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Travelers on Lake Superior

Date: 1850
Description: Travelers in a rowing canoe on Lake Superior.
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Funeral Scaffold of a Sioux Chief near Fort Pierre

Date: 1832
Description: Funeral of a Sioux Chief near Fort Pierre.
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Lead Region of the Upper Mississippi River

Date: 1853
Description: Engraved view of miners and hillside mines in the Lead Region. Caption reads: "Sketch of the Lead Region."
Book or Pamphlet

Ball Play on the Prairie

Date: 1884
Description: Native Americans playing a lacrosse-like game of ball.
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Native of Oonalashka, and Their Habitations

Date: 1784
Description: Plate 57. Scene from Cook's Third Expedition, 1776-1779, while in Alaska.
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Scenery above La Crosse

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Description: La Crosse and scenery above.
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A Velocipede of Fifty Years Ago

Date: 03 06 1869
Description: Engraved image of a man in a top hat and tails riding a velocipede. Another rider is in the background.
Book or Pamphlet

N.C. Thompson Advertising Booklet

Date: 1880
Description: Front page of booklet with an engraving of a man with a team of two horses in a field with the "Celebrated Gorham Sulky Cultivator."
Photograph

Valley of the Minnesota (St. Peter's) River

Date: 1884
Description: Lithographic engraving depicting two people on a bluff overlooking a river. Several canoes are present on the river. Caption reads: "'Valley of the Minneso...

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