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Painting

Bierstadt Butterfly

Date: 1900
Description: Oil on paper painting of a butterfly. Bierstadt would apply oil paints directly to the paper to form one wing of a butterfly, then fold the paper in Rorsch...
Painting

Black Butterfly Painting

Date: 1900
Description: Oil on paper painting of a black butterfly by Alfred Bierstadt. Bierstadt would apply oil paints directly to the paper to form one wing of a butterfly, the...
Postcard

Tall-tale Postcard: A Kansas Air Ship

Date: 1909
Description: Photomontage of a giant grasshopper lifting an anchored basket with a baby girl inside. The rope tethered to the basket has a large American flag attached ...
Book or Pamphlet

Mosquitoes

Date: 1903
Description: Drawing of five mosquitoes in flight.
Postcard

Cecropia Moth

Date: 1905
Description: Photographic postcard of a cecropoia moth, Hylophora Cecropia, on a potted geranium. Caption reads: "Cecropia Moth."
Photograph

Cecropia Moth

Date: 1905
Description: A cecropia moth, Hylophora Cecropia, on a potted geranium.
Postcard

Cecropia Moth

Date: 1905
Description: Photographic postcard of a profile view of a cecropia moth, Hylophora Cecropia, on a potted geranium. Caption reads: "Cecropia Moth."
Photograph

Cecropia Moth

Date: 1905
Description: A profile view of a cecropia moth, Hylophora Cecropia, on a potted geranium.
Print

Love Be With You

Date: 1905
Description: Valentine's Day card with four die cut pieces held together with two cords. The top piece is a girl wearing a lavender dress and ballet slippers. She is ho...
Postcard

Buckeye Postcard

Date: 1900
Description: Postcard for Buckeye Mowers, Droppers, Table Rakes and Binders. Color illustrations of butterflies and flowers over a gold and yellow background surround a...
Book or Pamphlet

Twine Talk: Deering Harvester Company Booklet

Date: 1902
Description: Front and back cover of a Deering Harvester Company brochure for twine. The cover reads: "The Original Spinners," and "The World's Greatest Spinners, Deeri...
Book or Pamphlet

Walter A. Wood Brochure

Date: 1900
Description: Brochure for the Paris Exposition with text in French. Two inside spreads show a man on the left using a team of two horses to pull a harvesting machine in...
Photograph

Bill Marr and Wasps

Date: 1907
Description: Bill Marr swatting at wasps in the great outdoors.
Photograph

Bill Combating Wasps

Date: 1907
Description: Bill Marr smiling as he is swatting at wasps.

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