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| Date: | 1887 |
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| Description: | Lillie Langtry is in character as the adventuress Lena Despard from the play "As in a Looking-Glass." In this full-length portrait, she is seated, facing ... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Color lithograph poster whose top caption reads "Oscar F. Hodge presents" followed in larger type by "Neil O'Brien and His Great American Minstrels." Below... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | This color lithograph poster shows a man in blackface with a giant rooster standing behind him looking over his shoulder. In the lower left corner, the act... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | A card depicting two men posed near a stringer holding the many fish they caught. The caption reads, "Result of a day's fishing on Elk River, Price Co." |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Promotional card advertising the hemlock barn industry in northern Wisconsin. The card features an elevated view of a tannery. Caption: THE HEMLOCK BARK ... |
| Date: | 07 1897 |
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| Description: | Promotional card depicting the prosperous farming in northern Wisconsin. Caption: "Here is shown a mixed crop of peas and rye, the clover in the foregrou... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Promotional card showing the tall oat that grow in northern Wisconsin. The image depicts three men standing in a tall oat field. The caption reads, "THE ... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | The front (top) and back (bottom) of an advertisement for farm land in northern Wisconsin. This card advertises the abundance of clover crop with an image ... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | The front (top) and back (bottom) of a promotional card advertising land in northern Wisconsin. The image on the front of the card shows a man holding up a... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Two men and two women pose outside the home of John Hartman. The caption reads, "This view, taken from the garden, shows the home of John Hartman, near Phi... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Promotional card showing the abundance of oats in northern Wisconsin. The image depicts Abe Eaton holding a rake in his tall fields. His hat rests on the s... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Promotional card advertising the school house in Rib Lake. The caption reads, "SCHOOL HOUSE, RIB LAKE, TAYLOR COUNTY, WIS. -In all the towns of Price and T... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Promotional card displaying John Riemer and a women in front his home.
The caption reads, "Home of John Riemer, 3.75 miles from Stetsonville, Taylor C... |
| Date: | 07 1897 |
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| Description: | A promotional card displaying a man in overalls standing by his large rye crops, near the road. The caption reads, "This view made from a photograph take... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | The reverse side a promotional card advertising agricultural land in northern Wisconsin. The texts reads, "1. How many improved farms are there in the Co... |
| Date: | 09 04 1895 |
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| Description: | A promotional card created to promote agricultural land in northern Wisconsin. This piece displays Julius Koehler, a man, and a woman in the flourishing ga... |
| Date: | 05 1854 |
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| Description: | This yellow and black wood block print broadside ties England and France's declaration of war against Russia during the Crimean War into a war against high... |
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