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Peshtigo Fire Drawing

Date: 1871
Description: Drawing of the Peshtigo Fire, showing people seeking refuge in the Peshtigo River.
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Dressing up the Dog

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Description: A girl sits in a rocking chair as a young woman commands a dog who is dressed in dark clothing to sit. A piano or organ is in the background.
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Women Playing a Reed Organ

Date: 1900
Description: A woman sits at a reed organ while another looks on.
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Native Americans near Keshena

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Description: Native Americans on the Menominee Reservation near Keshena, Wisconsin. A white man in the foreground appears to be drawing something out of camera range. T...
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Surprise Attack on the Lake City of Aruba

Date: 1655
Description: Battle during the Vespucci Expedition, 1499.
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Dragons Chained for Later Roasting

Date: 1655
Description: Scene from the Vespucci Expedition, 1499.
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Vespucci on the Island of Giants, Curacao

Date: 1655
Description: Scene from Vespucci Expedition, 1499.
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A View of Snug Corner Cove in Prince William's Sound

Date: 1784
Description: Plate 45. Scene from Cook's Third Expedition, 1776-1779, while in Alaska.
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Helene Stratman-Thomas with Ho-Chunk Indians

Date: 06 24 1946
Description: Helene Stratman-Thomas with an unidentified man and child, possibly at Winnebago (HoChunk) Indian Village.
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Frederick Kehl with Group at Party

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Description: Portrait of Frederick Kehl, founder of the Kehl School of Dance in Madison, Wisconsin, with a large group, probably taken at a party at his Florida home.
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Family in Yard with Music Box

Date: 1872
Description: A family sits around a table on which is a wooden box with a key lock and a hinged lid, possibly with a mirror inside the lid. (A jewelry box? a music box?...
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Family having Coffee outside House

Date: 1874
Description: A family is gathered around table for coffee with a frame house behind that has a sewing machine on its porch, and a lightning rod on the roof. A framed pi...
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On a Sugar Plantation in South Carolina

Date: 1859
Description: Hölzlhuber felt his most interesting experiences in America were his interactions with southern slavery. "My sketch here shows a negro family as I saw them...
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Dream Drum Dancers

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Description: Five Ho-Chunk performers in front of cloth barriers or tents. A powwow group from the 1908 Homecoming. The five are full brothers according to the 1881 tri...
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Floral Shield Detail

Date: 01 27 1974
Description: Carved stone shield and flower detail on the exterior of the Chi Psi Lodge Fraternity house at 150 Iota Court.
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Ansel Adams at Home

Date: 1968
Description: Ansel Adams stands outside his home.
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Group of People in front of Frame House

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Description: Group of people and a dog in front of small frame house. One of the men is holding a violin.
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Group of People on Front Porch

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Description: A man playing a violin is standing near a woman and three children in front of a frame house.
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Woman Sitting at Piano

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Description: Woman sitting at a piano in a parlor.
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Group of People near Piano

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Description: Four women posing in chairs while a man sits on the floor holding a child, all in front of a piano.

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