Date: | 1949 |
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Description: | View from dock of the U.S. Coast Guard ship "Woodrush" arriving at the La Pointe dock to clear ice. Two trucks are on the dock, one with a piano. |
Date: | 1900 |
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Description: | Cigar box label with portraits of inventors Thomas Edison, Eli Whitney, Robert Fulton, Cyrus McCormick, Richard March Hoe. Around the edges are illustratio... |
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Description: | Cover from songbook used on the "S.S. North American." Back cover advertises the sailings of the "North American" and "South American." Includes pic... |
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Description: | Pages 1-2 of the Songbook for the "S.S. North American" includes an index and the lyrics for 2 songs. |
Date: | 1847 |
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Description: | Engraving of the McCormick Reaper Works as it appeared in 1847. The factory was located on the north bank of the Chicago River, east of the Michigan Avenue... |
Date: | 1899 |
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Description: | Campaign poster with the title "Posterity" for Theodore Roosevelt and William McKinley featuring their portraits. In the center is an illustration of a wom... |
Date: | 1655 |
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Description: | Christopher Columbus begins his first expedition, 1492. |
Date: | 1655 |
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Description: | Encounter with Indians during Christopher Columbus' first expedition in 1492. |
Date: | 1655 |
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Description: | Scene on Hispaniola in 1500, when Columbus was forced to return to Spain after a new adminstrator had arrived. |
Date: | 1655 |
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Description: | Scene from Christopher Columbus' fourth voyage, 1502-1504. |
Date: | 1655 |
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Description: | Scene from the Laudonnière Expedition in South Carolina, ca. 1564. |
Date: | 1655 |
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Description: | Scene from Drake Expedition on coast of California, ca. 1579. Francis Drake on the Coast of New Albion, California. |
Date: | 1655 |
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Description: | Scene from Jamestown Settlement in Virginia, 1610. |
Date: | 1655 |
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Description: | Scene from Jamestown Settlement in which the brothers of Pocahontas visit her. |
Date: | 1655 |
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Description: | Scene from near Jamestown Settlement in Virginia, ca. 1614. The Chickahominy tribe's proximity to Jamestown meant they had early contact with the English.... |
Date: | 1655 |
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Description: | Scene from near Jamestown Settlement in Virginia, 1615. |
Date: | 10 1844 |
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Description: | A variant of a wood engraving dated October, 1844. Incorporated as the villige of Southport in 1841 (so-named because it was the southern-most natural harb... |
Date: | 1890 |
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Description: | Exterior of building, with arched main entrance. The road in front is crowded with pedestrians, trolleys, and horse-drawn vehicles. On the left is a boat ... |
Date: | 1917 |
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Description: | Candid portrait of three men in white t-shirts. Angus Lookaround, in a white hat, is seated, holding a tuba. The men appear to be aboard a ship, possibly t... |
Date: | 1885 |
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Description: | Engraved bird's-eye view illustration of the "McCormick Harvesting Machine Company's Works," including railroad cars, smoke from smokestacks and factory wo... |
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