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Dale Farm

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Description: A scrapbook page containing five photographs of John R. Commons and farm labor. The handwriting in the center reads: "Dale Farm with AL and Windy." Caption...
Manuscript

Letter of Gilbert Imlay

Date: 03 15 1783
Description: Letter written by Gilbert Imlay regarding Daniel Boone.
Photograph

Telephone Conversation

Date: 03 27 1963
Description: A three-year-old girl uses a toy telephone, and carries on an imaginary conversation at a preschool.
Manuscript

Stock Certificate of the Watertown and Madison Railroad Company

Date: 07 17 1857
Description: A stock certificate of the Watertown and Madison Railroad Company, one share #85, issued to Darwin Clark for the sum of $50.00. This was signed by the rail...
Photograph

Indian Petroglyphs

Date: 1960
Description: Norb Bybee shoots a self-portrait with his camera of petroglyphs that are carved in the face of a rock shelter near Gullikson's Glen.
Print

Quick Service

Date: 1925
Description: Advertisement for C.L. Best tractors, promoting: "Quick Service from carefully selected vantage points also keeps Best Tractors on the job." An illustratio...
Photograph

Alice E. Smith

Date: 04 01 1973
Description: A candid portrait of Alice E. Smith sitting behind a typewriter. She appears to be sitting on an outdoor patio, and is writing on a pad of paper.
Manuscript

Letter to Col. William Preston from William Christian

Date: 06 20 1774
Description: Page one of a letter written by William Christian to Col. William Preston. From Preston and Virginia Papers [Calendar series Volume 1]: "Dunkard Bot...
Manuscript

Letter to Col. William Preston from William Christian

Date: 06 21 1774
Description: Page two of a letter written by William Christian to Col. William Preston. From Preston and Virginia Papers [Calendar series Volume 1]: "Dunkard Bot...

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