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The father of waters

Description: Image of five Native American Indian men traveling on a raft along a river; one is seated holding a rifle, three men pole the boat along the water, and the last man stands in the center wearing a feathered headdress; a box and a barrel advertising Anheuser-Busch are the only other cargo on the raft.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1912
Call number: priJLC_BEV_001842
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005.

Fashions, : for fall & winter 1854&5. Published by H. Clays, No 8. Barclay street, N.Y

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Image of two vignettes featuring men, women, and children outdoors; fashion details include women's evening dress with two skirts, pointed bodice with tassel trim and open neckline, cloaks, frock coats, and tail coats worn with waistcoats, cravats, and slim trousers for men and boys; riding habit with jacket bodice, boy's hunting/sporting attire with rifle, and ethnic costume also pictured; accessories include top hats, canes, muff, fan, floral headdress, and feathered women's hats; reference key for figures numbered 1-21 in margin.

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American fashions autumn and winter 1852 by Genio C. Scott, No. 130 Broadway New York

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Image of two vignettes featuring primarily men, also women and children outdoors along with an African-American servant and two dogs; fashion details include full skirts and riding habits with jacket bodices for women, men's day and evening wear, cloaks, capes, coats and jackets worn with waistcoats and cravats, and trousers for both men and boys; hunting, sporting, and riding attire including pantaloons, boots, a riding crop, and a rifle; accessories include top hats, canes, women's feathered hats, a shawl, and a parasol; reference key for figures numbered 1-20 in margin.

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American fashions autumn and winter 1852 by Genio C. Scott, No. 130 Broadway New York

Visual Materials

Image of two vignettes featuring primarily men, also women and children outdoors along with an African-American servant and two dogs; fashion details include full skirts and riding habit with jacket bodice for women, men's day and evening wear, cloaks, capes, coats and jackets worn with waistcoats and cravats, and trousers for both men and boys; hunting, sporting, and riding attire including pantaloons, boots, a riding crop, and a rifle; accessories include top hats, canes, women's feathered hats, a shawl, and a parasol; reference key for figures numbered 1-20 in margin.

priJLC_FASH_001544

Spring & summer fashions for 1841, published by Scott & Wilson No. 164 Broadway N. York

Visual Materials

Image of two vignettes featuring men and women in a parlor, on a patio, and outdoors; fashion details include flounced skirts worn with or without an apron, trousers, pantaloons, and breeches worn with frock coats or tail coats, waistcoats and cravats; accessories include floral headdresses or bonnets, shawls, gloves, canes, and a riding crop; specialized men's attire includes a military uniform complete with sword and feathered hat, a hunting/sporting outfit featuring a belted frock coat and rifle, and Orientalism-influenced indoor smoking attire featuring a tunic, pantaloons, point-toed slippers and a tasseled fez hat; reference key for figures numbered 1-14 along bottom margin.

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Big Chief Brand

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Portrait of a Native American man wearing feathered headdress; California Red Ball logo at lower left.

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Garden City hat : Packer, McDonald & Bliss : 149 & 151 Market St. Chicago

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Image of three scenes flanked by advertisement text and ship masts, a barrel, and anchor; bird's eye view of the bustling city of Chicago, Illinois, along the shore of Lake Michigan with docks, ships, and city buildings visible, bottom center; Native Americans on foot and on horseback with a rifle and spears look out over a lake and a settlement, top left; the city of Chicago engulfed in flames during the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, top right.

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The father of waters

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