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Pessary

Description:: Pessary. Oval ring of black vulcanized rubber folded into an S-shape; one end has a more acute curve, while the other end is a wider, more gradual curve; rubber around the gradual curve has a thicker diameter and has slight lobed protrusions at both corners. Pessaries are small prosthetic devices that are inserted in the vagina and used most fre...
Created:: 1870 - 1930?
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Owen H. Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine.
Page Count:: 2
Last Updated:: 2025-03-14

Creator:: Survey of India
Created:: 1935
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, John R. Borchert Map Library.
Page Count:: 2
Last Updated:: 2024-03-27

Pesek, Lucella

Description:: Studio photograph of the Pesek family in 1880, Minnesota. L to R: Frank Pesek (b. 1870); John Pesek (b. 1827); Tomas (b. 1874); John Martin Pesek (b. 1869); Antonia Wondra Pesek (b. 1845); Mary Etta Pesek (b. 1872). John Pesek, Sr. and Antonia were some of the earliest Czech settlers in St. Paul, Minnesota. John M. Pesek later moved to Montgomer...
Created:: 1880
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives.
Last Updated:: 2017-12-28

Pesek family

Description:: A photograph of the Jan Pesek family on their front porch in St. Paul, Minnesota. From L to R: John, Cyril, Mary, Mama (Katherine), Tommy (who died in 1931 at the age of 23), Papa (Jan). Jan Pesek holds a copy of a Czech-language newspaper; the title is "Katolik."
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives.
Last Updated:: 2017-12-28

Description:: A man in an Army uniform speaks in the microphone in top center during a Seder. Men are seated at a long table in front of the speaker. The back of the photograph reads: "Civilian in center Rabbi Richter, to his left is Abe Marder an Air Base Chaplin."
Created:: 1943-04-19
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Last Updated:: 2020-02-05

Description:: Pencil drawing of Peruvian shoreline, delicately shaded, with field notes and notes on color. Created for the American Museum of Natural History while Jaques was traveling with the Barro Colorado (Panama) Expedition of 1925-1926.
Creator:: Jaques, Francis Lee, 1887-1969
Created:: 1925 - 1926
Contributed By:: Jaques Art Center
Last Updated:: 2019-05-02

Peruvian Gannet

Description:: Oil painting of a Peruvian gannet, painted as a study for the book "Oceanic Birds of South America" (1936) by Robert Cushman Murphy.
Creator:: Jaques, Francis Lee, 1887-1969
Created:: 1936?
Contributed By:: Jaques Art Center
Last Updated:: 2019-05-02

Description:: Pencil sketches of rock formations from the Peruvian coastline, with field notes and notes on color. Belongs to a series of images drawn in preparation for a diorama at the American Museum of Natural History.
Creator:: Jaques, Francis Lee, 1887-1969
Contributed By:: Jaques Art Center
Last Updated:: 2019-05-02

Description:: Pencil sketches of details from the Peruvian coastline, with field notes and notes on color. Belongs to a series of images drawn in preparation for a diorama at the American Museum of Natural History.
Creator:: Jaques, Francis Lee, 1887-1969
Contributed By:: Jaques Art Center
Last Updated:: 2019-05-02

Description:: Pencil drawing of several rocky crags of unclear size. This drawing is belongs to a group of studies of a Peruvian island, created in preparation for a taxidermy diorama depicting the guano-rich bird islands of Peru in the Hall of Oceanic Birds at the American Museum of Natural History. The sheet is marked "Peruvian Bird Group #7", but it is not...
Creator:: Jaques, Francis Lee, 1887-1969
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Bell Museum.
Last Updated:: 2019-04-22

Description:: Pencil drawing of a segment of a rocky cliff face, heavily annotated with letter "X"'s. A series of lines forming a series of stair-like steps extends from the right center of the cliff face across the page, to the upper right. This drawing is belongs to a group of studies of a Peruvian island, created in preparation for a taxidermy diorama depi...
Creator:: Jaques, Francis Lee, 1887-1969
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Bell Museum.
Last Updated:: 2019-04-22

Description:: Pencil drawing of a segment of a rocky island coast, viewing out to the sea. There are several large rocky promontories in the water in the distance. This drawing is part of a series of five drawings of a panorama of a Peruvian island. These were created in preparation for a taxidermy diorama depicting the guano-rich bird islands of Peru in the ...
Creator:: Jaques, Francis Lee, 1887-1969
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Bell Museum.
Last Updated:: 2019-04-22

Description:: Pencil drawing of a segment of a rocky island coast, viewing out to the sea. Coastline visible only in lower right of drawing, appearing as a rocky cliff. There are several large rocky promontories in the water in the distance, and two rocky islands on the horizon. This drawing is the fourth part of a series of five drawings of a panorama of a P...
Creator:: Jaques, Francis Lee, 1887-1969
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Bell Museum.
Last Updated:: 2019-04-22

Description:: Pencil drawing of rocky headlands and islands off the coast of Peru. Part three of a five part panorama drawn for a taxidermy diorama at the American Museum of Natural History.
Creator:: Jaques, Francis Lee, 1887-1969
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Bell Museum.
Last Updated:: 2019-04-22

Description:: Pencil drawing of rugged rocks along the coast of Peru. Part two of a five-part panorama drawn for a taxidermy diorama at the American Museum of Natural History.
Creator:: Jaques, Francis Lee, 1887-1969
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Bell Museum.
Last Updated:: 2019-04-22

Description:: Pencil drawing of rugged rocks along the coast of Peru. Rocky foreground opens onto a stretch of water and mountains viewed beyond. Part one of a five part panorama drawn for a taxidermy diorama at the American Museum of Natural History.
Creator:: Jaques, Francis Lee, 1887-1969
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Bell Museum.
Last Updated:: 2019-04-22

Contributor:: Mitchell, S. Augustus (Samuel Augustus), 1792-1868
Created:: 1850
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, John R. Borchert Map Library.
Last Updated:: 2022-05-03