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| Description: | A red, fringed Indian (Native American) pouch with fabric patches that read "U.S. Army" and "POW-MIA". |
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| Description: | A ukulele made of koa wood and a Bull Durham cigar box. |
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| Description: | Photograph of sculpture of a hand entitled "Idleness," created by Vinnie Ream Hoxie. |
| Date: | 02 10 2010 |
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| Description: | Fan made in 1900-1915 by Duvelleroy, was crafted of Paris silk, mother-of-pearl, paint and sequins. It features an image of lovers looking at a statue of t... |
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| Description: | A farmer is planting corn using the planter wire method. |
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| Description: | A town scene featuring the blacksmith shop and horses. |
| Date: | 07 27 2010 |
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| Description: | A sampler made in Ohio in 1850 with the alphabet in both upper and lower case stitched on it. |
| Date: | 1833 |
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| Description: | Oil portrait of Wa-bo-kia-skiek or White Cloud the Prophet. |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | Campaign button for Franklin Delano Roosevelt, with Roosevelt's image at the center and the phrase "Carry on with Roosevelt" around the outer edge. |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | Campaign banner in support of Franklin Delano Roosevelt for President. The banner bears Roosevelt's image and the phrases "God Bless America" and "our next... |
| Date: | 1993 |
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| Description: | Robert Brady Lawrence Murphy was born on December 5, 1901 at 711 Langdon Street in Madison, Wisconsin. He received a B.A. (1929) and an M.A. (1930) in hist... |
| Date: | 06 1921 |
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| Description: | Full-length studio graduation portrait of Genevieve Milward (later McVicar), (1902-1987) of Madison, Wisconsin, standing in front of a painted backdrop. Sh... |
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| Description: | This earthenware bowl, which was designed by Susan Frackelton and thrown by George Ohr, is squat and bulbous. It is red with mottled green glaze on the ext... |
| Date: | 1878 |
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| Description: | A handheld fan made of wood and cloth. This fan depicts the event it was made to commemorate — the 1878 Exposition Universelle held in Paris, France. The f... |
| Date: | 1941 |
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| Description: | A painted portrait of Walter Jodok Kohler completed after his death. |
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| Description: | A banjo-ukulele with the words "Oh, I Wish I Were... An Oscar Mayer Wiener..." on the body of the instrument. It was used by Richard Trentlage in the first... |
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