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Post Office in Rabbit Hash

Date: 05 26 1894
Description: Exterior view of the Wilson Riddell general store, with a horse-drawn wagon parked in front. There is a post office and paint shop attached to the store. S...
Photograph

Damaged Sidewheel Saint Paul

Date: 1895
Description: The sidewheel excursion, Saint Paul, after running aground near Muscatine. The spar is set and the line out. Dan Sauer, the carpenter, is holding th...
Painting

James Monroe

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Description: Portrait engraving of James Monroe from a painting by J. Vanderlyn.
Photograph

Gentleman Shopping for Cigars

Date: 1895
Description: Will Viel chooses a cigar in Margraff & Freiburger's Dry Goods Store.
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Limnological Research on Ice

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Description: Dr. Edward Birge, March, and Professor Chancey Juday with the first mud thermometer on the ice.
Print

George Washington in Uniform

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Description: Portrait engraving of George Washington in military regalia, from a painting by Colonel Trumbull.
Photograph

Washburn Observatory in the Winter

Date: 1896
Description: View of Washburn Observatory in the winter with snow.
Photograph

International Scout II Truck

Date: 1974
Description: Color advertising photograph of an International Scout II pickup truck with traveltop.
Photograph

Business Area from Train

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Description: View from train platform looking back toward Johnson Creek businesses and houses. Railroad cars are on the left, and a set of railroad tracks are on the ri...
Photograph

Jessie Thwaites Rowing

Date: 05 04 1894
Description: Jessie Thwaites wearing a fashionable dress and hat as she rows a boat on the Monongahela River.
Photograph

Coal Tipple

Date: 05 05 1894
Description: View from a boat on the Monangahela River of a coal tipple.
Photograph

Outdoor Oven

Date: 05 05 1894
Description: Outdoor bake oven in a yard near a house, with a dog lying nearby.
Photograph

Deserted Coal Tipple

Date: 05 05 1894
Description: View from the Monangahela River of a deserted, decrepit coal tipple.
Photograph

Camp on the Youghiogheny River

Date: 05 06 1894
Description: Setting up camp on a bank of the Youghiogheny River. William Turville holds a canvas bag of bedding, while Jessie hands her son Fredrik a satchel from the ...
Photograph

Racine College Dorms

Date: 1900
Description: The Racine College Dormitories.
Photograph

Racine College Dorms

Date: 1900
Description: Racine College Dormitories.
Photograph

Methodist Parsonage

Date: 1910
Description: Methodist Episcopal parsonage, 932 Lake Avenue.
Photograph

Knapp House

Date: 1880
Description: The F.M. Knapp residence, northwest corner of Main and 10th Streets. A man is standing and leaning on a tree on the terrace.
Photograph

H.S. Durand Residence

Date: 1880
Description: The H.S. Durand residence, now the Masonic Temple.
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NBC Cameramen

Date: 02 1960
Description: NBC television cameramen (Fred Rheinstein and Dexter Allen) preparing to film in Indonesia. They were covering a meeting between President Sukarno and Niki...

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