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Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railroad

Date: 1895
Description: Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railroad train at the old station, 640 West Washington Ave., with snowplow at the old depot. Engineer James F. Mills is i...
Photograph

Mrs. Rennebohm Baking

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Description: Mary Fowler Rennebohm wearing an apron and sifting flour. Mrs. Rennebohm was the wife of Oscar Rennebohm, founder of the Rennebohm Drug Store chain and go...
Photograph

Dresen Jewelry Store

Date: 1895
Description: Storefront view of the Theodore F. Dresen jewelry store at 216 State Street. Two employees, one possibly being Theodore Dresen, are standing at the doorway...
Photograph

Bergh Monument and Fountain

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Description: Statue with City Hall behind. Building has large neon letters that say "Be Kind to Animals Week". Monument is a memorial by John H. Mahoney to Henry Bergh,...
Print

General Carl Schurz

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Description: Engraved portrait of Carl Schurz, a German immigrant who settled in Wisconsin in 1855. President Abraham Lincoln appointed Schurz to the rank of general in...
Magazine or Periodical

Freemasons' Monthly Magazine

Date: 04 01 1851
Description: Cover of Freemasons' Monthly Magazine, Vol. X, No. VI. Highly decorated with scrollwork and Freemason symbols.
Print

Face Dyspepsia Food Advertisement

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Description: Advertisement for Harriet Meta's Face Dyspepsia Food which promised to make your face "round and plump" and to enlarge the bust and to make a "thin scrawny...
Print

David Mckee

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Description: Quarter-length steel engraved portrait of David McKee, a Lieutenant colonel in the 15th Wisconsin Infantry, in uniform. The following information was obtai...
Book or Pamphlet

Moline Universal Tractor Pamphlet

Date: 1919
Description: Front cover of a pamphlet advertising Moline Universal tractors, featuring a photograph of men and children in a farm field, probably watching an equipment...
Print

Polaris Angora Comforter, Label

Date: 09 23 1942
Description: Label submitted to the State of Wisconsin for trademark registration. "Polaris Custom Designed Angora Comforter." Features a five pointed silver colored st...
Book or Pamphlet

Bayfield, Lake Superior Guide Book

Date: 1858
Description: Front cover of a guide book describing Bayfield and an account of a pleasure tour to Lake Superior. The title is surrounded by a decorative border with flo...
Photograph

Two Children with Snowman

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Description: Two children posing in front of a large snowman in front of a brick building. The smaller child is sitting on a ladder supported by the older boy. The snow...
Book or Pamphlet

Canton Plows Advertisement

Date: 10 10 1909
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for P&O Canton plows, manufactured by Parlin and Orendorff. Includes an illustration of a farmer using a horse-drawn plow ...
Book or Pamphlet

Parlin and Orendorff Advertisement

Date: 02 06 1911
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for Parlin and Orendorff Company, makers of P&O plows and other agricultural implements. Features an illustration of the c...
Book or Pamphlet

Aultman & Taylor Advertising

Date: 1920
Description: Front cover of a booklet advertising the Aultman & Taylor Machinery Company's line of tractors. Includes a color illustration of a tractor. The company was...
Print

Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul & Pacific Villa Ferrovieri Menu

Date: 03 26 1944
Description: Front cover and menu listing from the Villa Ferrovieri in Italy with the Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul & Pacific (CMSP&P) logo printed in red ink on the cover...
Book or Pamphlet

Atkins' Automaton Catalog Cover

Date: 1856
Description: Page from catalog for Atkins' Automaton, or self-raking reaper and mower. Features an illustration of a man using a team of two horses to pull the machiner...
Photograph

Engraving of Cadwallader Washburn

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Description: Quarter-length vignetted portrait of Governor Cadwallader Colden Washburn, Wisconsin's 11th governor.
Photograph

Champion Boxelder

Date: 1979
Description: A specimen of Acer negundo judged in 1979 to be the largest known example in Wisconsin. The tree is standing on a lawn at Green Gables, part of the ...
Photograph

Champion River Birch

Date: 1979
Description: A specimen of Betula nigra judged in 1963 to be the largest example of the species in Wisconsin. The tree has a low fork with three major branches. ...

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