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Passsenger Pigeon: Rear View with Head in Profile

Date: 1896
Description: Rear view of a passenger pigeon with its head in profile. This species of pigeon is now extinct. The pigeon lived in captivity under the direction of Profe...
Document

Milwaukee Iron Works Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead stationery featuring an engraving of the Milwaukee Iron Company foundry. The letter is from an officer of the company to noted geologist Increas...
Print

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...
Photograph

Bascom Hall

Date: 1915
Description: Exterior side view of Bascom Hall with dome (formerly Main Hall) on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The flag on top of the dome is at the lowes...
Manuscript

Capitol During the Civil War

Date: 04 1862
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...
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H.H. Bennett in Civil War Uniform

Date: 1866
Description: Bennett in uniform, showing his crippled right hand, taken when he was 23-years-old after he was ministered out of the Army. The hand wound was caused by ...
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Miriam Bennett

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Description: Waist-up studio portrait of Miriam Bennett sitting in a chair. She is the daughter of Henry Hamilton (H.H.) Bennett.
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Henry Hamilton Bennett with Dog

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Description: A studio portrait of H.H. Bennett sitting on a small table with a dog. Bennett is wearing a fur hat.
Photograph

The Marshall Family

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Description: Group portrait of the Marshall family.
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Francis "Frankie" Irene Douty

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of Francis "Frankie" Irene Douty leaning on a chair in front of a painted backdrop. She was the first wife of Henry Hamilton (H...
Photograph

Hattie Bennett Snider

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Description: Waist-up studio portrait of Hattie Snider, daughter of H.H. Bennett.
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Hattie and Nellie Bennett with Kittens

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Description: Studio portrait of Hattie (Harriet) and Nellie Bennett posing with pet kittens.
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Francis "Frankie" Irene Douty

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Description: A studio portrait of Francis (Frankie) Irene Douty, the first wife of H.H. Bennett. She is sitting in a chair and is leaning her cheek on her hand.
Manuscript

Letter of Reccommendation of Mr. P.H. White

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Description: A letter of recommendation of P.H. White for election to membership to a College. It is signed by David Hays and Geo. Close.
Manuscript

List of Cordelia Harvey Supplies

Date: 11 1862
Description: List of supplies issued to Cordelia Harvey for her soldiers' hospital.
Photograph

Grasshopper Bulletin

Date: 1915
Description: Bulletin urging farmers to kill grasshoppers with poisoned bran bait, featuring an illustration of a hand spreading bait for grasshoppers to eat.
Photograph

John A. Gronouski

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Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of postmaster general John Gronouski.
Print

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...
Manuscript

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anita McCormick Blaine

Date: 04 12 1899
Description: Letter from Theodore Roosevelt, as Governor of New York, to Anita McCormick Blaine. Roosevelt expresses regret at "missing a chance to see you" and her son...
Manuscript

Frost's Woods Article

Date: 02 26 1931
Description: Newspaper clipping of an article about the end of Lake Monona Wild Life Sanctuary Association, a group that had been trying to preserve Frost's Woods.

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