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| Date: | 1832 |
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| Description: | Fort Clark, on the Missouri River, February 1834. |
| Date: | 1832 |
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| Description: | Remarkable hills on the Upper Missouri River (view 1). |
| Date: | 1832 |
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| Description: | View of the Stone Walls on the Upper Missouri River. Includes herd of bighorn sheep. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Man with a pipe in his mouth feeding swans at the edge of a pool. A rowboat is in the background. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | A U.S. government poster encouraging citizens to invest their money in banks and especially to buy U.S. Reconstruction bonds. |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | Old Abe, Wisconsin War Eagle, perched on a stars and stripe shield near a cannon at the Wisconsin State Capitol. There is a flag in the background. |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | Old Abe, Wisconsin War Eagle, perched on a stars and stripes shield next to a cannon at the Wisconsin State Capitol. Old Abe has his back turned towards t... |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | Old Abe, the eagle mascot of the 8th Wisconsin Infantry, posed on a cannon with the third Wisconsin State Capitol in the background. From 1864 until his de... |
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| Description: | Monochrome brush drawing with watercolor wash. Prof. A.W. Schorger of Madison identified this bird in 1945 as "almost certainly a long-billed Dowitcher (Li... |
| Date: | 1884 |
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| Description: | Indian women standing on platforms make noise to scare birds from the cornfield. |
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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: | 1952 |
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| Description: | Young boy inspecting a robin's nest on the engine of a Farmall H tractor. Original caption reads: "Spring-time on the farm. Even though his father uses thi... |
| Date: | 10 18 1966 |
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| Description: | Michelle Miller smiling at Kiki, her family's pet crow, as he perches on her arm. |
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