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| Date: | 04 1862 |
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| Description: | Hand-tinted stationery showing the Capitol in Washington, D.C. in 1862. The blue tint on the dome may have been intended to represent the unfinished natur... |
| Date: | 08 1861 |
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| Description: | Large-format, illustrated stationery purchased by Rudolph Fine, a member of the 6th Wisconsin Infantry in August, 1861, showing the Capitol (in actuality, ... |
| Date: | 08 05 1861 |
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| Description: | Lucius Fairchild's commission as captain in the 16th infantry regiment, signed by Abraham Lincoln. |
| Date: | 1865 |
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| Description: | Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Jim Lane. Additional information about him is not known. |
| Date: | 07 11 1863 |
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| Description: | View of the east front of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. A small group of people stand near a fence on the lawn in front of the building. A ... |
| Date: | 1892 |
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| Description: | A view of the student library and music room at Strayer Business College. Desks, chairs, and small bookcases with glass doors stand on patterned carpeting ... |
| Date: | 05 1865 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of Sherman and his generals taken shortly after the Civil War in Mathew Brady's studio. From left to right: Maj. Gen. O.O. Howard, Maj. Gen.... |
| Date: | 05 1888 |
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| Description: | Vignetted carte-de-visite of Amanda Joanna McCormick Adams (Mrs. Hugh). |
| Date: | 1865 |
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| Description: | Full-length studio portrait of young George Hawthorne Scidmore standing with his hand on a newel post, and holding a hat in his other hand. |
| Date: | 1814 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the U.S. Capitol building after the fire in August. The Federal building was burned by British forces during the War of 1812. In the foreg... |
| Date: | 1814 |
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| Description: | Etching depicting the burning of Washington, D.C. by the British during the War of 1812. In the foreground are a number of soldiers moving toward the Capit... |
| Date: | 1848 |
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| Description: | A campaign poster for Free Soil Party candidates Martin Van Buren and Charles Francis Adams for President and Vice-President. Above is the American eagle, ... |
| Date: | 03 05 1891 |
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| Description: | Front cover and inside of menu for a dinner honoring U.S. Senator John C. Spooner when he was Chairman of the Committee on Claims, with an oval photograph ... |
| Date: | 09 1887 |
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| Description: | Front and back covers for the Ninth International Medical Congress banquet, with a female figure draped in a gown with stars and stripes, a head wrap with ... |
| Date: | 09 1887 |
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| Description: | Interior menu pages of the Ninth International Medical Congress, with a woman in a head wrap and skirt decorated with stars pouring liquid from a jug into ... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Head and shoulders profile studio portrait of Clara Seipp (1871-1956), a daughter of Chicago brewer Conrad Seipp. Her hair is cut short and she wears a whi... |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of Ojibwa Chiefs from Bad River, Lac Courte Oreilles, and Lac du Flambeau, in Washington, D.C. The reason they were there is in dispute. Rec... |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Dwight May Sabin, a Republican U.S. Senator from Minnesota. |
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