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Drawing

Porcupine Mountains

Date: 1854
Description: Drawing of the Porcupine Mountains on Lake Superior. A deer is standing in the lake drinking water. A man is on the rock ledge above the shoreline and is a...
Photograph

Experimental Combine with Farmall M Tractor

Date: 1939
Description: Elevated view of men field testing an experimental 12 foot McCormick-Deering combine (harvester-thresher) with a Farmall M tractor. Mountains are in the ba...
Photograph

Trial of a Young Traitor

Date: 1957
Description: A traitor, with hands held near his face, stands before the Algerian rebels in the Atlas Mountains. This is the actual trial.
Photograph

Rebels in the Atlas Mountains

Date: 1956
Description: Algerian rebels in the Atlas Mountains outdoors, making plans on a blackboard.
Drawing

Frederick Jackson Turner Drawing

Date: 1924
Description: A hand-drawn cartoon in crayon entitled "Westward The Course Of Empire". It features Frederick Jackson Turner on a rocking horse with a sunset in the backg...
Poster

Pennsylvania Railroad Travel Poster: In Old Kentucky

Date: 1930
Description: An original lithograph promoting Kentucky and the Pennsylvania Railroad through an artist's depiction of two men dressed in buckskin, wearing raccoon hats ...
Photograph

International Scout Trucks in Western Scene

Date: 1965
Description: A man wearing a cowboy hat and a hip holster stands on a dirt road as a line of International Scout trucks passes by. A series of shops, restaurants, and o...
Photograph

Algerian in Cave

Date: 08 1957
Description: View from inside of cave of an Algerian member for the National Liberation Front in the Algerian desert. He is wearing a turban, and in front of him restin...
Photograph

Soldiers Resting by Cliff, Cuban Revolution

Date: 1958
Description: 26th of July Movement soldiers resting by a cliff in Oriente Province during the Cuban Revolution. Vilma Espin in center.
Photograph

Raúl Castro, Vilma Espin and Others by Cliff, Cuban Revolution

Date: 1958
Description: 26th of July Movement soldiers, including Raúl Castro and Vilma Espin, resting by a rocky cliff-side in Oriente Province during the Cuban Revolution.
Photograph

FLN Lookouts

Date: 08 1957
Description: Algerian National Liberation Front members hold lookout positions with machine guns. They are wearing fatigues and behind them is the rocky Algerian desert...
Photograph

FLN Members on Patrol

Date: 08 1957
Description: Two Algerian members of the National Liberation Front standing on rocks wearing long grass as camouflage and holding rifles in the Algerian desert. There a...
Print

Cream City Tobacco Works Letterhead

Date: 
Description: Letterhead of Louis Ballschmider of the Cream City Tobacco Works of Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin, manufacturer of and dealer in various tobacco products. On ...
Book or Pamphlet

Buckeye Calendar — January

Date: 1893
Description: Calendar front, with the month of January, 1893. At the top it reads: "1893 calendar presented to the farmers of the world with the compliments of Aultman,...
Map or Atlas

Nova Virginiae Tabula

Date: 1667
Description: Map of Virginia depicting the discoveries detailed by John Smith in his exploration of the region. It shows Jamestown, Native American tribes and villages,...
Photograph

Cisco Kid Publicity Still

Date: 
Description: Outdoor publicity still of Pancho, actor Leo Carillo, sitting on horseback. He is posing with his arms crossed in front of his chest, and a bird (stuffed?)...
Photograph

Commissary Supplies are Adequate

Date: 1935
Description: Original caption reads: "'Commissary supplies are adequate,' said Purchasing agent Ed Cronin (extreme left) of the corporation for the news reel (march of ...

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