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The Slide

Date: 1880
Description: Engraving for "Peterson's Magazine" of women in maids' uniforms sliding down an icy path in the snow.
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Abraham Lincoln

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Description: Portrait engraving of Abraham Lincoln.
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Key Way No Wut or Going Cloud

Date: 1827
Description: Lithographic portrait of Key-Way-No-Wut or Going Cloud, the war chief of the Lac du Flambeau band of Chippewa smoking a pipe.
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Thomas Jefferson

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Description: Portrait engraving of Thomas Jefferson.
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Zachary Taylor

Date: 1849
Description: A portrait of Zachary Taylor, 12th President of the United States, 1849-1850. Born in Virginia on November 24, 1784, Taylor died in office on July 9, 185...
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Park Hotel

Date: 1873
Description: Park Hotel, from the 1873 Madison City Directory.
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Democratic Ticket

Date: 1860
Description: 1860 Presidential Democratic ticket headed by John C. Breckenridge (it should be spelled Breckinridge), and the vice-president, Joseph Lane, that was distr...
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Seasons Greetings

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Description: Holiday card from Jane M. Byrne, mayor of Chicago, 1979-1983. The card is a reproduction of a stained glass window with a string attached so it can be hung...
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The Crown Cork

Date: 07 1908
Description: Advertisement for the "crown cork" bottle cap showing several of the now familiar crimped top caps, and stressing the cleanliness and sanitary nature of th...
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Dinner Menu for Special Train Carrying President-Elect Warren G. Harding

Date: 11 06 1920
Description: Interior of dinner menu for Special Train enroute from St. Louis, Missouri, to Brownsville, Texas, with an oval portrait of President-Elect Warren G. Hardi...
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"Salve" Menu

Date: 06 08 1895
Description: One-page card menu, possibly from the restaurant in the Hotel Pfister. At the top left is an embossed crest with the Latin greeting "Salve" ("Welcome") sur...
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Union and Liberty Letterhead

Date: 03 28 1862
Description: Letterhead with a bald eagle carrying the American flag with its talons. The text above the eagle reads: "Union & Liberty." 4 page, folded, printed in red ...
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The Constitution Letterhead

Date: 05 30 1861
Description: Letterhead of two hands clasping in front of the American Constitution. The American flag, stars and a fasces are behind the constitution with bunting belo...
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These Colors Never Run Letterhead

Date: 11 18 1861
Description: Letterhead with the 35 star American flag. Printed text below the flag reads: "These Colors never run." 4 page, folded, illustration printed in upper left...
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Union Forever Letterhead

Date: 05 18 1863
Description: Letterhead with a wreath around the American shield. The text behind the shield, partially obscured, reads: "E Pluribus Unum." A banner hanging on the shie...
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Lieut. Greble's Avenger Letterhead

Date: 01 28 1862
Description: Letterhead depicting a scene in the Battle of Big Bethel, in which Lieutenant John T. Greble refused to pull back, as he continued to fire his last cannon....
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Seal of Indiana Letterhead

Date: 12 22 1861
Description: Letterhead with the seal of Indiana. The seal has a star spangled border with red stripes. Inside the seal is a circular landscape scene of a man chopping ...
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Old Continentals Letterhead

Date: 07 18 1861
Description: Letterhead with a rifle, sword, horn, and Revolutionary War-era hat surrounding a scroll reading: "1776." Text below the illustration reads: "The Old Conti...
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Winged Victory Letterhead

Date: 07 20 1862
Description: Letterhead with a Winged Victory, wearing a robe printed with stars, and holding a banner on a staff, which reads: "Liberty, The Union Now Henceforth & For...
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Sam Adams

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Description: Engraved portrait of Samuel Adams, a Founding Father of the United States and 4th Governor of Massachusetts (1792-1794).

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