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Wilkins 25: The Black Hills

Date: 07 03 1849
Description: The Black Hills sketched by Wilkins on his 151-day journey from Missouri to California on the Overland Trail (also known as the Oregon Trail).
Drawing

Wilkins 26: Ferrying Wagons at North Platte

Date: 07 03 1849
Description: Wilkins' wagons ferrying across the North Platte River in eastern Wyoming; sketched by Wilkins on his 151-day journey from Missouri to California on the Ov...
Drawing

Wilkins 27: Buttes on Sweetwater

Date: 07 07 1849
Description: The Buttes, Wyoming and Sweetwater River; sketched by Wilkins on his 151-day journey from Missouri to California on the Overland Trail (also known as the O...
Drawing

Wilkins 29: Clay Hills Along Sweetwater River

Date: 07 10 1849
Description: The clay hills that were formed by the Sweetwater River in Wyoming; sketched by Wilkins on his 151-day journey from Missouri to California on the Overland ...
Drawing

Wilkins 30: Independence Rock

Date: 07 10 1849
Description: Independence Rock (the perceived midway point on the Oregon Trail),Wyoming, with two wagons unhitched at the base of the rock; sketched by Wilkins on his 1...
Drawing

Wilkins 31: Devil's Gate

Date: 07 10 1849
Description: Devil's Gate in Wyoming; sketched by Wilkins on his 151-day journey from Missouri to California on the Overland Trail (also known as the Oregon Trail).
Drawing

Wilkins 32: Sweetwater River

Date: 07 11 1849
Description: Sweetwater River in Wyoming; sketched by Wilkins on his 151-day journey from Missouri to California on the Overland Trail (also known as the Oregon Trail).
Photograph

"Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm" Movie Still

Date: 1917
Description: Movie still from the Artcraft movie "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm," featuring Mary Pickford (playing the title role) goofing off with a parasol.
Photograph

Elsa Lanchester Publicity Still

Date: 1943
Description: Publicity still of actress Elsa Lanchester.
Photograph

Harry Davenport Publicity Still

Date: 1949
Description: Publicity still of actor Harry Davenport. Caption reads: Veteran...of motion pictures, each role more distinguished than its predecessor, Harry Davenport g...
Photograph

Beulah Bondi Publicity Still

Date: 1945
Description: Publicity still of actress Beulah Bondi.
Photograph

Mosinee Goes Communist for a Day: Propaganda Films

Date: 05 01 1950
Description: Caption reads: "Simulated Communist Control-The local movie theater is seized by Communist authorities and pictures confiscated with Communist dominated fi...
Photograph

Edward Porter Alexander

Date: 01 26 1954
Description: Caption reads: "Edward Porter Alexander (1907- ). Supt. (Director) of the State Hist. Soc. of Wis., 1941-1946. Photocopy of an oil portrait by James S. Wat...

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