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In a Stiff Current

Date: 03 1892
Description: Three men are dragging their canoe upriver through a strong current. In the background other men are standing on the far river bank near canoes pulled up o...
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Ferry "New Era"

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Description: "Ferry 'New Era' being transformed into a gunboat at St. Louis." Drawing includes workers building with lumber.
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Conveying Provisions over the Ozark Mountains

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Description: "Conveying Provisions over the Ozark Mountains to the Army at Springfield, MO." Men on horseback are riding along a trail carrying supplies.
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Riverbank on Mississippi River

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Description: People engaged in various activities along the bank of the Mississippi River. There are both men and women and a horse next to the river edge. Trees are cu...
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An Imperial Scene up the Tennessee River

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Description: "An 'Imperial Scene' up the Tenn." (Tennessee River). A view from the rear of a man maneuvering a steamboat up the river using a steering wheel.
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Down the River

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Description: When the Teenie Weenies take a vacation, they get into all kinds of trouble. In this illustration, the Teenie Weenies are stranded far from home after thei...
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The First Passenger Train in Michigan

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Description: Locomotive with coal car and one passenger car passing through rural landscape. People wave from a log cabin and a horse-drawn vehicle in the background an...
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Alexander Mitchell Estate

Date: 1872
Description: Lithograph elevated view of the Alexander Mitchell home and gardens seen from the corner of Ninth and Spring Streets. Pedestrians, horse-riders and a horse...
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Men Building a Plank Road

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Description: A pencil drawing of men building a road with wooden planks.
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Stage Coach

Date: 1948
Description: Drawing of a Madison to Prairie du Chien stage coach in 1848. The coach is driven by two men and drawn by four horses as it passes a farm field separated f...
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Train Spooking Horses

Date: 1948
Description: Drawing of a passenger train approaching a small town where two teams of horses on a plank road appear to be startled by the noise of the locomotive. One t...
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Republican National Convention

Date: 06 1880
Description: Illustration of the Interstate Exposition Building,the site of the Republican National Convention.
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Andrae Cycles Advertisement

Date: 09 1895
Description: Full page, engraved advertisement for Andrae Cycles. Depicts men and women bicycling on a path in a bucolic setting, in addition to text promoting bicycles...
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Velocipede Race in Paris

Date: 12 1868
Description: Engraved view of four women racing on bicycles. Spectators in the background are behind a fence.
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Bicyclists

Date: 1948
Description: Pencil drawing depicting a group of men and women bicycling on a dirt road in a rural, wooded area, probably in the 1880's. One man and woman are riding a ...
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Process of Excavation, Lockport

Date: 1825
Description: Engraved view of several wooden cranes extracting large stones from a cut during the construction of the Erie Canal. The rig in the foreground is horse-dri...
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Hay Into the Barn

Date: 1945
Description: A man stands on top of a full hay wagon parked in front of the closed door of a red barn. Above the man a grappling hook full of hay can be seen through th...
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Dragging In the Field

Date: 1945
Description: An elevated view of a man on a tractor harrowing a field on a hillside. A road and field run along the left side and a small field and trees appear on the ...
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Sleigh to School

Date: 1945
Description: Four children ride in the box of a horse-drawn sled along with four milk cans. The driver holds the reins of the two horses. One child is perched on a can....
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Threshing

Date: 1945
Description: A threshing scene in a field. One man pitches grain into a threshing machine while standing on the load of grain in the wagon pulled by two horses. A secon...

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