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Edna Ferber, Writing

Date: 
Description: Portrait of Edna Ferber seated and writing with a pen.
Property Record

12200 WIRTH ST

Community: Wauwatosa
County: Milwaukee
Historic Name: EXTON WRITING SALES
Reference Number: 233280
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August Krueger Sitting at a Writing Table

Date: 1910
Description: August Krueger is sitting at a writing table writing on a note pad. A bottle of ink is sitting open on the table.
Death Index Record

Writing, Hilda

Date: 1897-09-14
County: Clark
Book or Pamphlet

Ojibway Characters

Date: 
Description: A chart of characters used in Ojibway/Ojibwa picture writing.
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Writing a Note

Date: 1950
Description: A woman writes a note at a small writing desk in her kitchen.
Drawing

Dad Writing Up The Journal

Date: 1910
Description: Carl's cartoon drawing of himself and Howard ("dad") Greene. Dad is relaxing by a tree smoking a tobacco pipe while Carl is busily writing.
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Edward Schildhauer

Date: 1893
Description: Mr. Edward Schildhauer sitting at a desk and writing in a book.
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Woman Writing at Desk

Date: 05 03 1944
Description: Woman sitting at a writing desk at Estella's. She is facing a bright window which has a window seat.
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Madge Kennedy at a Writing Desk

Date: 1917
Description: In this scene still for the 1917 Goldwyn production "Baby Mine," Zoie (played by Madge Kennedy) sits at a writing desk and gazes at a photograph of her hus...
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Dad Writes in the Journal

Date: 1909
Description: Howard Greene (center) writing in the Presque Isle River Travel Journal at camp. Howard T. is sitting next to him.
Manuscript

Walt Whitman Letter, Page 2

Date: 07 17 1881
Description: The second page of a letter written by Walt Whitman regarding publishing a book he was writing.
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Dad Makes Notes

Date: 08 1915
Description: Howard Greene ("Dad") sitting on a stool outdoors writing in a notebook.
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Man Writing a Medical Prescription

Date: 01 14 1941
Description: Close-up of a man writing a medical prescription for digitalis on a pad labeled: "John J. Doe, M.D. Brovira, Wis."
Poster

20th Annual Creative Writing Contest

Date: 01 08 1971
Description: Poster advertising the 20th Annual Creative Writing Contest, held from February 15-22.
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Richard Barthelmess Writing

Date: 1917
Description: A water-damaged, thoroughly-retouched publicity still of Richard Barthelmess sitting at a writing desk. It apparently appeared in "Photoplay Magazine" some...
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Turkish Reservist Writing a Letter Home

Date: 
Description: Turkish Landsturmann (reservist), holding a note in his hands, writing a letter home.
Manuscript

Walt Whitman Letter, Page 1

Date: 07 17 1881
Description: First page of a letter written by Walt Whitman regarding the publication of a book he was writing.
Photograph

Romance Koopman and Bobby Koopman

Date: 06 24 1944
Description: Romance Koopman and her son, Bobby Koopman. She did freelance writing and radio scripts, and was a winner of five national awards for writing. Her mother w...
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Man Writing at Desk

Date: 1930
Description: A man sitting at a desk writing on a tablet. A poster illustrated with cows is hanging on the wall in front of him, reading "World All-American Selections ...

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