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Buckhorn Cheese Company

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Description: Exterior view of the Buckhorn Cheese Company plant. A sign painted on the exterior of the building reads: "Take One Home."
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A Mother's Funeral Coffin

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Description: Open coffin, decorated with flowers, and a wreath that reads, "Our Mother" in a funeral salon.
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Fancy Dress Party

Date: 08 19 1887
Description: Cabinet card of a group portrait of four men in front of a painted backdrop. Two are dressed in male formal attire, with top hats. The other men are dresse...
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Tournament of Roses, New Year's Day, Pasadena, California

Date: 1913
Description: Postcard view of a couple seated on a floral float consisting of a car covered with roses atop a dome of foliage also covered with roses.
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Girl and Rooster

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Description: Carte-de-visite of a young girl posed with a rooster in front of a painted backdrop. She wears a dress and holds a partially eaten apple in her hand. She a...
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Fairest of the Fair, Governor Knowles and Alice in Dairyland

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Description: The Fairest of the Fair, Governor Knowles, an unknown man, and Alice in Dairyland pose at the "Milwaukee Sentinel" exhibit at the Wisconsin State Fair.
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Art Deco bar

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Description: Interior view of an art deco-style bar lined with stools. There is a radio behind the bar along a mirrored wall where bottles of liquor are displayed aroun...
Postcard

Child in Decorated Baby Carriage

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Description: Photographic postcard of a young, smiling child sitting in a baby carriage covered in flowers.
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A Bouquet for Geraldine Ferraro

Date: 10 31 1984
Description: Geraldine Ferraro thanks a little boy and girl for giving her a bouquet of flowers after her speech.
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Asters

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Description: Asters grow among grass and other plants.
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Can of Pure Wisconsin Honey

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Description: Ten pound can of honey. The label reads: "Pure Wisconsin Honey, Badger Brand, packed under the direction of the Wisconsin State Beekeepers' Association, In...
Document

Wisconsin State Bee Keepers Association Membership Certificate

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Description: Wisconsin State Bee Keepers Association membership certificate, signed by N.E. France Association President. No. 148. Illustrations of clover flowers and b...
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Armed Forces Day Parade

Date: 05 16 1953
Description: Slightly elevated view taken from the Capitol Square looking down State Street. There is an unidentified marching group is coming up the middle of the stre...
Print

The American Mammoth Ox or Brother Jonathan

Date: 1839
Description: Lithographic print of prize ox. Inscription beneath title reads: Weighing 4,000 Pounds, or 500 Stone, - of Beautiful Proportions. / This astonishing Ani...
Photograph

Chinese Couple's Wedding Portrait

Date: 05 18 1929
Description: Tou Fong Chu, bride and Tsao Shih Wang, groom, working on a PhD in Political Science at the U.W., are posing with, left to right: Justice Marvin Rosenberry...
Photograph

Marine Dance

Date: 11 11 1958
Description: A man in uniform and a woman are standing together looking at each other; behind them is a cake on a table with frosting that reads: "U.S. Marines" and has...
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Debutantes at the Cosmopolitan Club

Date: 01 27 1958
Description: Ten young women in formal gowns are holding bouquets and posing together. Caption reads: "Debutantes were the guests of honor at the 24th annual ball of th...
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21st Annual Cosmopolitan Club Ball

Date: 01 23 1955
Description: A man is reading from a piece of paper, while a man and three women are looking on. Caption reads: "The first debutante to arrive at the 21st annual ball o...
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Olivia Townsend

Date: 10 02 1960
Description: A woman is holding the handle of an unidentified gardening tool and posing in her yard. Caption reads: "Winning one of six plaques for yard beautification ...
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New Emblem Club Officers

Date: 04 27 1956
Description: Four women wearing gowns and are gloves. One of the women is handing a gavel to another. Caption reads: "New officers of Emblem Club No. 44 of the Milwauke...

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