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| Description: | Jane Addams holding an open book, surrounded by immigrant children. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Sketch of two huge round revolving book stacks with an elevator. This was apparently a "library of the future" idea and was probably never actually built. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Cover of Mrs. A.G. Boehm's History of the New Richmond Cyclone of June 12th, 1899 featuring an engaving of a large cyclone and the wreckage it has left beh... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | A book illustration featuring a young girl sitting on a flying book which flies over a picturesque landscape. The text reads, "Carol Witthuhn her book." Th... |
| Date: | 1941 |
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| Description: | Woodcut illustration of a bookshelf with books, an apple, and a pair of eyeglasses. |
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| Description: | Black and white drawing of a beekeeper sitting on a hive box leaning against a tree, his chin resting on his hand. He is holding a book titled "The Hive an... |
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| Description: | Drawing of a man and woman sitting in a tall S-shaped chair with only their legs and feet visible. On the left is a woman wearing a dress and holding a boo... |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | Satirical cartoon depicting an arm holding a bloodied knife over a book. The open book is titled Trade Union History and has blood seeping from a wound. Th... |
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| Description: | Engraved lithographic waist-up portrait of Fisher Ames posed sitting in a chair holding a book. He was a Federalist politician. He was a member of the Mass... |
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