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Burial Mound on Fox Bluff

Date: 1908
Description: View looking up towards Reverend F.M. Gilmore, Professor W.E. Leonard, and Charles Brown relaxing on a burial mound on Fox Bluff near Lake Mendota.
Book or Pamphlet

Aviation Stories

Date: 1910
Description: The cover of "Tom Swift and His Airship or the Stirring Cruise of the Red Cloud."
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WWI Aerial Emblem

Date: 07 1917
Description: A factory worker painting the United States insignia on a bi-plane wing.
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Wisconsin State Capitol Interior — Supreme Court Detail

Date: 1903
Description: Detail of the 1903 group portrait of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, showing Justice Robert G. Siebecker, then the least senior member of the court. Siebecker...
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Professor Alexander Winchell, Geologist

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Description: Quarter-length carte-de-visite of Alexander Winchell (1824-1891), State Geologist of Michigan and Professor of Geology and Paleontology at the University o...
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Portrait of a Woman

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Description: A portrait of a young woman with pearls.
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Robert M. Shaplen

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Description: Informal portrait of correspondent Robert M. Shaplen taken during World War II when he reported on the Pacific Theater for "Newsweek" magazine.
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Studio Portrait of Elsie Janis

Date: 1912
Description: Original caption: "Elsie Janis who with Montgomery and Stone will open in the new musical comedy 'The Lady of the Slipper'..."
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Men Loading Logs onto Truck

Date: 1940
Description: Three men load a pile of logs onto a trailer attached to an International truck in Ontario, Canada. There appears to be a belt-driven saw attached to the s...
Book or Pamphlet

Cletrac Advertising Booklet

Date: 1921
Description: Front cover of an advertising booklet entitled: "Selecting Your Tractor." The color illustration on the cover features a farmer using a Cletrac crawler tra...
Photograph

Iva Welsh

Date: 1944
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Iva Welsh. She wears a pearl necklace.
Book or Pamphlet

Empire Drill Company Catalog Cover

Date: 1902
Description: Catalog cover featuring an illustration of a woman wearing a long gown with a radiating star on her chest and holding a globe that reads: "53 Years." (1849...
Photograph

Jessie Jack Hooper

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Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Jessie Jack Hooper.
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Robert Harron

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Description: Waist-up profile portrait of actor Robert Harron. He is wearing a suit coat, vest, tie and dress shirt.
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Reverend Ole Amble

Date: 1880
Description: Waist-up portrait of Reverend Ole Amble, a Norwegian immigrant and Lutheran pastor. Amble emigrated to the United States in 1871. He was ordained a year la...

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