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| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Studio portrait of author Helen Jackson, pen name H.H. |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | Detail from original of part of the family and the house. Original caption reads: "Halle Steensland and his wife Sophia pose with their five children (left... |
| Date: | 01 1884 |
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| Description: | Illustration of a man attaching a plow to a horse team. A boy is adjusting the bridle for one of the horses, and a dog sitting in the foreground is looking... |
| Date: | 01 1881 |
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| Description: | Illustration of a pulverizing harrow. Text reads: "ACME" Pulverizing Harrow, CLOD CRUSHER AND LEVELER. The "ACME" Cuts Over TH... |
| Date: | 03 1882 |
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| Description: | Three-quarter length vignetted portrait of Minnie Spencer, age 20. |
| Date: | 1816 |
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| Description: | The four-stepped, low-rising Pyramid of Cholula, covered in sparse vegetation, stands in a flat valley, surrounded by distant mountains. A stairway leads u... |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Stoneware vase is ovoid-shaped with a flared rim. It is gray with a salt-glaze. The dark brown on the lower body and the top of the neck may be caused by a... |
| Date: | 1876 |
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| Description: | Page 13 of a speech written by Increase Lapham on embryonic development in plants. There are drawings at the top of the page. |
| Date: | 1876 |
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| Description: | Page 11 of a speech written by Increase Lapham on embryonic development in plants. There are drawings at the top of the page. |
| Date: | 1876 |
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| Description: | Four drawings showing embryonic development in plants. |
| Date: | 02 1876 |
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| Description: | The cover page of a speech handwritten by Increase Lapham titled: "On the Law of Embryonic Development Showing that it is the Same in Plants as in Animals.... |
| Date: | 09 1870 |
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| Description: | The first page of a handwritten lecture titled "On the Classification of Plants" by Increase Lapham. |
| Date: | 08 28 1811 |
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| Description: | A page of a letter written by Andrew Pickens. |
| Date: | 08 27 1811 |
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| Description: | A page of a letter written by Andrew Pickens. |
| Date: | 08 28 1811 |
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| Description: | A page of a letter written by Andrew Pickens. |
| Date: | 1858 |
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| Description: | A certificate declaring the admission of U. P. Olin into the Independent Order of Good Templars. |
| Date: | 1883 |
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| Description: | A colorful certificate that acknowledges the membership of Willie Diederich of Waukesha, Wisconsin into Band of Hope, a temperance organization. |
| Date: | 1857 |
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| Description: | A certificate acknowledging the admission of Frederick Beermein to Sons of Temperance. |
| Date: | 11 21 1847 |
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| Description: | Engraved view of the burning of the steamer Phoenix on Lake Michigan, 17 miles from Sheboygan. Survivors are floating on debris in the water, and a ... |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | View across the lagoon to the Japanese Pavilion or Ho-o-den Palace on the Wooded Island at the World's Columbian Exposition. |
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