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| Description: | A girl sits in a rocking chair as a young woman commands a dog who is dressed in dark clothing to sit. A piano or organ is in the background. |
| Date: | 1869 |
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| Description: | Ladies sit on the front porch of a long two-story house. One woman is next to a baby carriage. On the porch's roof is a man with a ladder painting the hous... |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | Eight people posing in front of a one-story clapboard house holding possessions. The man on the far left is holding a gun and wears a ammunition belt aroun... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Photomontage of a group of people cooking over an open fire at a campsite. One man is blowing the fire underneath a kettle, while two other men look on. A ... |
| Date: | 1835 |
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| Description: | Two-story home with sloping roof. One man is whipping a team of eight cattle while another man drives the plow behind them. To the left stands a man near a... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | A well-dressed man sits in a chair in a Schwaller Music Store on Pine Street. Various pianos are on display. There are signs for Sohmer Pianos and New Home... |
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| Description: | A farmer is planting corn using the planter wire method. |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | A watercolor painting by Jens von Silver presented to the zoo by the Rennebohm Drug Stores. The painting shows a child reaching up to feed an elephant at t... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | A cat, labeled "MISSOURI," is tasting soup from a steaming kettle over a wood fire. The kettle is labeled: "SECESSION SOUP." The cat is wearing a vest, apr... |
| Date: | 2004 |
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| Description: | Andy and Karen Schnitzler and "Ruffy" pose in their Community Center. The Schnitzlers purchased the farm in 1980 and began the center in 1988. |
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| Description: | Wood engraving advertisement of a souvenir teaspoon bearing the likeness of Old Abe, the Wisconsin Civil War eagle, on the handle. Text reads "For sale by... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Irene Castle in pajamas and sleeping cap enjoying a cantaloupe as part of a posed breakfast in bed with her pet monkey Rastus. This photograph was used to ... |
| Date: | 11 1976 |
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| Description: | A man is carrying a chair into a house from an International Harvester model 1700 truck owned by A. Arnold and Son Transfer & Storage Co. of Louisville, Ke... |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | Group of boys working on various woodworking projects: sawing, hammering, and marking. A man in a shirt and tie is talking to one of the boys in the backgr... |
| Date: | 10 28 1978 |
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| Description: | Menu from the Jamieson House, with decorative borders featuring putti holding a platter of meat, wine cellar keys, and a basket of wines; decanting wine fr... |
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| Description: | Page from Joy Camps photo album displaying six photographs. The one on the upper left shows three campers sitting in a rowboat along the shoreline sketchin... |
| Date: | 08 04 1964 |
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| Description: | A counted thread embroidery of a rooster, created by Elinor Schnore. |
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| Description: | Front covers of gate fold Hotel Noble menu, with two "hillbilly" figures: one stands barefoot and holds a rifle while a dog sleeps at his feet; the other i... |
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| Description: | Drawing of a man wearing an apron making cat nip tea. The man is using one hand to drop something into a pot on the stove, and with the other hand holding ... |
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