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| Description: | Cock-of-the-Rock is named for its distinctive crest. It is from the bird family Cotingidae, and native to the tropical rain forests of South America and G... |
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| Description: | The American or Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) is the national symbol of the United States. It is the only eagle unique to North America, and is li... |
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| Description: | The cardinal, or redbird is a finch found throughout the Americas. Its defining features include bright red plumage, a musical song, and a pointed crest o... |
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| Description: | The kingfisher, from the Alcedinidae family is noted for its crested head, bright colors, and long, sharp bill. Most species feed on fish by diving and gr... |
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| Description: | The woodpecker is a brightly colored bird of the family, Picidae. It has a stiff tail and strong claws to aid in climbing, and a chisel-like beak for bori... |
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| Description: | Yellow Bellied Broad Tail is a variety of parakeet. |
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| Description: | The Blue Headed Tanager is a New World songbird from the family Thraupidae, known for its brightly-colored plumage. |
| Date: | 1883 |
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| Description: | Lithographed advertising card for the Oliver Chilled Plow Works commemorating the new year, 1884. The card features two color illustrations within a gold f... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Valentine's Day card with a boy pumping water while a girl is scrubbing a heart in a tub. He is wearing a blue outfit and she is wearing a lacy blouse. A s... |
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| Description: | Engraved view of "The Jaws" in the Wisconsin Dells. |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | Farquhar Machinery catalog cover featuring Art Nouveau style flower design, and two illustrations. On the top left is an Ajax Centre Crank Engine mounted o... |
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| Description: | Letterhead of the Standard Bedding Company, with a three-quarter view of the company building and a roundel with decorative flourishes that features a swan... |
| Date: | 06 09 1965 |
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| Description: | A robin sitting peacefully on her nest on a railing of the choir loft of a church in the midst of construction. Workmen are seen in the background. The chu... |
| Date: | 1720 |
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| Description: | Detailed, ornate, and comprehensive map of America from the east coast to present day Texas. Numerous features appear throughout the map, including Native ... |
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| Description: | Imaginative pen-and-ink drawing that collages several scenes: a cigar-smoking fisherman holding a broken rod; a young Nancy Ryan with one leg propped on a ... |
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| Description: | On the left is the back of the card, with a photograph of swans on a lake surrounded by trees. The title reads: "The meek shall inherit . . ." On the right... |
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| Description: | Portrait of Sid wearing a top hat and with a cigar in his mouth. A bird is sticking its head out of the top of the hat. Machine parts and factory whistles ... |
| Date: | 07 1936 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of seagulls flying over fishing tugs moored at the wharf in Algoma. Small warehouse buildings line the wharf. Fish net drying reels are visib... |
| Date: | 03 1913 |
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| Description: | A man is standing in front of a store holding a macaw on his outstretched right arm. The man is holding a thin cigar in his left hand. A sign on the storef... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Swallow's Nests, Dells of the Wisconsin." Rock formations on the shore of the Wisconsin River with trees growing above. Every summer ... |
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