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Edith Storey and Dog Sooner on Steps of Train

Date: 11 15 1918
Description: Edith Storey, long-time silent film actress, most notably for Vitagraph and Metro Pictures, wearing a fox stole, waves good-bye from the last car of the Sa...
Print

Seasons Greetings

Date: 
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...
Photograph

Studio Portrait of Unidentified European American Woman

Date: 
Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a European American woman posing standing. She has her hands on the back of a chair and is we...
Photograph

Portrait of Jeremiah Rusk

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Description: Head and shoulders oval-framed vignetted portrait of Jeremiah Rusk. He has a long beard and a moustache. Rusk's signature is reproduced below the portrait.
Book or Pamphlet

Musique Indienne

Date: 1855
Description: A page of Menominee Indian music as transcribed by Father Florimond Bonduel.
Photograph

161st Artillery Brigade Band Concert

Date: 05 24 1918
Description: Elevated view of a crowd of people gathering across the street, near a stage. Automobiles are parked in the center of the street near the stage. In the for...
Photograph

Waylon Jennings

Date: 12 04 1977
Description: Close-up of musician Waylon Jennings playing guitar and singing during a concert.
Photograph

Production Still for "Sleep, My Love"

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Description: Unidentified actress having her gloves and veil adjusted by three other persons, on the set of "Sleep, My Love." One person is holding a fur stole.
Photograph

Belle Case La Follette

Date: 1901
Description: Full-length studio portrait of activist Belle Case La Follette, wife of Robert M. La Follette, Sr.
Drawing

Embryonic Development in Plants

Date: 1876
Description: Page 11 of a speech written by Increase Lapham on embryonic development in plants. There are drawings at the top of the page.
Manuscript

Embryonic Development in Plants

Date: 1876
Description: Page 13 of a speech written by Increase Lapham on embryonic development in plants. There are drawings at the top of the page.
Print

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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