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Lincoln life mask and hands, 4 of 4, n.d.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Sculptors -- United States; Volk, Leonard Wells, 1828-1895;
Alvastone resembling bronze, based on a plaster life mask and hands of Abraham Lincoln made in 1860 by American sculptor Leonard W. Volk. Both the mask and hands provided the models for many Lincoln statues by other sculptors, as well as life-size...
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Lincoln funeral mourning badge, 1865
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Death and Burial
A funeral mourning badge made of black and white fabric, with a small portrait of Abraham Lincoln in the center of the badge. The white fabric is soiled and the image of Lincoln is spotted. The item is mounted in a small glass frame.
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Lester W. Olson, 1935? - 1940?
Collectors and collecting; Book collecting -- United States;
Image of Milwaukee resident Lester W. Olson, a collector of books and memorabilia about about President Abraham Lincoln, seated at a table with parts of his collection.
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Lester W. Olson with Lincoln Collection, 1935? - 1940?
Collectors and collecting; Book collecting -- United States;
Image of Milwaukee resident Lester W. Olson, a collector of books and memorabilia about about President Abraham Lincoln, seated at a desk with parts of his collection.
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Lester W. Olson in his "Lincoln Room," 1956
Collectors and collecting; Book collecting -- United States; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865;
Image of Lester W. Olson, a collector of books and memorabilia about President Abraham Lincoln, seated at a desk in his residence. Olson is surrounded by his Lincolniana collection. A caption, "Room Full of Lincoln," is printed in the upper right...
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Lincoln and Hamlin campaign banner, 1860
Banners; Campaign insignia; Political campaigns -- 1860-1870; Wide-Awakes (Organization)
Political banner used at campaign rally in Springfield, Illinois, on August 8, 1860, by members of the Wide Awake club from Farmington (a village in Perry County later renamed Campbell.) Unidentified blue fabric, probably silk, with white capital...
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Lincoln and Hamlin campaign banner, verso, 1860
Banners; Campaign insignia; Political campaigns -- 1860-1870; Wide-Awakes (Organization)
Political banner used at campaign rally in Springfield, Illinois, on August 8, 1860, by members of the Wide Awake club from Farmington (a village in Perry County later renamed Campbell.) Unidentified white fabric, perhaps cotton, with blue capital...
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Hildegarde poses with cat on Easter Sunday, 1925
Hildegarde, 1906-2005
Hildegarde holds a kitten as she sits on the back porch. She is dressed for Easter Sunday. A grass covered yard and the backs of neighboring houses are visible behind her. The photograph was taken by her sister "Honey."
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Early publicity photograph of Hildegarde, 1938
Hildegarde, 1906-2005
Hildegarde poses for a publicity photograph. She is wearing a black dress and long black gloves. On the back of the photograph she has written "I had forgotten my slip when I had this taken-- and you can notice that, yes?"
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Close up publicity photograph of Hildegarde, 1940-1945
Hildegarde, 1906-2005
Close up publicity photograph of Hildegarde wearing a dark blouse with a decorative pin. Her hair is pulled up in the back and she is wearing a feathered hat.
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French promotional card for Hildegarde, 1935
Hildegarde, 1906-2005
Promotional card for Hildegarde when she was performing in Cannes, France. The card consists of a collage of images depicting Hildegarde singing and playing the piano. White letters on the lower right portion of the card spell out the word...
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Hildegarde and her sister on winter day, 1940-1949
Hildegarde, 1906-2005
Hildegarde stands outside in the snow with her sister. The women are dressed in fur coats, gloves, and scarves. They are both laughing.
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Hildegarde in Central Park with her mother and sister, 1943
Hildegarde, 1906-2005; Sell, Ida Jermain
Hildegarde stands in Central Park with her sister and their mother, Ida Jermain. Hildegarde and her mother are dressed in fur wraps, and Hildegarde is wearing a fur lined hat. The park, including the edge of a pond are visible behind them.
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Hildegarde and Florence Desmond pose with handkerchief, 1945
Hildegarde, 1906-2005; Desmond, Florence, 1905-1993
Hildegarde poses with actress and impersonator Florence Desmond. Each of the women hold an end of Hildegarde's signature handkerchief. Both women are wearing long gloves and strapless gowns. Hildegarde's satin gloves are decorated with pearls. The...
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Hildegarde holding a vase of flowers on stage, 1945-1949
Hildegarde, 1906-2005
Hildegarde smiles as she stands on stage holding a vase of flowers. She is dressed in a flower print dress without gloves. A piano is visible to the left of the photograph. Some members of the audience can be seen in the background.
