Date: | 1880 |
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Description: | Engraving for "Peterson's Magazine" of women in maids' uniforms sliding down an icy path in the snow. |
Date: | 1827 |
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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. |
Date: | 1849 |
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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... |
Date: | 1860 |
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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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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... |
Date: | 07 1908 |
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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... |
Date: | 11 06 1920 |
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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... |
Date: | 06 08 1895 |
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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... |
Date: | 03 28 1862 |
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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 ... |
Date: | 05 30 1861 |
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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... |
Date: | 11 18 1861 |
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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... |
Date: | 05 18 1863 |
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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... |
Date: | 01 28 1862 |
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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.... |
Date: | 12 22 1861 |
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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 ... |
Date: | 07 18 1861 |
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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... |
Date: | 07 20 1862 |
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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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Description: | Engraved portrait of Samuel Adams, a Founding Father of the United States and 4th Governor of Massachusetts (1792-1794). |
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