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D.M. Osborne Catalog Cover

Date: 1891
Description: Front cover of catalog for mowers, reapers and self-binding harvesting machinery. Features a color illustration of a portrait of a man with a beard wearing...
Photograph

Lynn Fontanne, Noel Coward, and Alfred Lunt

Date: 04 19 1970
Description: Lynn Fontanne, Sir Noel Coward, and Alfred Lunt seated at a table in the Pyrenees Restaurant after the Tony Awards presentations at which Lunt and Fontanne...
Photograph

Albert and Elsa Seipp Madlener

Date: 07 06 1939
Description: Albert and Elsa Seipp Madlener pose for their portrait on the day of their son Otto's wedding to Virginia Wetmore at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. ...
Photograph

Johnston Livingston

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Description: Photograph of a painting of Johnston Livingston. The painting is signed by Carolus-Duran (Charles Auguste Émile Durand), a French portrait painter. The sig...
Photograph

Bruce Barton

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Description: Bruce Barton, board chairman of Batton, Barton, Durstine & Osborn (advertising firm) in his office. Behind him is a large illustration of a street scene. T...
Photograph

Watching and Witnessing

Date: 1970
Description: Profile view of a man dressed in a suit and wearing a hat. He is standing in front of a large picture window, which is reflecting the framework during cons...
Photograph

Karl Paul Gerhardt Link

Date: 03 18 1958
Description: Formal quarter-length studio portrait of Karl Paul Gerhardt Link with his pipe. He was a Professor of Biochemistry at the University of Wisconsin and helpe...
Historical Object

Album Page

Date: 1917
Description: An album page, decorated with hand-painted sweet pea flowers, includes six mounted photographic prints. Enoch B. Fargo (1821-1892), is at top left, and his...
Photograph

Cruise Ship in Port

Date: 1930
Description: Well-dressed men and women have gathered on the deck of a cruise ship. The swimming pool in the foreground is covered with rope netting. Four dorade boxes ...
Photograph

Kuslansky Electrical Supply Co. Inc. Truck

Date: 07 16 1928
Description: View towards a man sitting in the driver's seat of an International truck parked along a curb in front of a brick industrial building.
Photograph

Floral Delivery Truck

Date: 04 27 1929
Description: View across street towards a man sitting in the driver's seat of a truck with a sign that reads: "Parkside Floral Shoppe." There is a brick building in the...
Photograph

Two Boys with Calf

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Description: Two boys are holding onto ropes and following behind a calf who has the ropes attached to a collar on its neck. Farm buildings are in the background. Hand-...
Photograph

Edward John Brumder

Date: 1929
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Edward Brumder. He is wearing a three piece suit and tie.
Photograph

Portrait of Man

Date: 08 06 1934
Description: Full-length portrait of a man wearing a lab coat over a shirt, bowtie and pants, standing outdoors near in tall grass near trees.
Photograph

"The Dark at the Top of the Stairs" Cast and Crew

Date: 12 1957
Description: Three men and two women pose together on a stage. Caption reads: "l to r: William Inge, Teresa Wright, Pat Hingle, Eileen Heckart, Elia Kazan. Photographed...
Photograph

Arkady Joseph Sack

Date: 11 12 1917
Description: Waist-up portrait of A. J. Sack, who was director of the Russian Information Bureau and author of The Birth of the Russian Democracy, America's P...
Photograph

Governor John Gilligan at Event

Date: 03 1971
Description: Group portrait of one woman and four men posing together. Caption reads: "NY RDD 3/1971. L to R: Marian Wright Edelman [civil rights activist and Yale boar...
Photograph

William Gillette

Date: 1916
Description: Actor's headshot of stage and early film actor William Gillette, best remembered for his portrayal of Sherlock Holmes. Signature bottom right.
Photograph

Alan Ameche

Date: 1954
Description: A man poses with a trophy. Caption reads: "NXP71-12/9-NEW YORK: Wisconsin fullback Alan Ameche assumes the same pose as the 20th annual Heisman Memorial Tr...
Photograph

Advertising Club of New York Golden Anniversary

Date: 1956
Description: Several men are seated at tables while one man stands at a podium. Behind him a banner declares the Golden Anniversary (1906-1956) of the Advertising Club ...

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