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Hildegarde poses with Milton Berle and Lauritz Melchior, 1946
Hildegarde, 1906-2005; Berle, Milton; Melchior, Lauritz
Hildegarde poses with comedian Milton Berle and opera singer Lauritz Melchior. Hildegarde cringes and covers her ears as the two men sing.
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Hildegarde and Anna Sosenko, 1940-1949
Hildegarde, 1906-2005; Sosenko, Anna
Hildegarde stands with her manager Anna Sosenko. Both women wear dark dresses and are holding a bouquet of flowers. Hildegarde is wearing a light colored hat and gloves and is clutching a sequined purse under her arm. Art work hangs on the wall...
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Hildegarde and her mother celebrate Christmas, 1950-1955
Hildegarde, 1906-2005; Sell, Ida Jermain
Hildegarde and her mother, Ida Jermain, sit in front of a flocked Christmas tree. Surrounding the tree, and on the couch behind them are gifts and decorations. Hildegarde is dressed in a turquoise skirt and red and pink blouse. The two women sit...
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Publicity photograph of Hildegarde in her signature pose, 1955-1959
Hildegarde, 1906-2005
Publicity photograph of Hildegarde wearing a white strapless gown and long white gloves. Her arms are lifted over her head in her signature pose.
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Publicity shot of Hildegarde sitting in chair, 1950-1959
Hildegarde, 1906-2005
Hildegarde poses for a publicity photograph while seated in a chair. She is wearing a black dress, long black gloves, pearls, a fur wrap, and a feathered hat.
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Hildegarde and Elizabeth Taylor in Paris, France, 1950
Hildegarde, 1906-2005; Taylor, Elizabeth; Hilton, Conrad N., Jr.; Unidentified
Hildegarde and Elizabeth Taylor meet in the George V Hotel in Paris. To the right of Taylor is her husband, Conrad N. Hilton, Jr.
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Hildegarde practicing the piano, 1960-1965
Hildegarde, 1906-2005
Hildegarde seated on a piano bench as she plays the piano. She is wearing short sleeved polka dot dress and glasses. On top of the piano sit a lamp, sheet music and a handkerchief.
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Hildegarde performs on stage at the Plaza Hotel, 1960
Hildegarde, 1906-2005
Hildegarde performs on stage at the Plaza Hotel. She is wearing a floral print dress and long white gloves. Her right arm is outstretched to the audience as she holds the microphone and a handkerchief in her left hand. Band members and a grand...
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Publicity photograph of Hildegarde leaning on stool, 1970-1979
Hildegarde, 1906-2005
Publicity photograph of Hildegarde leaning on a stool. She is wearing a dark turtle neck blouse with a long necklace and a fur hat.
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Hildegarde and Alice Faye on stage at Carnegie Hall, 1986
Hildegarde, 1906-2005; Faye, Alice, 1915-1998
Hildegarde introduces Alice Faye during a performance at Carnegie Hall. Hildegarde is wearing cream colored pants and a sequined cream colored blouse with long gloves. She is holding the microphone and a handkerchief in her left hand. Behind the...
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Close up publicity photograph of Hildegarde, 1986
Hildegarde, 1906-2005
Close up publicity photograph of Hildegarde. She is wearing a black blouse and holding a white handkerchief.
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Hildegarde celebrates 89th birthday, 1995
Hildegarde, 1906-2005
Hildegarde poses for a photograph during her 89th birthday party. The chocolate cake on the table in front of her is decorated with hearts and reads "Doin' Fine at 89." She is wearing a gold blouse with a black jacket.
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Hildegarde and Tommy Dorsey during radio show, 1947
Hildegarde, 1906-2005; Dorsey, Tommy, 1905-1956
Hildegarde and big band leader Tommy Dorsey stand in front of a microphone. The two are turned to each other and smiling. Dorsey is dressed in a suit and tie. Hildegarde is wearing a dark dress with light colored ovals. She is wearing a wide...
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Hildegarde prepares for publicity photo shoot, 1950-1959
Hildegarde, 1906-2005
As part of her preparation for a publicity photo shoot Hildegarde gets advice from Mr. John about how to wear her fur stole. Wearing the stole, a fur hat, and long gloves, she sits at a dressing table and looks in the mirror. Mr. John, wearing a...
