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| Description: | Portrait of Henry Mathews, 1866-1941, an early African American resident, holding the tools of his trade in front of a painted backdrop. He was a stone mas... |
| Date: | 1957 |
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| Description: | Artist Robert Thom is seen here working on one of his paintings, this one titled: "The Founding of the United States Pharmacopeia". |
| Date: | 1957 |
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| Description: | The artist Robert Thom pauses to pose with his new painting, "The Forming of the United States Pharmacopeia", which depicts the inaugural delegates to the ... |
| Date: | 07 1917 |
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| Description: | A factory worker painting the United States insignia on a bi-plane wing. |
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| Description: | Amateur painting by Eleanor R. Craighill. Representing a woman in an apron and hat polishing(?) a pot in front of the kitchen fireplace in the Governor's P... |
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| Description: | Posed studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two African American agricultural workers picking cotton, location unknown. A little girl sits in a... |
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| Description: | Ferrotype/tintype of a full-length portrait of two men posing with bricks and trowels in front of a painted backdrop. They are standing next to a faux ston... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Handwriting on front reads: "Greetings from Prairie Du Sac, Wis." and "Merry Christmas". A scene of a man on the shoreline of a river with a small boat. Sw... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "But you will not go astray if you go to the 'Palm Garden. F.J. Gaetzman, Wausau, Wis." A photo postcard with two images. On the left ... |
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| Description: | Actress Helen Ferguson sits at a table and works on a poster. She wears a smock and a small string of pearls. There are several posters or painting on th... |
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