Date: | 1896 |
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Description: | Two men, one wearing an apron, sit in a wanigan tied to the shore of the Chippewa River near Chippewa Falls. The inside of the boat appears to have a pile ... |
Date: | 1784 |
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Description: | Plate 43. Scene from Cook's Third Expedition, 1776-1779, while in Alaska. |
Date: | 10 30 1909 |
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Description: | Photomontage of a giant catfish being hauled on a flatbed horse-drawn cart. A group of men stand around and on the cart looking at the fish. The Williams... |
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Description: | Photograph of fish altered to create an imaginary new species of fish, the Owl-eyed Ripple Skipper. Its apparent features include short fangs, a rounded b... |
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Description: | Altered photograph depicting a herring as though it was covered in fur. Caption at the top reads: "Fur herring to be found only in Rice Lake, Wis." No. 20... |
Date: | 1969 |
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Description: | Cover of "Octopus," an underground newspaper, featuring five bearded men being restrained by octopus tentacles, reminiscent of the Roman statue of the Laoc... |
Date: | 1965 |
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Description: | Packinghouse workers at an oyster plant in some part of Maryland. |
Date: | 1917 |
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Description: | Elevated view of six men on the shore of a river, with piles of clam shells inside loose wooden fences near a pile of firewood and an axe. The firewood may... |
Date: | 1913 |
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Description: | A large group of men of various ages sitting outdoors on a large mound of empty clam shells. The shells have holes drilled in them, probably for the pearl ... |
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Description: | Portrait of three men standing on the banks of a body of water next to a pile of clam shells and a wooden construction (possibly a dock). The men are each... |
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Description: | Two men stand on the banks of a river near a mussel fishery, probably along the Mississippi River. The far shoreline of the river is in the background. The... |
Date: | 12 05 1950 |
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Description: | Brothers Jim, age 13, and John Gannon, age 10, gazing upon their small pet alligator named "Friday" that they received a year and a half previous from New ... |
Date: | 12 05 1950 |
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Description: | Arthur Wegner Jr., age 13, and siblings Anne, 6, and Dick, 10, looking down into an aquarium containing their 200 pet guppies as Dick is hugging the boys d... |
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Description: | Finished package of buttons made from shells. Button package reads Fairport Biological Station. |
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Description: | Men shucking oysters while standing in stalls in a building. Caption reads: "Oyster Schucking, Norfolk, VA." |
Date: | 1940 |
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Description: | A postcard of the Henry Vilas Zoo (Vilas Park Zoo) depicting aquatic fowl, with an inset of a sea lion on a rock. Caption reads: "At the Zoo, Madison, Wis.... |
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Description: | Letterhead of the Adler and Mauer Restaurant of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with a blank area in the form of a page "tipped in" to the background, with an array ... |
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Description: | Cabinet card of two women sitting at a table examining a starfish and other underwater specimens using magnifiers. Open books appear on the table, probably... |
Date: | 1828 |
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Description: | Increase Lapham's drawings of Unio plicatus and Unio radiatum (?) from the Scioto River, Cypraea tigris (Tiger cowry), and an Atlantic... |
Date: | 1828 |
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Description: | Increase Lapham's drawing of a Union mondonta (or Unio soleniformis) shell. There are also two views of another shell drawn below and a drawi... |
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