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[Marianne and soldier collect for the Red Cross]

Description: A female figure representing Marianne is accompanied by a wounded soldier. They collect for the Red Cross. Marianne is dressed in a style to suggest the French Revolution, wearing a blue, white, and red skirt, a uniform jacket worn as a cape, and a long blue and red cap. She holds a Red Cross collecting tin in one hand and a small blue, white, and red keg under her other arm. She guides a wounded soldier, his head bandaged. He has one arm on Marianne’s shoulder, and the other holds a cane. The … more
Date: 1916
Creator: Willette, Adolphe Léon, 1857-1926.
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Carte du Mexique et de la Floride, des terres angloises et des Isles Antilles, du cours et des environs de la riviere de Mississippi / dressée sur un grand nombre de memoires principalement sur ceux de Mrs. d'Iberville et le sueur [...] ; par Guillaume del'Isle ; I. Stemmers, senior, sculp.

Description: Hand drawn map showing North America, Mexico and a northern section of Amerique Meridionale in 1722. Place names and topographical features included.
Date: 1722
Creator: L'Isle, Guillaume
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Le triomphe de l'amour : ballet : dansé devant Sa Maiesté a S. Germain en Laie. Psyché : tragedie en musique : representée par l'Academie Royale de Musique.

Description: A single volume containing two libretti for which the music (not present) was composed by Jean-Baptiste Lully. This small publication was sold as an aid to viewers of the works, so that they could follow along with the libretti during the performance.
Date: 1680~
Creator: Quinault, Philippe, 1635-1688; Benserade, Isaac de, 1613-1691 & Corneille, Thomas, 1625-1709
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Le tableau parlant: comédie-parade, en un acte et en vers

Description: This is a 1773 printed copy of the libretto of "Le tableau parlant" (The talking picture), a one-act comic opera by M. Anseaume, set to music by Grétry. The opera was staged for the first time by the troupe of Italian actors of King Louis XV, on Wednesday, September 20, 1769. The back of the t.p. lists the names of the original actors who performed the characters of the opera at its premier: Isabelle (Madame Trial), [Jean-Louis Laruette] (Cassandre, Isabelle's tutor), [Madame Laruette (Colom… more
Date: 1773
Creator: Anseaume, M. (Louis), 1721-1784
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La fausse magie

Description: This is a ca. [1775] printed copy of the libretto of "La fausse magie" (The false magic), a two-act comic opera by Jean François Marmontel, set to music by Grétry. [The opera was staged for the first time at the Théâtre Français à La Haye, on Thursday, November 30, 1775.] The final scene of act two contains the music of the couplets on pp. 47-48. The library's copy of the libretto is bound with the libretto of M. Anseaume's comic opera, "Le tableau parlant."
Date: 1775
Creator: Marmontel, Jean François, 1723-1799
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Carte du Gouvernement de l'Amerique.

Description: Chart describing the governmental structure of the political entities of the Americas circa 1719 as well as a general overview, including 4 drawings and 1 map. Contents: Instruction généralle -- Conseil de l'Amerique Septentrionalle -- Conseil de Terre Ferme -- Conseil de l'Amerique Meridionalle -- Gouvernement Ecclésiastique -- Pais de l'Amerique appartenant aux autres puissances de l'Europe -- Carte de l'Amerique -- Revenue des Arch. et Eveschez de l'Amerique.
Date: 1719
Creator: Chatelain, Henri Abraham
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Bob Kap Archive #4

Description: Silent film of the Intercontinental Football League's (IFL's) 1976 European tour to promote American football as a leisure activity. It includes footage of players on buses and in cars, football games, spectators, cheerleaders, European scenery and promotional activities. Many stills of promotional brochures, newspaper articles, and photographs are included.
Date: 1976
Duration: 6 minutes 54 seconds
Creator: Intercontinental Football League
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The Intercontinental Football League presents Touchdown in Europe 1976

Description: Compilation film of home movies and news coverage of the 1976 Intercontinental Football League's (IFL) European tour of Germany, Austria, and France promoting American football as a leisure activity. Includes footage of football game play, spectators, cheerleaders, and promotional activities. The narration implies that this film was used to promote the IFL and its potential as a revenue source.
Date: 1976
Duration: 17 minutes 34 seconds
Creator: Intercontinental Football League
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[Book open to photograph of Valère basilica]

Description: Photograph of an easel holding a book open to show two pictures of landscapes of the municipality of Sion in Switzerland. On the right is a picture of Valère basilica, a fortified church on a hill. The captions for the two pictures are in French and German.
Date: April 6, 1950
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
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