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Buffalo Hunt, Surround

Date: 1844
Description: Indians on horseback hunting buffaloes (Plate 9).

"Some sixty or seventy young men, all mounted on their wild horses, and armed with bows and lances only...

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Buffalo Hunt, Chasing Back

Date: 1844
Description: Buffalo chasing hunter with rifle on horseback (Plate 12).

"The wounded and chafed bull often turns upon its assailant, and runs him back, over the whole...

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Attacking the Grizzly Bear

Date: 1844
Description: Indians on horseback trying to kill a bear (Plate 19).

"The preliminaries of the hunt for the Grizzly Bear having been settled in the manner described in...

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Ball Play

Date: 1844
Description: Large group of Indians engaged in the game of lacrosse (Plate 23).

"Having in the two former illustrations and their chapters, explained to the readers t...

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Archery of the Mandans

Date: 1844
Description: Mandan Indians engaged in archery competition (Plate 24).

"The meeting represented here is something like that of an Archery Club in the civilized world,...

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Circus Performers Astride Horses

Date: 1899
Description: Two horses stand next to each other in front of what may be a painted backdrop of a tree-lined street. A male circus performer stands in the center holding...
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Battle of Gettysburg Panorama #1723

Date: 1889
Description: Stereograph from the Chicago Panorama of the Battle of Gettysburg Representing Pickett's Charge at 4 P.M., July 3rd, 1863: General Gibbon's Brigade Repelli...
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Colonel Geddis and the 8th Iowa in the Hornets Nest #3

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Description: A stereograph view of a cyclorama of the Battle of Shiloh. Caption on stereograph reads: "Col. J.L. Geddis and part of 8th Iowa in the 'Hornets Nest.'" Tex...
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Colonel Geddis and the 8th Iowa at the Battle of Shiloh #3

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Description: A stereograph view of a cyclorama of the Battle of Shiloh. Caption on stereograph reads, "Col. J.L. Geddis and part of 8th Iowa in the 'Hornets Nest.'" Tex...
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General Prentis and the 6th Division at the Battle of Shiloh #4

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Description: A stereograph view of a cyclorama of the Battle of Shiloh. Caption on stereograph reads: "Gen. B.M. Prentis and 6th Division in the 'Hornets Nest.'" Text a...
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General Prentis' and Hurlbuts' Troops at the Battle of Shiloh #5

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Description: A stereograph view of a cyclorama of the Battle of Shiloh. Caption on stereograph reads, "Gen's Prentis and Hurlbuts troops in the 'Hornets Nest.'" Text at...
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General Tuttle's Brigade at the Battle of Shiloh #7

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Description: A stereograph view of a cyclorama of the Battle of Shiloh. Caption on stereograph reads: "Gen. J.M. Tuttle's Brigade in the 'Hornets Nest.'" Text at right:...
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General Wallace's 2nd Division at the Battle of Shiloh #8

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Description: A stereograph view of a cyclorama of the Battle of Shiloh. Caption on stereograph reads, "Gen. W.H.L. Wallace's 2nd Div. Army of the Tenn." Text at right: ...
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Captain Ramsay Carrying Orders at the Battle of Shiloh #9

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Description: A stereograph view of a cyclorama of the Battle of Shiloh. Caption on stereograph reads: "Capt. Ramsay carrying orders from Gen. Grant to Sherman." Text at...
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General Grant Giving Orders to General McPherson at the Battle of Shiloh #10

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Description: A stereograph view of a cyclorama of the Battle of Shiloh. Caption on stereograph reads: "Gen. Grant giving order to Gen. McPherson." Text at right: "Wande...
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General Grant Giving Orders to General McPherson #10

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Description: A stereograph view of a cyclorama of the Battle of Shiloh. Caption on stereograph reads: "Gen. Grant giving orders to Gen. McPherson." Text at right: "Wand...
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Marmaduke's Confederate Command #11

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Description: A stereograph view of a cyclorama of the Battle of Shiloh. Caption on stereograph reads: "Marmaduke's Confederate command in a charge." Text at right: "Wan...
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1st Arkansas Confederate Infantry Unit #12

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Description: A stereograph view of a cyclorama of the Battle of Shiloh. Caption on stereograph reads, "1st Arkansas confederate. Inf. in the 'Hornets Nest.'"
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Death of Lieutenant Colonel Thompson #13

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Description: A stereograph view of a cyclorama of the Battle of Shiloh. Caption on stereograph reads, "Death of Lieut. Col. Thompson 1st Arkansas Con. Inf."
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1st Arkansas Confederate Regiment Making a Charge #14

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Description: A stereograph view of a cyclorama of the Battle of Shiloh. Caption on stereograph reads, "1st Ark. Con. Regiment making a charge in "Hornets Nest.'"

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