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A map made for General Beauregard after the the first battle of Bull Run from actual surveys by Captain D. B. Harris. This is a reproduction by General Abbot from a photograph in his possession
--from the description under the map

This map is…

This is a butter sculpture of Pres. Roosevelt that was presented at the 1905 St. Louis World's Fair. The photograph appears to be taken in the artist's studio rather than an exhibitionary situation.

At Putnam's prodding, a "separate Anthropology Building on the fairgrounds" was meant to "prove the worth of building a permanent ethnological museum" (Rydell 57). Franz Boas and Joseph Jastrow were among the directors of this museum. This Mammoth…

This is an article is the July 1984 edition of Boy's Life asking boys to donate money to the restoration of the Statue of Liberty. The article appeals to the boy's sense of patriotism, workmanship, and curiosity about the statue and how it was made.…

"Barnum & Bailey, greatest show on earth -- Troupe of very remarkable trained pigs, performing numerous difficult, clever and wonderful tricks, animals showing almost human intelligence and reason, while in the performance of many curious and…

Barnum and Bailey Circus performer Jack Barrett along with another man identified as "Barnum", although PT Barnum had died in 1891. A successor to previous performers Charles Stratton and Lavinia Warren, among others, this negative shows that the…

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The most splendid set evermade in the United States was that ordered by Mr. Mackey, one of the ownersof the Bonanza silver-mines, in 1877, which comprised several hundred piecesof elaborately made solid-silver ware, including an enormous punch-bowl…

Image showing the work of women related to the care of soldiers by women.