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Publicity Photograph of Valeska Suratt

Date: 1910
Description: Valeska Suratt starred in the 1910 play The Girl with the Whooping Cough. The stamp on the back of the print reads: "A.H. Woods presents VALESKA SU...
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Valeska Suratt Publicity Photograph

Date: 1906
Description: An early waist-up publicity portrait of Valeska Suratt sitting on a chair. She wears an intricate lace dress and a large hat covered with feathers.
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"The Warrior's Banner Takes its Flight . . ."

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Description: An etching of the Confederate States of America flag ascending through a cloud into a starry and moonlit night with an inscription that reads: "The warrior...
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John Gilbert and Virginia Bruce

Date: 05 30 1932
Description: Three-quarter length portrais of actor John Gilbert and his fiancée Virginia Bruce. Both are smiling — he is looking at her and she is looking at the camer...
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Pacific Coast Women's Press Association Breakfast Menu

Date: 06 25 1912
Description: Front cover of a menu from a breakfast given by the Pacific Coast Women's Press Association in honor of visiting members of the General Federation of Women...
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Muscoda High School Basketball Team

Date: 1903
Description: Group portrait in front of a painted backdrop of the Muscoda High School Girls Basketball Team and their coach. The frame has the S. Gillett imprint, but ...
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R.M.S. Mauretania Dinner Menu

Date: 08 30 1951
Description: Dinner menu from the R.M.S. Mauretania, with a watercolor illustration of a thatched-roof cottage and a large tree near a bend in the road. Other ho...
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Mr. and Mrs. Louis Hobbins Wedding

Date: 1902
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Louis Hobbins smile at one another and hold hands as a full-length wedding portrait is taken. She is standing, and he is sitting in a chair on...
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Outdoor Portrait of Blanchard Harper

Date: 12 03 1925
Description: Full-length portrait of Blanchard Harper, who is wearing a long dress with lace collar and cuffs. She appears to be standing in the corner of a porch, with...
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Children at the Playhouse

Date: 1905
Description: Ernst Schmidt poses in the doorway of the playhouse on the grounds at Black Point Estate. He is wearing an exotic native American style costume adorned wit...
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Ernst Schmidt

Date: 1904
Description: Ernst Schmidt (1893-1977) sits in front of a homemade teepee wearing an elaborate costume of feathers and furs. He is holding a club in his right hand.
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Irving Brown in an Ice Boat

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Description: View across ice towards a man identified as Irving Brown sitting in an ice boat on a lake. Large houses are in the background along the shoreline.
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Gustave Ador

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Description: Quarter-length profile portrait of Gustave Ador. Caption reads: "Gustave Ador, head of the International Red Cross. The Swiss Federal Assembly, formed by t...
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His Monument to be Moved Five Miles

Date: 1863
Description: Portrait of Oakes Ames, a Republican Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 2nd district, 1863-1873. By President Abraham Lincoln...

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