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Judo Throw

Date: 04 19 1967
Description: Woman judo student taking down a male opponent in practice for judo tournament.
Photograph

Baking Hazelnut Torte

Date: 05 05 1964
Description: A woman wearing an apron preparing a hazelnut torte from a prized recipe.
Photograph

The Answer Machine

Date: 11 13 1963
Description: A question is fed into a "computer" created by the mathematics club at John Marshall Junior High School. This was a project in observance of American Educa...
Photograph

Space-Saving Washer and Dryer

Date: 1950
Description: Woman demonstrating a new space-saving Westinghouse washer/dryer unit.
Photograph

Window Shopping

Date: 1950
Description: A woman and young girl review the latest fashion merchandise in a retail window display.
Print

Martha Washington

Date: 
Description: Full-length portrait of Martha Dandridge Washington from an 1878 painting by E.F. Andrews.
Postcard

Woman's Building

Date: 
Description: The Woman's Building is situated in the northwest part of the park that faces the great Lagoon, with the Wooded Island in the distance. Designed by Miss So...
Book or Pamphlet

Milwaukee Junior Grain Binder

Date: 1887
Description: Back cover of an advertising brochure for the Milwaukee Harvester Company featuring a color chromolithograph illustration of the Milwaukee Junior binder, t...
Book or Pamphlet

Dodge and Stevenson Catalog

Date: 1870
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for the Dodge's patent Reaper & Mower, Self-Raker. The cover features an engraved illustration of a woman leaning on a hor...
Book or Pamphlet

St. Paul Harvester Works Catalog

Date: 1882
Description: Cover of a catalog for the Saint Paul harvester and cord binder, "The Pioneer Cord Binder of the World," manufactured by the Saint Paul Harvester Works. Th...
Photograph

Della Royal and Horse

Date: 1906
Description: Della Royal (Mrs. Rhoda Royal) sits in a 2-wheeled cart decorated with flowers and harnessed to her world famous horse, "Glendive," as taken from a 1906 ha...
Photograph

Miles Orton Circus Personnel

Date: 
Description: Personnel of the old Miles Orton Circus outside a tent in their 1891-92 New Orleans' quarters.
Photograph

Miles Orton Performers with Railroad Train Car

Date: 1891
Description: A group of personnel with the Rentz & Co.'s Monster Circus combined with the Great American Racing Association, pose for a photograph by the side of the tr...
Book or Pamphlet

Grow a Garden

Date: 1915
Description: Cover of a booklet produced by International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department to promote family gardens. Includes an image of a young woman st...
Print

The Unwilling Bride

Date: 1847
Description: An unhappy looking bride is seated in a chair looking out the window as another woman sits on the floor holding her hand. A third woman looks on angrily.
Photograph

Pokhara

Date: 1999
Description: City street in Pokhara, Nepal.
Photograph

Portrait of Caroline Webb Family

Date: 1910
Description: Studio portrait of an African American family (probably Caroline Webb, Andrew Norris Webb Sr., and Andrew Norris Webb Jr.) in front of a painted backdrop. ...
Photograph

Couple Standing in a Field

Date: 1921
Description: Unidentified smiling couple standing in a field near an automobile.
Book or Pamphlet

Kentucky Grain Drills Catalog Cover

Date: 1913
Description: Kentucky Grain Drills catalog cover, no color. Features a woman in a long dress holding on to the bridle of a horse standing in a stall. In a smaller inset...
Book or Pamphlet

Buckeye Banner Binder Catalog Cover

Date: 1890
Description: Top of cover reads: "Directions for Setting Up and Operating the Buckeye Banner Binder." Features an illustration of a man and woman discussing the set up ...

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