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| Date: | 1856 |
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| Description: | An etching, labeled Conchology Plate IV which depicts the exterior, Figure 1, and interior of the shell of the scallop identified as Pecten yesso... |
| Date: | 1856 |
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| Description: | A hand-colored etching of the shells of mollusks collected by members of the Perry expedition, described and named by physician and conchologist John Clark... |
| Date: | 1857 |
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| Description: | Half plate ambrotype of a drawing of the Wisconsin State Capitol. Copy of the design by Samuel Hunter Donnel and August Kutzbock, Madison architects, showi... |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | A decorated album page featuring a full-length studio portrait of Stuart Fargo, wearing a long gown and sitting on a settee with a bolster pillow at the le... |
| Date: | 1887 |
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| Description: | Black and white illustration of the Proud Mary Hotel (now the Whistling Swan). |
| Date: | 03 15 1896 |
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| Description: | Page one of "Evening Record." The handwritten newspaper includes several hand-drawn color illustrations. Beginning in the top left corner, the illustration... |
| Date: | 03 15 1896 |
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| Description: | Page two of the "Evening Record." The handwritten newspaper includes several hand-drawn illustrations. On the top center of the page, one illustration port... |
| Date: | 1843 |
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| Description: | Drawn diagram of a head in profile with sections mapped for phrenological associations. Each numbered section is illustrated with an image representing the... |
| Date: | 1876 |
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| Description: | Four drawings showing embryonic development in plants. |
| Date: | 1876 |
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| Description: | Page 11 of a speech written by Increase Lapham on embryonic development in plants. There are drawings at the top of the page. |
| Date: | 1876 |
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| Description: | Page 13 of a speech written by Increase Lapham on embryonic development in plants. There are drawings at the top of the page. |
| Date: | 1859 |
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| Description: | Floorplan of Norman Wiard's ice locomotive, the Lady Franklin showing the locations of seating, water closets, ladies' salon, boiler, engine room, e... |
| Date: | 1878 |
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| Description: | Illustration of a crowd watching bicyclists on penny-farthings, who are racing around a track inside a tent. Below illustration is the text "From the Priva... |
| Date: | 1852 |
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| Description: | Illustrations of 5 different canoes. Caption reads: "Plate 9, opp. pg. 66. Vol. 1, Indian Tribes of the United States. ed. Francis S. Drake, 1884. A... |
| Date: | 08 02 1879 |
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| Description: | A drawing of Thomas Edison seated at a desk working on an experiment. Caption at bottom reads: "Edison In His Workshop." |
| Date: | 01 14 1882 |
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| Description: | A drawing showing Madison Square at night, lit by electric lighting at the top of a mast. Men and women are strolling on the sidewalks and walking on the s... |
| Date: | 06 24 1882 |
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| Description: | Three depictions of men laying electrical tubes in the streets of New York and testing them for insulation. Caption reads: "The Electric Light in Houses— L... |
| Date: | 1852 |
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| Description: | View down a road lined with trees. Two people in a horse-drawn vehicle are moving down the road. Caption reads: "Unidientified road in the vicinity of Madi... |
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