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Victory Garden Seed Order Form

Date: 1943
Description: Front side of order blank for Aunt Jenny's Garden for Victory seeds featuring a drawing of a woman and several vegetables.
Photograph

Christmas Greeting Card

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Description: Christmas greeting card depicting the Benton-Franklin Inter-county bridge over the Columbia River connecting Kennewick and Pasco, Washington. A riverboat a...
Photograph

Fort Union

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Description: An illustrated view of Fort Union (on the North Dakota-Montana boundary), with an Indian encampment.
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Strategy or Change of Base

Date: 1865
Description: "Strategy or Change of Base". Photographic card of a cartoon concerning Jefferson Davis' flight across Georgia in women's clothing hoping to reach the Miss...
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Cartoon of the Flight of Jefferson Davis

Date: 1865
Description: Jefferson Davis in a hoop skirt with a basket and fallen dagger. Photographic card of a cartoon concerning Jefferson Davis' flight across Georgia in women...
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Capture of an Unprotected Female

Date: 1865
Description: "Capture of an unprotected female, or the close up of the Rebellion." Photograph card of a cartoon concerning Jefferson Davis' flight across Georgia in wo...
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"Clermont" Steamboat Drawing

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Description: A copy of Robert Fulton's steamboat "Clermont" drawing. Illustration depicts a large steamboat on a river. Many people are on board. The boat features a sm...
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Cartoon of Jefferson Davis

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Description: Carte-de-visite cartoon drawing of Jefferson Davis, showing him as he fled from being captured by Union troops when they took Richmond, Virginia. He is dis...
Drawing

Shopiere Flouring Mill

Date: 1858
Description: Drawing of the exterior of the Shopiere Flouring Mill. Several men, some in a horse-drawn wagon are in front of the building.
Postcard

Free Huey Newton!

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Description: The front design of a postcard with the caption "Free Huey Newton!" showing an iconic image of Newton positioned in a drawing that depicts him inside the m...
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Father Florimond Bonduel

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Description: Sketched quarter-length portrait of Father Florimond Joseph Bonduel.
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Connecticut Hall of Yale University

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Description: Engraving of Connecticut Hall, Yale's first permanent building, completed in 1752. The engraving shows a front view of the original Yale building, and a fe...
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Art Class at the State Normal School

Date: 1910
Description: View of woman at an outdoor art class on a lawn, sketching at State Normal School, which opened in 1875. The group of women are standing and sitting outdoo...
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MacArthur for President Card

Date: 1944
Description: Small window card featuring a drawing of General Douglas MacArthur and the phrase, "Republicans draft General MacArthur for President."
Magazine or Periodical

Political Market

Date: 06 12 1858
Description: A political cartoon in "Harper's Weekly" about railroad company presidents' purchasing Wisconsin state legislatures and governors. The caption reads: ...
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Escape Map

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Description: A hand-drawn map of a house labeled in both English and Chinese. Notes include escape routes. Two girls were kept here.
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Wisconsin : Home of the Muskie

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Description: Wisconsin promotional decal with a drawing of a hooked muskellunge leaping out of the water.
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Wisconsin Deer Decal

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Description: Wisconsin promotional decal featuring a drawing of a deer.
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Wisconsin Native American Decal

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Description: Wisconsin promotional decal with a drawing of a Native American sitting cross-legged, wearing a headdress, buckskin, and moccasins, and holding a calumet p...
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You Blow the Powder

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Description: Advertising for Dr. Birney's Catarrhal Powder, showing a drawing of a woman administering a treatment to herself by blowing the powder up her own nose thro...

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