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Schendel's Vaudeville Show, Circus, and Menagerie

Date: 08 23 1901
Description: The stage and surrounding posters of Professor Oscar John Schendel's "All Star Vaudeville, Big Three-Ringed Circus, and Mammoth Menagerie."
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Beloit First Congregational Church

Date: 1960
Description: Interior of Beloit First Congregational Church. View from aisle towards the organ and altar.
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Jourdain Homestead

Date: 1900
Description: Jourdain's homestead, built by Joseph Jourdain in what was then Ft. Howard, Wisconsin. Eleazer Williams is said to have married Joseph Jourdain's daughter ...
Drawing

Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) Men

Date: 1880
Description: Illustration of Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) men. One of them may be Yellow Thunder.
Photograph

Indian Agency House

Date: 1932
Description: Indian Agency House near the site of Fort Winnebago. Interior view of the parlor.
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Court of Honor

Date: 1923
Description: Elevated view of Court of Honor on Wisconsin Avenue.
Print

"First Battle of Bull Run"

Date: 07 21 1861
Description: Depiction of the battlefield. Engraved by J.C. McRae and drawn by W. Momberger.
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Welcome Home Ike

Date: 11 14 1955
Description: President and Mrs Eisenhower stand on a platform at the lower right to speak to the citizens of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, who had turned out to greet him. ...
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"Jammin with the People"

Date: 1971
Description: Pete Seeger, performing for a group of Vietnam War protesters in Texas, probably near Fort Hood.
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Taliesin I Loggia and Studio Exterior

Date: 1912
Description: Taliesin I loggia, studio, apartment, and hayloft as seen from where the porte-cochere meets the roof of the residence.
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Colonel Hans Heg Monument

Date: 
Description: Monument marking the place where Colonel Hans Heg was mortally wounded during the Battle of Chickamauga.
Print

Sunset, Lake Michigan

Date: 1874
Description: Engaved view depicting a dramatic sunset through clouds over Lake Michigan. Several sailing ships are in the foreground.
Print

Maiden's Rock, Lake Pepin

Date: 1874
Description: Engraved view of Maiden's Rock at Lake Pepin. A steamboat is on the Mississippi River.
Print

Ship Canal, Sault St. Marie

Date: 1873
Description: Engraved image of a lock and dam at Sault St. Marie. Two men are operating the sluice as ships are waiting on the opposite side of the lock. Another man is...
Photograph

Neal Hart on Location

Date: 1916
Description: Actor Neal Hart in cowboy costume on a horse being filmed with a Bell & Howell 2709 motion picture camera in the countryside near Universal City. A group o...
Photograph

Christmas Play at Neighborhood House

Date: 1923
Description: Performers lined up on the stage in "The Toy Shop," a Christmas play, with a Santa figure, a boy in harlequin dress, two boys in military uniforms, girls i...
Book or Pamphlet

Warder, Bushnell and Glessner Company Champion Catalog Cover

Date: 1894
Description: Front cover with color illustration reads: "The Search Light of Public Experience Reveals the Champion." To the right, on a pedestal, is the figure of a ma...
Photograph

Osa Johnson and an African woman

Date: 1935
Description: Osa Johnson shows an African woman, probably a Masai, how she looks in a pocket mirror in a scene still from "Baboona."
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Dining Room of the James Nevins Home

Date: 1897
Description: Interior view of the dining room in the James Nevins home on Broom Street. Dishes, teacups and glasses are stacked on the table. A bowl of fruit is in the ...
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Shirley Clarke and Dizzy Gillespie

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Description: Dizzy Gillespie looking at Shirley Clarke, sitting on the left with a contemplative look on her face, during a recording session for the film "The Cool Wor...

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