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| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis in a boxing ring. Text at top reads, "CHAMPION PRIZE ENVELOPE - LINCOLN & DAVIS IN 5 ROUNDS," underneath reads "3RD ROU... |
| Date: | 06 21 1899 |
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| Description: | A man is using a McCormick New 4 mower pulled by two horses to work on the farm land at Monticello. |
| Date: | 1872 |
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| Description: | A view of the female residence at Hampton Institute. The left side of the front porch contains potted plant,s and three women converse near the steps. Anot... |
| Date: | 1872 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of women wearing uniforms of knee-length skirts and dark tights taking to the field to play a game of field hockey at Hampton Institute. Spec... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | A freed slave with a hoe in his left hand and his right hand on his hip. Caption at the top reads, "Massa can't have dis chile, dat's what's de matter." Ca... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | A grinning African American man wears a tattered version of Uncle Sam's costume as he dances and sings. The caption below reads, "I'm glad I'm not in... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | Two images of Jefferson Davis within a rope forming a figure eight. At the top, Davis is standing proudly in a uniform holding a sword. The skull and cross... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | A large group of men, mostly African American, posing in a field with three McCormick grain binders. Each binder is being operated by a man and is pulled b... |
| Date: | 1865 |
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| Description: | Tintype/ferrotype oval waist-up portrait of an African American woman in a striped shirtwaist with white collar and waistband, wearing earrings and a cameo... |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Two young girls in white dresses trimmed with lace posing for a studio portrait on a bench covered with a kilim rug. |
| Date: | 1888 |
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| Description: | Woman in a long dress wearing a glove and holding a book [?] in her hand posing before a painted backdrop. There is a small white dog seated on a fur rug a... |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | Tintype/ferrotype of a child sitting on a bench wearing a white dress and shoes. |
| Date: | 1865 |
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| Description: | Tintype/ferrotype waist-up oval portrait of an African American man wearing a suit jacket, shirt, and partially buttoned vest. |
| Date: | 1857 |
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| Description: | Black and white lithograph on paper. Title over image of minstrel company. Inserts of Lon and Billy Morris, left and right. Large image of man papering sto... |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | String band consisting of seven inmates at Waupun State Prison. Three seated men hold guitars, three others hold violins and one standing man holds a cello... |
| Date: | 07 1863 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of the farmhouse of Abram Bryant, a free black man who lived near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. An African American man is standing near the porch ... |
| Date: | 06 03 1884 |
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| Description: | Illustrations=s of the Republican National Convention. The main drawing shows an outside view with the caption "Scene in front of the convention building d... |
| Date: | 06 09 1869 |
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| Description: | Carte-de-visite quarter-length portrait of a man wearing a suit and bow tie. Caption reads: "Pupil of my mother's in A.M.A. [American Missionary Associatio... |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Solomon Freeman wearing a suit and sitting in a chair. Solomon Freeman was a slave purchased by Abraham Bush as a boy. The Bush family moved to... |
| Date: | 03 15 1896 |
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| Description: | Page two of the "Evening Record." The handwritten newspaper includes several hand-drawn illustrations. On the top center of the page, one illustration port... |
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