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Publicity photograph of Hildegarde wearing pink satin, 1940-1949
Hildegarde, 1906-2005
Hildegarde is dressed in a pink satin gown with long pink satin gloves. She is standing in what appears to be a living room. To her left is the edge of a cream colored couch and an end table with a framed photograph. Behind her is a second end...
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Publicity photograph of Hildegarde wearing purple gown, 1965-1969
Hildegarde, 1906-2005
Hildegarde poses for a photograph dressed in a purple dress, and long purple gloves. She is wearing a matching purple jacket which she holds open to reveal a dark pink inner lining. A framed painted portrait of herself hangs on the wall behind her.
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Dorothy Day picketing civil defense drill in New York City, 1959
Antinuclear movement -- United States; Catholic Worker Movement; Civil defense drills -- United States; Day, Dorothy, 1897-1980; Pacifism -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church; Peace -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church; Radicals -- United...
Dorothy Day picketing at City Hall Park, New York City, April 17, 1959. prior to her arrest for protesting the mandatory "Operation Alert" civil defense drill. It was her fifth and final arrest for refusing to participate in the annual event.
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Dorothy Day and others seated in protest of civil defense drill, 1956
Antinuclear movement -- United States; Catholic Worker Movement; Civil defense drills -- United States; Day, Dorothy, 1897-1980; Hennacy, Ammon, 1893-1970; Pacifism -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church; Peace -- Religious aspects -- Catholic...
Dorothy Day (far right), Deane Mowrer (to her right), Ammon Hennacy (fourth from left), and others seated on a park bench at Washington Square Park, New York City, on July 20, 1956, in protest of the mandatory "Operation Alert" civil defense drill....
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Civil defense protest leaflet, 1955
Three-page leaflet distributed by New York Catholic Workers for their June 15, 1955 protest against mandatory participation in the city's civil defense drill. The names of Dorothy Day and Ammon Hennacy appear on the leaflet.
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Letter from Dorothy Day to Deane Mowrer, 5 April 1959
Letter from Dorothy Day to Deane Mowrer, a poet who had recently joined the Catholic Worker community. In the letter, Day discusses the upcoming protest against the madatory civil defense drill. Mowrer wrote a regular column for the Catholic Worker...
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Letter from Dorothy Day to Frater Charles, 24 June 1955
Antinuclear movement -- United States; Catholic Worker Movement; Civil defense drills -- United States; Day, Dorothy, 1897-1980; Pacifism -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church; Pacifists -- United States; Radicals -- United States;
Dorothy Day writing about her arrest in a letter to Jack English, a former member of the New York Catholic Worker community who assumed the religious name of Charles when he entered the Trappist order.
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Catholic Worker newspaper article, July-August 1955
Antinuclear movement -- United States; Catholic Worker Movement; Civil defense drills -- United States; Day, Dorothy, 1897-1980; Hennacy, Ammon, 1893-1970; Pacifism -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church; Pacifists -- United States; Peace --...
Article written by Dorothy Day describing her experiences protesting the 'Operation Alert' civil defense drill. The protest resulted in the arrest of several protestors, including Day. The front page of the newspaper also displays an illustration...
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Catholic Worker newspaper article, July-August 1956
Antinuclear movement -- United States; Catholic Worker Movement; Civil defense drills -- United States; Day, Dorothy, 1897-1980; Hennacy, Ammon, 1893-1970; Pacifism -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church; Pacifists -- United States; Peace --...
Article from the Catholic Worker newspaper, written by Dorothy Day, about the second arrest for protesting the mandatory 'Operation Alert' civil defense drill in New York City, which was held on July 20, 1956.
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Civil defense protest leaflet, 1956
Antinuclear movement -- United States; Catholic Worker Movement; Civil defense drills -- United States; Day, Dorothy, 1897-1980; Hennacy, Ammon, 1893-1970; Pacifism -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church; Pacifists -- United States; Peace --...
Leaflet distributed by New York Catholic Workers for their July 20, 1956 protest against mandatory participation in the city's civil defense drill. The names of Dorothy Day and Ammon Hennacy appear on the leaflet. This was the Catholic Worker...
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Two letters from Dorothy Day published in Catholic Worker newspaper, July-August 1957
Antinuclear movement -- United States; Catholic Worker Movement; Civil defense drills -- United States; Day, Dorothy, 1897-1980; Hennacy, Ammon, 1893-1970; Pacifism -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church; Pacifists -- United States; Peace --...
Two letters written by Dorothy Day, from jail, to her fellow Catholic Worker, Charles McCormack. Day had been arrested for protesting the mandatory 'Operation Alert' civil defense drill in New York City on July 12, 1957.
