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Stephen D. Carpenter

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Description: Photographic calling card of Stephen Decatur Carpenter (ca. 1821-1906), an influential newspaperman who settled in Madison, Wisconsin, in 1851, where he be...
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New York Lottery Ticket

Date: 1972
Description: Ticket for the New York Lottery.
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Rest Stop

Date: 1925
Description: A passenger bus making a stop at the service station of Gustav H. Schwalen.
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Joe McCarthy During World War II

Date: 1943
Description: Intelligence officer Joseph R. McCarthy (wearing the cap) with a group of Marines somewhere in the Pacific.
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Trench Warfare

Date: 07 1917
Description: ROTC engineers at Fort Leavenworth learn about trench work, an important skill for World War I combat.
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Trinity Lutheran Church

Date: 1954
Description: View from across street of church entrance along road.
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Nazi Youth Camp

Date: 1945
Description: Snapshot of a Nazi Youth camp found by Sigurd Olson during his travels in Germany, either late in 1945 or early in 1946.
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Robert Salter Calling Card

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Description: A small business-size card featuring an quarter-length oval portrit of John Salter and his autograph: "Yours truly, R. Salter".
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Newspaper Office

Date: 1947
Description: Correspondents in the Paris office of the Associated Press. Only Tom Williams, who is looking toward the camera, has been identified.
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Presidental Political Campaign Ephemera

Date: 1972
Description: Three items in an assortment of political campaign ephemera for Richard Nixon. At the top is a white pocket pen protector with red text that reads: "Nixon ...
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Playing Badminton at Forest Lodge

Date: 1972
Description: Two mixed-couples playing badminton on clay court at edge of evergreen forest. The two men and one woman are wearing Bermuda-style shorts.
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George A. Abert

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Description: Oval-framed quarter-length portrait on a card for George Ackerman Abert, a Democratic politician active in the State Senate (1877-1878), Milwaukee city com...

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