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| Date: | 08 29 1896 |
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| Description: | Cover of Harper's Weekly, with a pro-William McKinley Presidential cartoon depicting McKinley as a soldier in 1861 and William Jennings Bryan as an ... |
| Date: | 1878 |
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| Description: | Cartoon of "Santa Claus Belated" by a fireplace delivering toys and speaking to a figure representing New Year 1878 saying: "Here we are again." |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Magazine illustration of the home, titled: "Soldiers' National Asylum at Milwaukee, Wisconsin". The building is in the background, and in the foreground ar... |
| Date: | 02 20 1869 |
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| Description: | Engraved image of a man riding an ice velocipede, a bicycle-like vehicle with a studded front wheel and back blades. In the background is an iceboat. |
| Date: | 02 13 1869 |
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| Description: | Engraved image of several men attempting to ride velocipedes in a large open, interior space. Many have fallen or are struggling with balance. |
| Date: | 1896 |
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| Description: | Masthead of the bicycling journal Pneumatic. |
| Date: | 09 1886 |
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| Description: | Engraved image of a drawing by Henry Sandham showing six bicycle racers on a track with a large crowd of spectators in the stands and along the side of the... |
| Date: | 05 30 1881 |
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| Description: | Engraving of a sketch by Joseph Pennell showing a parade of League of American Wheelmen bicyclists along Commonwealth Avenue between Dartmouth Street and W... |
| Date: | 05 1892 |
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| Description: | Frank Lenz posed with his bicycle on a badly neglected stretch of road. A split-rail fence encloses a field behind Lenz. |
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