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A New Map of the River Mississipi: From the Sea to Bayagoulas

Date: 1761
Description: Map covering southern Louisiana from Lake Ponchetrain to the Golf of Mexico and from Woods Bay in the west to the islands just east of Bay St. Louis. It sh...
Drawing

Colonel Allyn C. Litchfield

Date: 1864
Description: Engraved portrait of Col. A.C. Litchfield of the 7th Michigan Cavalry.
Print

Great Seal of the State of Wisconsin

Date: 1857
Description: Great Seal of the State of Wisconsin as found in American Farmer, vol. 9.
Drawing

Steam Ice Car

Date: 1859
Description: Engraved drawing of Norman Wiard's ice locomotive, the Lady Franklin operating on a frozen river. Male passengers and crew members are standing on t...
Drawing

Ice Locomotive Pulled by Anchor

Date: 1859
Description: Engraved drawing of Norman Wiard's ice locomotive, Lady Franklin being pulled from water onto ice using its anchor. The vessel was built, but never ...
Print

Bishop Willliam Tufnel Sabine, D.D.

Date: 1907
Description: Profile portrait of Rev. Dr. William Tufnel Sabine, bishop of the Episcopal Church.
Photograph

John Adams

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Description: Lithographic portrait of John Adams, 2nd President of the United States (1797-1801). Includes the inscription "JOHN ADAMS. Born Oct.20.1735 In.1797 Obt.Jul...
Print

John Quincy Adams

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Description: Lithographic vignetted portrait of John Quincy Adams, 6th President of the United States (1825-1829).
Print

Samuel Adams

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Description: Engraved portrait of Samuel Adams, a Founding Father of the United States and 4th Governor of Massachusetts (1792-1794).
Print

Gustavus Adolphus II (Full Figure in Armor)

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Description: Lithographic portrait of Swedish king Gustavus Adolphus II, depicted in full armor, with his sword drawn and his left hand on a book that reads: "Pro-Relig...
Print

Louis Agassiz

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Description: Engraved profile portrait of Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz, a biologist and geologist known for his studies of Earth's natural history.
Print

Louis Agassiz

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Description: Engraved head and shoulders portrait of Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz, a biologist and geologist known for his studies of Earth's natural history.
Print

Edward P. Allis

Date: 1887
Description: Vignetted engraved lithograph portrait of Edward Phelps Allis, an industrialist who formed the Edward P. Allis Company in Milwaukee, initially manufacturin...
Photograph

Okee-Makee-Quid

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Description: Painted portrait of a man in a feathered headdress with buffalo horns. He is wearing a cloak with an animal face in front, and he is holding a war club and...

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