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Catholic Worker newspaper article, 17 July 1957
Antinuclear movement -- United States; Catholic Worker Movement; Civil defense drills -- United States; Day, Dorothy, 1897-1980; Hennacy, Ammon, 1893-1970; Pacifism -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church; Pacifists -- United States; Peace --...
Front page article in the Catholic Worker newspaper about the arrest of Catholic Workers protesting the mandatory 'Operation Alert' civil defense drill in New York City on July 12, 1957.
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Northbrook Residence House Regulations, 1958
Foreign study -- Ireland; Opus Dei (Society); University College, Dublin;
Typed brochure of House Regulations for the Northbrook Residence, a woman's dormitory located near University College, Dublin, Ireland. Marquette University Junior, Mary Jeanne Bowen, received these regulations in 1958 when she lived at the...
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Letter from Rev. Blum, S.J. to Rev. Aubrey Gwynn, S.J., 26 September 1958
Blum, Virgil C; Foreign study -- Ireland; Gwynn, Aubrey, 1892-1983; Marquette University; University College, Dublin;
Typewritten letter from Rev. Virgil C. Blum, S.J., chairman of Marquette University's Junior Year Abroad program, to Rev. Aubrey Gwynn, S.J., of University College, Dublin, Ireland. Blum is hoping that Gwynn can assist Marquette University Junior,...
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Letter from Rev. Blum, S.J. to Registrar , 27 August 1958
Blum, Virgil C; Foreign study -- Ireland; Hogan, John J.; Marquette University; University College, Dublin;
Typewritten letter from Rev. Virgil C. Blum, S.J., chairman of Marquette University's Junior Year Abroad program, to Professor J.J. Hogan, Registrar at University College, Dublin, Ireland, concerning Mary Jeanne Bowen's application to study there....
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Letter from Rev. Blum, S.J. to Mary Jeanne Bowen, 13 February 1959
Blum, Virgil C; Foreign study -- Ireland; Marquette University; University College, Dublin;
Typewritten letter from Rev. Virgil C. Blum, S.J., chairman of Marquette University's Junior Year Abroad program, to Marquette University Junior, Mary Jeanne Bowen, studying at University College, Dublin, Ireland. Blum thanks Bowen for her recent...
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Letter from Rev. Blum, S.J. to Mary Jeanne Bowen, 16 May 1959
Blum, Virgil C; Foreign study -- Ireland; Marquette University; University College, Dublin;
Typewritten letter from Rev. Virgil C. Blum, S.J., chairman of Marquette University's Junior Year Abroad program, to Marquette University Junior, Mary Jeanne Bowen, studying at University College, Dublin, Ireland. Blum acknowledges Bowen's letter...
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Letter from Rev. Blum, S.J. to Mary Jeanne Bowen, 10 June 1959
Blum, Virgil C; Foreign study -- Ireland; Marquette University; University College, Dublin;
Typewritten letter from Rev. Virgil C. Blum, S.J., chairman of Marquette University's Junior Year Abroad program, to Marquette University Junior, Mary Jeanne Bowen, studying at University College, Dublin, Ireland. Blum acknowledges the impending...
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Letter from Rev. Blum, S.J. to Mary Jeanne Bowen, 10 January 1959
Blum, Virgil C; Foreign study -- Ireland; Marquette University; University College, Dublin;
Typewritten letter from Rev. Virgil C. Blum, S.J., chairman of Marquette University's Junior Year Abroad program, to Marquette University Junior, Mary Jeanne Bowen, studying at University College, Dublin, Ireland. Blum expresses concern about the...
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"Marquette on the Mississippi" postage stamps, 1898
Marquette, Jacques, 1637-1675; Mississippi River Discovery and Exploration; Postage stamps -- 1890-1900; Explorers on postage stamps
Block of four "Marquette on the Mississippi" one-cent stamps. The stamp depicts Père Jacques Marquette meeting with American Indians, during his 1673 expedition. Father Marquette stands in a canoe with two American Indian guides. The Mississippi...
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Letter from Mary Jeanne Bowen to Rev. Blum, S.J., 31 December 1958
Blum, Virgil C; Foreign study -- Ireland; Marquette University; University College, Dublin;
Handwritten letter from Marquette University Junior, Mary Jeanne Bowen, to Rev. Virgil C. Blum, S.J., chairman of Marquette's Junior Year Abroad program. Bowen is reporting on her first term studying at University College, Dublin, Ireland. Bowen...
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