Artifact Gallery

Railroad land for sale in Iowa and Minnesota

Farmland in Minnesota and Iowa for sale by the St. Paul & Sioux City Railroad Company, 1870s.
Handset type advertisement with a watercolor wash

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Schwatkas discovery of Franklin expedition grave, 1880

Grave of Franklin Expedition member Lt. John Irving found by Schwatka's American search party in Greenland, 1880.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

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Pro-slavery poster in Kansas, 1850s

Kansas poster calling for homesteaders to rally under pro-slavery governor Charles Robinson, 1850s.
Printed color reproduction of a document

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