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Westward the Star of Empire Takes its Way

Date: 1886
Description: Advertisement for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad featuring an illustration of Uncle Sam stretched from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean....
Painting

The Isle of Wight off the English Coast

Date: 1856
Description: While passing through the English Channel in May 1856 Hölzlhuber viewed the Isle of Wight. "The island is located in the English Channel not far from Hamps...
Photograph

Seaside Amusements

Date: 1924
Description: View of developed beachfront, including roller-coaster, hotels, pier and seagulls.
Drawing

Vacation Party on Seashore Cliff Stairwalk

Date: 1900
Description: View of a vacation party on a cliff stairway overlooking a seashore. Several men and women in formal dress walk down the stairway. Heavily retouched image.
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Menu Cover for Fifth Anniversary of the Secretary-Generalship of Mr. Trygve Lie

Date: 02 02 1951
Description: Front cover of the menu and program for the Fifth Anniversary of the Secretary-Generalship of Trygve Lie, first Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN...
Photograph

"love"

Date: 1967
Description: Black and white photographic greeting card. View down beach towards couple hugging while standing in the sand. The word "love" is centered at the top.
Map or Atlas

Aethiopia Superior vel Interior; vulgo Abissinorum five Presbiteriioannis Imperium

Date: 1696
Description: Engraved and hand-colored map of Ethiopia, from Blaeu's General Atlas. Map title is framed by a man and a woman, both wearing head turbans, who are standin...
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R.M.S.S. Magdalena Dinner Menu

Date: 08 09 1890
Description: One-page menu from the R.M.S.S. Magdalena of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, with a parrot and a cockatiel perched on a branch above the compan...
Book or Pamphlet

Buckeye Calendar — January

Date: 1893
Description: Calendar front, with the month of January, 1893. At the top it reads: "1893 calendar presented to the farmers of the world with the compliments of Aultman,...
Map or Atlas

Planiglobii Terrestris Mappa Universalis: Utrumq Hemisphærium Orient. et Occidentale Repræsentans ex IV Mappis Generalibus

Date: 1746
Description: This world map from the German mathematician, historian, and geographer Johann Matthias Hase shows the major cities, islands, and the major political divis...
Map or Atlas

Americae Mappa Generalis: Secundum Legitimas Projectionis Stereographicae Regulas

Date: 1746
Description: Detailed map of the western hemisphere and part of Africa and Europe. Islands, cities, settlements, rivers, lakes, countries, and regions are marked. Mount...
Photograph

The Ships are Coming

Date: 1917
Description: Poster with an illustration of a bird's-eye view of a large bald eagle flying over a convoy of ships, which are headed towards a fire or explosion over the...
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Eagle with American and Confederate Flags Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of an eagle sitting on a rock. The American flag is on the right, and the first Confederate flag, which is tattered and being struck by lightnin...
Poster

Side by Side Britannia!

Date: 1918
Description: Poster with an illustration of Uncle Sam arm-in-arm with Britannia. Uncle Sam has a sword, and Britannia holds a shield with the Union Jack and a triton. A...

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