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The Novel Reader

Date: 1847
Description: A woman sits at a table reading while apparently neglecting her whole family.
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Rasmus B. Anderson Family

Date: 1902
Description: Rasmus B. Anderson, his wife, and son in Anderson's study. Anderson's son holds the family dog.
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Rasmus B. Anderson in His Study

Date: 1902
Description: Rasmus B. Anderson seated in his study with his dog at his feet.
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Mrs. Brandel and Max the Dog

Date: 1925
Description: Mrs. E.W. Brandel sits in a rocking chair on the porch at Fox Lake leaning on the edge of a table. She has a book on her lap and Max the family dog is at h...
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Cat with Book

Date: 1905
Description: A cat, which appears to be dozing, is posed with an open copy of Ernest Seton-Thompson's "Wild Animals I Have Known."
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Valentine Greetings

Date: 1925
Description: Valentine's Day card of a black and white dog with a furry tan ruff and a collar, holding a ribbon in his mouth that is attached to a heart. Within the hea...
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You've Completely Turned My Head Doggonit!

Date: 1925
Description: Valentine's Day card featuring a puppy whose head is on a metal eyelet and paper spring so his head will spin all the way around. The text: "You've complet...
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Let Me "Register" In Your Heart!

Date: 1955
Description: Child's Valentine's Day card. A puppy wearing a blue bow sits with his front paws on an old fashioned cash register. On the keys is the text: "I LOVE U." A...
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Forest and Tootsie

Date: 1910
Description: Photographic postcard of Forest Middleton reading while lying on his bed with the family dog, Tootsie, beside him. There is a full bookcase behind the bed,...
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Logging Camp

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Description: Elevated view of men posed standing in a snow-covered logging camp. One man is holding a cat, and there is a dog standing nearby. The photographers wagon i...
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Interior of George Fred Keck Designed Home

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Description: Interior view of the living room of a George Fred Keck designed home. A woman is relaxing in a chair with a cat in her lap, and her dog lies on the floor n...
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Logan African Expedition

Date: 04 15 1930
Description: Outdoor group portrait of the Logan African Expedition, Berriche, Algeria. Six men and a toddler are crouching or kneeling in the foreground. Behind them m...
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Catey Doyle with Harvey the Mina bird

Date: 08 30 1957
Description: "Whooopee, whoopee! Is it true, is it true?" says Harvey, a Mina bird cared for by ten-year old Catey Doyle and owned by Professor John T. Emlen (of 2122 V...
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4th Annual Dog Obedience Trials

Date: 09 14 1957
Description: Participants and their dogs standing together as judges look over the canines at the 4th Annual Dog Obedience Trials held at the Double A Arena near Cambri...
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International Fire Truck Brochure

Date: 1973
Description: Front cover featuring a Dalmation dog, and the text: "What every dalmation already knows".

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