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Battle of Gettysburg Panorama #1724

Date: 1889
Description: Stereograph from the Chicago Panorama of the Battle of Gettysburg Representing Pickett's Charge at 4 P.M., July 3rd, 1863: Death of Lieutenant A.H. Cushing...
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Battle of Gettysburg Panorama #1725

Date: 1889
Description: Stereograph from the Chicago Panorama of the Battle of Gettysburg Representing Pickett's Charge at 4 P.M., July 3rd, 1863: Stannard's Vermont Brigade Attac...
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Battle of Gettysburg Panorama #1726

Date: 1889
Description: Stereograph from the Chicago Panorama of the Battle of Gettysburg Representing Pickett's Charge at 4 P.M., July 3rd, 1863: Death of Confederate General Arm...
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Battle of Gettysburg Panorama #1727

Date: 1889
Description: Stereograph from the Chicago Panorama of the Battle of Gettysburg Representing Pickett's Charge at 4 P.M., July 3rd, 1863: Repelling Pickett's Charge on Ri...
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Battle of Gettysburg Panorama #1733

Date: 1889
Description: Stereograph from the Chicago Panorama of the Battle of Gettysburg Representing Pickett's Charge at 4 P.M., July 3rd, 1863: Woodruff's Battery on the Right ...
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Open Casket

Date: 1870
Description: Open casket of a young bearded and moustached man outdoors. There is a canvas covering used as a backdrop.
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Viewing casket of Robert M. La Follette, Sr.

Date: 06 21 1925
Description: A crowd of mourners viewing the flag drapped casket of Senator Robert M. La Follette, Sr., in the Wisconsin State Capitol rotunda.
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California Anti-Vivisection Car

Date: 1929
Description: Right side profile view of an International truck with the words: "California Anti-Vivisection Car" on the side. A cat and two dogs can be seen through the...
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Cavalry Skirmish

Date: 11 12 1862
Description: Watercolor of a skirmish between the 7th Kansas Cavalry, Company A of the 12th Wisconsin Infantry, & Jackson's Rebel Cavalry near Lamar, Mississippi.
Print

Death Whoop

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Description: "Death Whoop" an engraving after a drawing by Seth Eastman from the American Aboriginal Portfolio.
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Postmortem Photograph of Cyrus Hall McCormick

Date: 05 13 1884
Description: "Mourning portrait" of Cyrus Hall McCormick (1809-1884), taken after his death on the morning of May 13, 1884. McCormick's hair and beard are neatly trimm...
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Dead Deer on the Highway

Date: 1968
Description: A Wisconsin game warden removes a dead deer in the snow that had been struck by a vehicle from a rural Vernon County highway next to a deer crossing sign.
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Boy in Coffin

Date: 09 17 1945
Description: The body of Donald Bruer in his coffin. Donald, 3 years old, fell from a third floor window and was impaled on a picket fence.
Print

Deering Trade Card

Date: 1890
Description: Novelty trade card advertising harvesting machinery manufactured by William Deering and Company. At close range, the image shows two young girls holding a ...
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Darnton and Fahuestock Coffins

Date: 10 21 1942
Description: Military Chaplain Fred Bartrop performs an Episcopal burial ceremony for Byron Darnton over the coffins; Bomana Military Cemetery, Port Moresby, New Guinea...
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Man Laid Out in Coffin

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Description: Deceased body of a man in coffin.
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A Mother's Funeral Coffin

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Description: Open coffin, decorated with flowers, and a wreath that reads, "Our Mother" in a funeral salon.
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Fence and Dead Foxes

Date: 05 22 1960
Description: Two dead foxes hang from a barbed wire fence in a field.
Poster

"Quixote Presents: A Phenomenological Rout..."

Date: 12 04 1970
Description: Poster advertising for a program at the [Kafka] Memorial Union. Text inlaid in ghostly image reads, "Quixote presents: A Phenomenological rout featuring t...
Magazine or Periodical

The "Bloody Shirt" Reform

Date: 08 12 1876
Description: A cartoon depicting General M.C. Butler, holding a top hat in his left hand, and carrying an umbrella under his right arm standing next to dead African Ame...

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