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Louis Allis

Date: 1901
Description: Caricature of industrialist Louis H. Allis, son of Edward P. Allis. Louis founded the Mechanical Appliance Company in 1901, which manufactured DC motors fo...
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Edward P. Allis

Date: 1887
Description: Vignetted engraved lithograph portrait of Edward Phelps Allis, an industrialist who formed the Edward P. Allis Company in Milwaukee, initially manufacturin...
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Samuel D. Adler

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Description: Lithographic caricature of Samuel D. Adler, a clothier and one of four brothers who operated David Adler & Son Co. He is depicted here playing golf.
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Isaac D. Adler

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Description: Lithographic caricature of Isaac D. Adler, a clothing wholesaler. Isaac was one of four brothers who operated David Adler & Son Co.
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Emanuel Adler

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Description: Lithographic caricature of Emanuel D. Adler, a Milwaukee clothing manufacturer. Adler is posing next to a table with cloth stacked on it, in what is identi...
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David Adler

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Description: Lithographic portrait of David Adler, a retail clothier, one of the organizers of the Wisconsin National Bank, one of the founders and a vice-president of ...
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Charles Abresch

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Description: Lithographic caricature of a man holding two vehicles, and surrounded by other vehicles and a factory. He is identified as Charles Abresch, a German immigr...
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Pabst Brewing Company Advertisement

Date: 1890
Description: Advertising for Pabst Brewing Company including an engraved elevated view of the brewery. The engraving shows several pedestrians on the sidewalks and hors...
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Pfister & Vogel Leather Co.

Date: 1892
Description: Engraving of an elevated view of the Pfister and Vogel Leather Company Menomonee Tannery in Milwaukee. A railroad runs along the side of the factory. Pleas...
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Brumder Building

Date: 1880
Description: A halftone print copy of a photograph of George Brumder's 1873 three story brick building at 286-288 West Water Street. Brumder and his family lived on the...
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School for the Oral Instruction of the Deaf

Date: 1885
Description: Formal group portrait of the students attending the Milwaukee Day School for the Oral Instruction of the Deaf. The first public day school for the deaf, es...
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Steuben Hof Dinner Menu

Date: 06 13 1936
Description: One-page dinner menu for the Steuben Hof, a German American restaurant, on a form menu with a roundel illustration of three men raising their tankards in a...
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Complimentary Dinner to Judge Chas. E. Dyer Menu

Date: 1888
Description: Card menu for a dinner for Judge Charles E. Dyer, given by his "legal friends in Milwaukee, at the Milwaukee Club." At the top is a stalk of wheat interlac...
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Wisconsin Authors' Club Banquet Menu

Date: 1882
Description: Card menu for the Wisconsin Authors' Club Banquet at Klosterheim. On the top left is a framed landscape of trees overlooking a body of water.
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Pennsylvania Coal & Supply Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Pennsylvania Coal & Supply Company, with the company trademark: the initials "P" and "C" printed in red ink, and a head and shoulders ima...
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John C. Becker Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the John C. Becker Company, manufacturers of office and bank furniture and office equipment outfitters, with an overlay with the company name...
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Roundy, Peckham & Dexter Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Roundy, Peckham & Dexter Company, with color illustrations of three Roundy's products: a package of coffee, and cans of pineapple and tom...
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Roundy, Peckham & Dexter Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Roundy, Peckham & Dexter Company, wholesale grocers, with a three-quarter view of the company building on the left, and on the right a si...
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Standard Bedding Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Standard Bedding Company, with a three-quarter view of the company building and a roundel with decorative flourishes that features a swan...
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John Pritzlaff Hardware Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the John Pritzlaff Hardware Company, with an elevated three-quarter view of the company building.

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