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Edna Ferber, Writing

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Description: Portrait of Edna Ferber seated and writing with a pen.
Book or Pamphlet

Ojibway Characters

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Description: A chart of characters used in Ojibway/Ojibwa picture writing.
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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.
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Dad Makes Notes

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

20th Annual Creative Writing Contest

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

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...
Manuscript

Seventies Stationery

Date: 1972
Description: Letter from Carol Lampe of Fairfield, Connecticut to Women for a Peaceful Christmas written on colorful stationery with a writing surface in the shape of a...
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The Original Cowboy Band

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Description: The Original Cowboy Band poses on the steps of Simmons University in Abeline, Texas. Writing on drum reads: "The Original Cow Boy Band" and writing on bann...
Photograph

Frame 30: Man Learning to Read and Write

Date: 1964
Description: A man is seated at a desk, writing and smoking a cigarette.
Photograph

Alice E. Smith

Date: 04 01 1973
Description: A candid portrait of Alice E. Smith sitting behind a typewriter. She appears to be sitting on an outdoor patio, and is writing on a pad of paper.
Photograph

Irna Phillips and Rose Cooperman

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Description: Irna Phillips, with her friend and secretary Rose Cooperman. Irna is holding papers and smoking a cigarette. Rose is sitting in the background writing.
Photograph

First Graders

Date: 06 01 1989
Description: First graders writing and drawing while lying on the floor.
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Eleanor Holt Writing or Drawing

Date: 1906
Description: Group portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Eleanor Holt sitting at a small table, writing or drawing on paper, with classmates kneeling and standing...
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Adam Davis

Date: 06 28 1967
Description: View across desk towards a man talking on a telephone and writing in a notebook. Caption reads: "Adam Davis, who is an insurance salesman, represents the g...
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Honey Bunch Orchestra

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Description: Four children with their musical instruments. Writing on the picture says "Honey Bunch Orchestra".
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Stacked Logs Near Highlander

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Description: Two men wearing fedora hats are standing by stacked logs. One of the men is writing in a notebook.
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Guest House Antique Secretary Desk

Date: 1961
Description: An ornate secretary writing desk is positioned between two windows in the great room of the guest house. The desk is brown with gold inlays, two bottom dra...
Print

Diamond Ink Company Memohead

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Description: Memohead of the Diamond Ink Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with product images of a bottle of writing fluid and a jar of alpha paste with an attached wat...
Print

Wisconsin Bank Note and Lithographing Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Wisconsin Bank Note and Lithographing Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with a child writing on a tablet and perching on a banner bearing ...
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Sig at the Shack

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Description: Sigurd F. Olson at the "shack" near his Ely home where he did most of his writing.

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