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| Description: | An advertisement by the Smith Granite Company showing illustrations of various Gettysburg Battleground Memorials. |
| Date: | 1884 |
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| Description: | A composite of Civil War Confederate Commanders, this is one of the first known examples of a composite photograph and of the use of photography in adverti... |
| Date: | 1858 |
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| Description: | Poster advertising the Racine & Mississippi Railroad. |
| Date: | 1853 |
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| Description: | Poster advertising Chicago & Northwestern Railway featuring a map of the route, and an image of an eagle with a banner in its beak and an American flag. |
| Date: | 1878 |
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| Description: | Advertising card for Goodrich Transportation Company listing destinations and departure times. In the center of the advertisement is a drawing of a sidewhe... |
| Date: | 06 1865 |
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| Description: | A handbill advertising for the Soldiers' Home Festival in Beloit, Wisconsin at the Union Hall on the evening of Friday, June 23, 1865. |
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| Description: | Advertisement for a bronze Grand Army Emblem manufactured by the Dayton MFG. Co., Dayton Ohio. |
| Date: | 1884 |
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| Description: | Advertisement for the selling of tents for the Eighteenth Annual National Encampment, of Grand Army of the Republic, at Minneapolis, Minnesota, on July 23,... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | An advertising circular for a book by Albert Bernhardt Faust featuring a picture of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, a Civil War monument designed by B... |
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| Description: | Wood engraving advertisement of a souvenir teaspoon bearing the likeness of Old Abe, the Wisconsin Civil War eagle, on the handle. Text reads "For sale by... |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | "Kwik-Way" transfer used to place "Old Abe" trademark on new agricultural and other machinery manufactured by J.I. Case Co., of Racine, Wisconsin. When thi... |
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| Description: | The eagle "Old Abe" was used for many years by J.I. Case Company, of Racine, Wisconsin, as the firm's trademark, and is shown on these advertising cards is... |
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