General Putnam Leaving the Plow for the Defence of His Country

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General Putnam Leaving the Plow for the Defence of His Country
General Putnam Leaving the Plow for the Defence of His Country
Artist/Maker
Datelate 18th-19th century
MediumColor lithograph on paper
DimensionsComposition: 8 3/4 in. × 13 in. (22.2 × 33 cm) Sheet: 10 × 14 in. (25.4 × 35.6 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Samuel Hopkins Adams, Class of 1891
Object number1959.167
Not on view
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Provenance 1959: Hamilton College, by bequest of Samuel Hopkins Adams.
Inscribed Entitled in typeset along bottom edge: GENL. PUTNAM LEAVING HIS PLOW FOR THE DEFENSE OF HIS COUNTRY.; inscribed in pencil on verso at lower left corner: HC 135; in pencil on verso at lower left corner: BOX 2
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Accused of Conspiracy: John R. Froines, right, a University of Oregon professor, surrendered himself to federal authorities Friday in Portland. He is accused of teaching the use of incendiary devices and conspiring to cause riots at the Democratic National Convention. With him are his wife Ann and his lawyer, her but Titus, a university law school professor, Portland Oregon.
Unknown artist, American
Date: March 21, 1969
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2024.21.253
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Unknown artist, American
Date: February 8, 1970
Medium: Vintage United Press International telephoto
Object number: 2024.21.255
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Unknown artist, American
Date: June 28, 1972
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2024.21.248
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Unknown artist, American
Date: March 1, 1970
Medium: Vintage United Press International telephoto
Object number: 2024.21.254
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Unknown artist, American
Date: 19th century
Medium: Color lithograph on paper
Object number: 1959.170
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Unknown artist
Date: August 1, 1967
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2023.12.188
© Leonard Freed. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinto…
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Leonard Freed
Date: 1976
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2017.22.39
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Leonard Freed
Date: 1976
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2014.8.43
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Unknown artist
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Unknown artist, American
Date: 1860-1870
Medium: Tintype mounted in paper cartouche
Object number: S2023.1.58
Photo by John Bentham.
Ojibwa Bow
Unknown artist, Native American, Plains
Date: c. 1834
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Object number: 1984.548
Police move in with night sticks to break up group of demonstrators who tried to break police lines after marching on Central High School August 12th. Firemen with high pressure hoses and police put down the riotous protest
Police move in with night sticks to break up group of demonstrators who tried to break police lines after marching on Central High School August 12th. Firemen with high pressure hoses and police put down the riotous protest
Unknown artist, American
Date: 1959
Medium: Vintage United Press International Telephoto with airbrushing
Object number: 2022.15.117