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| Description: | Mandan Indians engaged in archery competition (Plate 24). "The meeting represented here is something like that of an Archery Club in the civilized world,... |
| Date: | 1844 |
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| Description: | A portrayal of the effects of contact with whites on the Assiniboine chief, Wi-Jun-Jon. (Plate 25). "In offering this illustration to the reader, I am re... |
| Date: | 03 30 1889 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye view from Bascom Hill of Madison, with vignettes of the Wisconsin State Capitol, Lake Monona, and the Capitol Park. |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | Kakabeka Falls, with men in the foreground facing the falls. |
| Date: | 07 06 1889 |
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| Description: | Illustration depicting a boy and a girl joining hands at a crossroads, with a choice of "The Freethought Road" or "The Orthodox Route". |
| Date: | 1835 |
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| Description: | Engraving entitled "Tomb of Washington--Mount Vernon". |
| Date: | 1856 |
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| Description: | Illustration of northern and southern celestial hemispheres as seen in Black's General Atlas of the World. |
| Date: | 07 14 1894 |
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| Description: | Cartoon depicting "King Debs" a man wearing a crown representing Debs American Railway Union, sitting atop the highway of trade. |
| Date: | 1884 |
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| Description: | Illustration of the Falls of St. Anthony, as seen in The Indian Tribes of the United States: their history antiquities, customs, religion, arts, languag... |
| Date: | 09 20 1899 |
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| Description: | Advertisement for Pear's Soap featuring an illustration of an admiral washing his hands. Text reads: "The first step toward lightening the white man's burd... |
| Date: | 1848 |
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| Description: | Title page for the book "Nord-Amerika, Wisconsin, Calumet," by Dr. Carl de Haas. |
| Date: | 1848 |
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| Description: | Foldout map of a sketch of the town grid of Calumet. |
| Date: | 1849 |
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| Description: | Foldout map of southern Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 1846 |
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| Description: | Title page of the book "Wisconsin: Geography and Topography". |
| Date: | 01 07 1855 |
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| Description: | Sketch of the defeat of General Braddock during an ambush in the French and Indian War. Caption reads: "Defeat of General Braddock, in the French and India... |
| Date: | 1855 |
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| Description: | "Ancient copper mining on Lake Superior." |
| Date: | 1884 |
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| Description: | A engraving of the artist's conception of Pawnees torturing a female captive in the Morning Star Sacrifice ceremony. |
| Date: | 1859 |
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| Description: | Color drawing of beavers working on and living at their dams. |
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