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| Date: | 02 04 1864 |
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| Description: | Embossed invitation to the fourth masquerade ball of the Madison Fire Engine Company #2. The invitation depicts a fire fighter on a ladder carrying a woman... |
| Date: | 1876 |
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| Description: | Invitation to the annual ball at Turner Hall, sponsored by Madison's Andrew Proudfit Steam Fire Engine Company #2. The company, which was organized in 1870... |
| Date: | 02 22 1860 |
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| Description: | Menu for the Newhall House hotel in Milwaukee, extensively illustrated with an engraving of the hotel and prices. The Newhall House, during its day one of ... |
| Date: | 01 01 1858 |
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| Description: | Printed invitation to a New Year's Ball given at Weeden's Hotel in Neenah with music provided by Shattuck's Cotillion Band. The invitation is printed on e... |
| Date: | 1857 |
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| Description: | Letter on stationery featuring an engraving of an exterior view of the Milwaukee House showing horse-drawn vehicles and people standing on the sidewalk in ... |
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| Description: | Wisconsin promotional decal with a drawing of a hooked muskellunge leaping out of the water. |
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| Description: | Wisconsin promotional decal featuring a drawing of a deer. |
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| Description: | Wisconsin promotional decal with a drawing of a Native American sitting cross-legged, wearing a headdress, buckskin, and moccasins, and holding a calumet p... |
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| Description: | Promotional stamp for Wisconsin tourism. Shows the outline of the state with an arrow crossing from northeast to southwest and bears the slogan "relax in W... |
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| Description: | Napkin from Brewmaster's Pub in Kenosha advertising itself as the Midwest's first brew pub. The graphic on the napkin includes a beer stein and a stalk of ... |
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| Description: | Label for Friarswood Dark Lager brewed by Brewmasters' Pub, Ltd. The label features a drawing of the renovated masonry barn that houses the brew pub. |
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| Description: | Letterhead of the West Side Fuel Company of Port Washington, Wisconsin, with cartoon-style drawings, printed in black ink, of workers mining coal with a pi... |
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| Description: | Letterhead of the King's Gateway Hotel of Land O' Lakes, Wisconsin, with header and footer color views of the hotel and neighboring Gateway Inn. There are ... |
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| Description: | Letterhead of the King's Gateway Hotel in Land O' Lakes, Wisconsin, with header and footer views of the hotel and nearby Gateway Inn in color, and overlapp... |
| Date: | 09 13 1911 |
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| Description: | Middle front outer panel and tri-fold menu from The Gargoyle, with a gargoyle sitting atop the framed illustration of the entryway of the restaurant and a ... |
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| Description: | Menu of daily meat specials under the heading "Come And Get It!" from the Logging Camp Cook Shanty restaurant at Historyland. On the left is a black and wh... |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | Stamp for Wisconsin created during or after President Calvin Coolidge's 1928 summer visit to Wisconsin. President Coolidge spent the summer fishing on the ... |
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| Description: | Stamp advertising the city of Sheboygan, specifically its many industries. In addition to the stamp title, the stamp includes an illustration of factories,... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Stamp promoting Northwestern National Insurance Company of Milwaukee. Stamp includes a drawing of a fireman with hose, and the text reads: "Safety First. I... |
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| Description: | Unused server's ticket from the Roxbury Tavern. There is a drawing of the building in the upper right of the ticket. |
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