Packard, Butler and Partridge Lithograph Collection

...beled but generally are not. St. Stanislaus Church, Milwaukee, Wisconsin A number of the exterior views also include vignettes of the pastor or other parish buildings such as the school, rectory and convent or the former church. St. Mary's Church, Norwalk, Ohio The exterior views also have standard touches such

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Thomas Nast Anti-Irish Cartoons

Among the recently digitized images added to our online collection are a number of drawings by cartoonist Thomas Nast. In 1846 at the age of six, Nast immigrated with his mother to the United States and by age 15 he had begun drawing for Frank Leslie’s Illustrated News.[1] He joined

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Portrait photograph of Robert M. O'Reilly, circa 1870

A lengthy and active military career

...r. In a letter O'Reilly wrote to his sister Mary while he was stationed in Florida, he notes the concern over the yellow fever outbreak and discusses the movement of troops in the area, as well as how he had been treating members of women's religious orders. O'Reilly writes: There

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Higher, Faster, Stronger: The Olympics

...d Michael Gostigan – Modern pentathlon, 1988 Seoul / 1992 Barcelona / 1996 Atlanta John Kelly Jr. – Rowing (Single sculls), 1948 London, 1952 Finland, 1956 Melbourne (Bronze), 1960 Rome Marcus McElhenney – Rowing (Mens Eight), 2008 Beijing, Bronze Charles McIllvaine – Rowing (Double sculls), 1928 Amsterdam, Gold Bernard “Benny”

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