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| Date: | 1832 |
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| Description: | Engraving of Indians on horseback along river with Indian grave on hill in background. |
| Date: | 1879 |
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| Description: | One of the eight female figures purchased from the Chicago firm Gould Brothers and Dribblee to be used on the gate posts of the Wisconsin State Capitol fen... |
| Date: | 1869 |
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| Description: | Governor Lucius Fairchild of Wisconsin and an unidentified group visiting the still uncompleted national monument at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania in 1869. Fair... |
| Date: | 05 21 1972 |
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| Description: | A stained-glass window in the mausoleum at Forest Hill Cemetery at 1 Speedway Road, with a design featuring upside-down torches (a symbol of death). |
| Date: | 1978 |
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| Description: | Author Alex Haley and actor LeVar Burton visit the grave of Haley's ancestor, the slave Kunte Kinte, in Spottsylvania County, Virginia. In the television ... |
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| Description: | Signed photograph of Guy Carawan, a folk musician, playing an open-backed 5-string banjo. Presented to Highlander Folk School. Inscription reads, "Wishing ... |
| Date: | 11 12 1948 |
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| Description: | Rev. J.B. Schneider, O.P., pastor of Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, looking at a newly installed bust of St. Dominic de Guzman, Spanish priest who foun... |
| Date: | 09 1967 |
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| Description: | View over cornfield of a cemetery on the side of a hill surrounded by a fence. On the hill behind the cemetery are more cornfields. |
| Date: | 08 24 1925 |
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| Description: | A very large cemetery monument with a female figure sculpture, inscribed with the name Ehle. There is a shed in the background. The Ehle family lived in ... |
| Date: | 10 08 1950 |
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| Description: | The Reverend Benjamin W. Saunders (left), Episcopal director of the DeKoven foundation of Racine, stands beside a marble marker monument inscribed with the... |
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| Description: | Cartoon drawn by Clare V. "Dwig" Dwiggins depicting a youthful August Derleth walking by a graveyard that is haunted by ghosts and spirits. Derleth was fo... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a Gothic revival style Trinity church Wall Street and adjacent cemetery. Modern skyscrapers are in the background. |
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| Description: | Engraving excerpted from John S.C. Abbott's History of the Civil War in America. |
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| Description: | A view of an elk atop the Elks Rest Monument in Mount Washington Cemetery. Gravestones and trees can be seen in the background. The inscription on the monu... |
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| Description: | View of the church from the cemetery, which has a large monument. A clergyman stands in the doorway of the church. The building is brick, with vines traili... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Illustration made for International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department to demonstrate the danger of pests, including diseases carried by insects... |
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| Description: | A monument and statue honoring the Confederate general Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson. There is a cemetery in the background on the left. |
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| Description: | Drawing of a monument to General Albert Sydney Johnston, which was erected by Association of the Army of Tennessee in the St. Louis Cemetery in New Orleans... |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | A replication of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Depicted is the garden of Joseph of Arimathea and the tomb where Jesus is believed to be the buried. A Ro... |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | Exterior view from road of church. The church building features arched doors and windows, stained glass, and a bell steeple. There is a cemetery behind the... |
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