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| Date: | 1845 |
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| Description: | Illustration of Chippewa and Sioux Indians battling each other at the Brule River. Wood engraving from Armstrong, "Early Life Among The Indians." |
| Date: | 1845 |
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| Description: | Engraving depicting the defeat of Black Hawk by General Henry Atkinson at the Battle of Bad Axe on August 2, 1832. The engraving depicts Federal Regulars a... |
| Date: | 02 28 1863 |
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| Description: | The First Regiment of the Louisiana Native Guards disembarking at Fort Macomb, Louisiana. The fort is adjacent to the Venetian Isles community, now legally... |
| Date: | 1819 |
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| Description: | A commemorative handkerchief created by a wood engraving on white cotton fabric. The scene is the Manchester Reform Meeting, in England. A crowd of demonst... |
| Date: | 04 1884 |
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| Description: | An engraving depicting the impressment of American seamen by the British Navy during the period before the War of 1812. The image shows a group of American... |
| Date: | 01 1869 |
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| Description: | Engraving after a drawing by Winslow Homer showing a crowned Baby New Year riding a velocipede through a hoop held by a woman, as the Grim Reaper, on the r... |
| Date: | 07 1892 |
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| Description: | Engraved illustration depicting Frank Lenz sitting on the edge of a railroad bridge holding his safety bicycle in front of him and his box camera on his ba... |
| Date: | 06 06 1860 |
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| Description: | An illustration of the enormous bowie knife that was presented to John F. Potter. |
| 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: | 1877 |
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| Description: | Engraved lithographic portrait of Milo J. Althouse, engineer and businessmen. Althouse moved to Waupun as a young man and designed the "Waupun pump" for we... |
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