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Wisconsin Commission to Locate Monuments on the Gettysburg's Battlefield Site

Date: 05 1887
Description: Members of the Wisconsin commission to locate monuments gather on the battlefield at Little Round Top.
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Fairchild at Gettysburg Monument

Date: 1869
Description: Governor Lucius Fairchild of Wisconsin and an unidentified group visiting the still uncompleted national monument at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania in 1869. Fair...
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McCormick-Deering 10-Can Milk Cooler

Date: 10 13 1936
Description: Mr. and Mrs. John Kalbrach stand in front of their McCormick-Deering 10-Can Milk Cooler. Mr. Kalbrach is wearing overalls and Mrs. Kalbrach is wearing a fl...
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McCormick-Deering 6-Can Milk Cooler

Date: 07 14 1936
Description: Two children, Charles and Lois, stand next to a McCormick-Deering 6-can milk cooler. The children are the grandchildren of Paul Myers.
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Pennsylvania Railroad Patriotic Poster No. 1

Date: 1930
Description: An original lithograph promoting Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as "home of the Pennsylvania Railroad." The poster features the artist N.C. Wyeth, and depicts...
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Dan Rice Home

Date: 1895
Description: View of the two-story Girard, Pennsylvania home of Dan Rice (1/23/1823 – 2/22/1900), entertainer and circus performer widely regarded as "America's most fa...
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Amish Men and Woman

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Description: A view of two Amish men, one of whom is holding a basket, and an Amish woman standing on the sidewalk along a commercial street, with an automobile and str...
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Amish Man, Woman and Children

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Description: A view of an Amish man and woman with two children walking down the sidewalk along a street.
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Welcome Home Ike

Date: 11 14 1955
Description: President and Mrs Eisenhower stand on a platform at the lower right to speak to the citizens of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, who had turned out to greet him. ...
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Ike and Smith Children

Date: 1959
Description: President Eisenhower greets the children of reporter Merriman Smith at his farm in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The photograph is undated, but as Christian He...
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Palace of Sweets

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Description: Slightly elevated view of the Palace of Sweets, a restaurant-style candy shop manned with waiters and waitresses.
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Workers' Unity House

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Description: View across lawn toward the Unity House. On the left are two women reading in swings fastened to a large tree. A covered walkway behind them leads to the h...
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Workers' Unity House

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Description: A view of people in row boats, posing for the camera. A man stands at the diving platform and slide. To the right, in a cordoned-off section, are swimmers....
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U.S. Mint

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Description: A view of the Coining Room, where women sit at long tables, weighing out metal. Each woman has a balance and other tools at her station. A male supervisor ...
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May Crowning at the Crucifiction Shrine

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Description: View of a May Crowning ceremony at the Crucifiction Shrine, led by the Sisters of Charity, founded in Pennsylvania in 1870. Women carry a long cloth and ca...
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"Our Patron Saint" at Saint Xavier Academy

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Description: View of a statue of Saint Xavier at Saint Xavier Academy, erected in 1847 by the Sisters of Mercy. Two groups of young women stand on either side of the st...
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Vesper Services, Lutherland

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Description: View across water along shoreline toward a Vesper service held by a lake. Clergymen stand on the dock while members of the congregation stand on the shore ...
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Vesper Services, Lutherland

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Description: Elevated view of Vesper Services. In the background near the shoreline the minister stands near an altar on a stone platform to perform a vesper service. A...
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St. Xavier's Academy

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Description: View depicting the "morning study hour," taking place outdoors at St. Xavier's Academy. Women and children sit on benches and in the grass on either side o...
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Art Class at the State Normal School

Date: 1910
Description: View of woman at an outdoor art class on a lawn, sketching at State Normal School, which opened in 1875. The group of women are standing and sitting outdoo...

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