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| Date: | 07 10 1849 |
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| Description: | Devil's Gate in Wyoming; sketched by Wilkins on his 151-day journey from Missouri to California on the Overland Trail (also known as the Oregon Trail). |
| Date: | 07 11 1849 |
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| Description: | Sweetwater River in Wyoming; sketched by Wilkins on his 151-day journey from Missouri to California on the Overland Trail (also known as the Oregon Trail). |
| Date: | 07 14 1894 |
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| Description: | Cartoon depicting "King Debs" a man wearing a crown representing Debs American Railway Union, sitting atop the highway of trade. |
| Date: | 06 20 1849 |
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| Description: | Jail and Courthouse Rocks in Nebraska; Sketched by Wilkins on his 151-day journey from Missouri to California on the Overland Trail (also known as the Oreg... |
| Date: | 1859 |
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| Description: | Color drawing of beavers working on and living at their dams. |
| Date: | 11 26 1846 |
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| Description: | A drawing by Thomas Steel of his farm property contained in a letter Steel wrote to his father James Steel. |
| Date: | 05 14 1887 |
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| Description: | Cartoon of a three-headed hydra representing oleomargarine, threatening a farmer. |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Rebus from the National Temperance Advocate, 1884-1886 p.207. Solution is: "What harm can there be in a glass of beer? None, my man, in one or two. 'Tis... |
| Date: | 1884 |
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| Description: | Two drawings illustrating a hyperbolic comparison between a society which permits drinking of alcoholic beverages and one that does not. |
| Date: | 06 18 1864 |
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| Description: | Engraved view of gunboats passing the dam in the Red River near Alexandria. |
| Date: | 08 02 1862 |
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| Description: | Engraved view of several men in a long trench digging Grant's canal on the Mississippi River opposite Vicksburg. |
| Date: | 1894 |
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| Description: | Cartoon on the last page of a McCormick catalog. The cartoon depicts the World's Fair field-trials in Wayne, Illinois, at which the McCormick mower prevail... |
| Date: | 11 01 1879 |
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| Description: | A cartoon depicting General M.C. Butler of South Carolina in fine clothing standing next to an African American who is on his knees, surrounded by small bu... |
| Date: | 08 12 1876 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 08 12 1876 |
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| Description: | A cartoon depicting Justice holding bodies on her scale, one white and six black. The caption includes the phrase: "Five More Wanted." |
| Date: | 1849 |
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| Description: | Drawing of two slave catchers pointing guns at two runaway slaves. |
| Date: | 1833 |
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| Description: | Drawing on a faint grid with Lake Michigan on the right, and the rivers on the left. Labeled is an Indian Village, J. Veiu, S. Juneau, and P. Juneau. Alo... |
| Date: | 11 02 1889 |
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| Description: | Engraved view of a government snagboat removing obstructions from the channel of a western river. |
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