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Actor in Black Hawk Play

Date: 1857
Description: An actor in an Indian headdress and jewelry for performance of "Black Hawk, or Lily of the Prairie," a drama written by Mary Elizabeth Mears and presented ...
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Actor as Army Officer

Date: 1857
Description: An actor dressed as an army officer, holding a saber, for the performance of "Black Hawk, or Lily of the Prairie," a drama written by Mary Elizabeth Mears ...
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Actress as Indian

Date: 1857
Description: A woman dressed in Indian headwrap with feather, wrapped in a blanket, for a performance of "Black Hawk, or Lily of the Prairie," written by Mary Elizabeth...
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Actress as Indian

Date: 1857
Description: Actress standing with crossed arms dressed in Indian headdress and wrap for performance of "Black Hawk, or Lily of the Prairie," written by Mary Elizabeth ...
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Design for Madison's City Hall

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Description: Quarter plate ambrotype of drawing of Madison's city hall, built in 1857 and located at 2 West Mifflin Street, designed by August Kutzboch, who with Samuel...

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