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"Days of Real Sport"
From: Madison Historical Society

Book - Dolls of friendship
From: Madison Historical Society

Book - The Book of Sunday Pictures for Little Children. Old Testament
From: Madison Historical Society

The Christian Father's present to his children
From: Madison Historical Society
Zallingi, Darfur, February 2007
1356
Zallingi, Darfur, February 2007
From: Westport Public Art Collections
Freedom School Christmas
1608
Freedom School Christmas
From: Westport Public Art Collections
Mississippi 1964: Noon Shade
1614.6
Mississippi 1964: Noon Shade
From: Westport Public Art Collections
Mississippi 1964: Artist Statement
1614.7
Mississippi 1964: Artist Statement
From: Westport Public Art Collections
Arctic Life;Arctic Life
1831
Arctic Life;Arctic Life
From: Westport Public Art Collections
Pink Venus Kiki from 1 Cent Life
1835.1
Pink Venus Kiki from 1 Cent Life
From: Westport Public Art Collections
Eskimo Children at Play
184a-b
Eskimo Children at Play
From: Westport Public Art Collections
Mother and Children
1853
Mother and Children
From: Westport Public Art Collections
Book: "P. T. Barnum's Circus, Museum, and Menagerie" by P. T. Barnum and Sarah J. Burke
1889.005.001
Book: "P. T. Barnum's Circus, Museum, and Menagerie" by P. T. Barnum and Sarah J. Burke
From: Barnum Museum
Structure: Barnum Institute of Science and History
1893.000.001
Structure: Barnum Institute of Science and History
From: Barnum Museum
Painting
1958.04.01
Painting
From: Sharon Historical Society
Painting
1958.04.02
Painting
From: Sharon Historical Society
Sisters
1963
Sisters
From: Westport Public Art Collections
War is not healthy for children and other living things
1965
War is not healthy for children and other living things
From: Westport Public Art Collections
Children at Yangzhou School for the Deaf and Blind
1972
Children at Yangzhou School for the Deaf and Blind
From: Westport Public Art Collections
Six Dancers, Children at Yangzhou School for the Deaf and Blind
1973
Six Dancers, Children at Yangzhou School for the Deaf and Blind
From: Westport Public Art Collections
Ink Silhouette Portrait of Abraham Gould
1974.100
Ink Silhouette Portrait of Abraham Gould
From: Fairfield Museum
Quilted Petticoat
1975.24.13
Quilted Petticoat
From: Fairfield Museum
Children Reading, Yangzhou School for the Deaf and Blind
1978
Children Reading, Yangzhou School for the Deaf and Blind
From: Westport Public Art Collections
Front
1978.153
Cobbler’s Bench
From: Fairfield Museum
Portrait of Mrs. Ezekiel Birdseye (Mary Kippen)
1979.3.1
Portrait of Mrs. Ezekiel Birdseye (Mary Kippen)
From: Fairfield Museum
Portrait of Ezekial Birdseye
1979.3.2
Portrait of Ezekial Birdseye
From: Fairfield Museum
1980.005.001
Newspaper ad: "P. T. Barnum's New and Greatest Show on Earth," July 14, 1876
From: Barnum Museum
[School children waving from exterior stairwell], Yangzhou, China
1984
[School children waving from exterior stairwell], Yangzhou, China
From: Westport Public Art Collections
Hooded Cloak
1984.14.0
Hooded Cloak
From: Fairfield Museum
00119880124
1988.01.24
Print, Photographic
From: Sharon Historical Society
00119880130
1988.01.30
Print, Photographic
From: Sharon Historical Society
00119880131
1988.01.31
Print, Photographic
From: Sharon Historical Society
00119880168
1988.01.68
Print, photographic
From: Sharon Historical Society
Front
1990.24
Family Register
From: Fairfield Museum
00119950806
1995.08.06
Print, Photographic
From: Sharon Historical Society
01019960701
1996.07.01
Dress
From: Sharon Historical Society
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