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Driving A Cow Before Her, Laura Secord Passed The American Sentries, c1909, (c1920). Artist: Joseph Ratcliffe Skelton

Driving A Cow Before Her, Laura Secord Passed The American Sentries, c1909, (c1920). Laura Secord (1775-1868) Canadian heroine of the War of 1812. She is known for having walked 20 miles out of American occupied territory in 1813 to warn British forces of an impending American attack. From Our Empire Story, by H. E. Marshall. [Thomas Nelson And Sons, London, c1920]

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Quebec, 1874. Creators: Robert Hinshelwood, John Douglas Woodward

Quebec, 1874. Ships on the Saint Lawrence River at Quebec City, Canada. Down in the lower town a great fleet of vessels are at moorings, and the wharves are crowded with men and vehicles'. From "Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In, A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes...with Illustrations on Steel and Wood by Eminent American Artists" Vol. II, edited by William Cullen Bryant. [D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1874]

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Robe and trunks worn by Denzel Washington as Rubin Carter in The Hurricane, 1999

A robe (.1ab) and a pair of boxing trunks (.2) worn by actor Denzel Washington as Rubin Hurricane Carter in the 1999 biopic, "The Hurricane", the story of an African-American middleweight boxer who was wrongfully convicted of murder, eventually released - following a petition of habeas corpus - after serving almost 20 years in prison. The robe (.1a) is a long-sleeved, knee-length, hooded white terry cloth robe with a belt (.1b). The robe has a center opening with no fasteners. The sleeves end with thick trim that can be folded over to form cuffs. The belt is made of the same material as the robe, and is held in place by two (2) belt loops, one on the proper left side and one on the proper right side. There are two (2) patch pockets on the front of the robe, one on each hip.;The custom-made boxing trunks (.2) are cream satin with a 3-inch black satin waistband and 1-1/2 inch wide black satin vertical stripes on the proper left and proper right sides. The company label reading [EVERLAST/ MADE IN U.S.A.] is sewn into the waistband at the center front. On the interior of the waistband at the center back is a manufacturer's label for the costume company [Eric Winterling, Inc./ New York/ M]. At the bottom of this label, the name [Mr. Washington] is typed onto the label. The trunks are not lined

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