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Presidental Political Campaign Ephemera

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Description: Two portraits of George H.W. Bush. One caption on the reverse reads: "Grandfather explains a few things about life to his granddaughter in a meeting at the...
Historical Object

Presidental Political Campaign Ephemera

Date: 
Description: Two presidential political campaign bumper stickers for Jimmy Carter and Admiral Elmo Zumwalt, as well as a postcard with a portrait of Jimmy Carter sittin...
Postcard

Presidental Political Campaign Ephemera

Date: 
Description: Slightly elevated view of Ronald Reagan standing outdoors among a crowd of young people and shaking hands. Someone in the crowd is holding a large sign tha...
Photograph

Publius V. Lawson

Date: 1920
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Publius V. Lawson.
Postcard

Lake of the Torches Casino Resort

Date: 
Description: View of a wooden sculpture at the entrance of a casino. Text on reverse reads: "This carving by Gene Delcourt is representative of the seven clans of the L...
Postcard

30 on the Square

Date: 01 1966
Description: Postcard invitation to "attend an 'Open House' at the Wisconsin Association of Cooperatives and the International Cooperative Training, Inc. new offices on...
Photograph

Anne Waldo Jackson

Date: 1913
Description: Full-length portrait of 2-year old Anne Waldo Jackson (1911-2002) standing. She is wearing her maternal grandmother's girlhood dress from 1862-1863. The dr...
Photograph

Olivia Monona in Costume

Date: 1915
Description: Opera singer, Olivia Monona in costume posing on a bench.
Photograph

Hans & Barney

Date: 1934
Description: Outdoor portrait of two men posing next to a building with snow on the ground. The man on the left is leaning against the side of a building, which has a s...
Photograph

Guest Bedroom at Forest Lodge

Date: 1999
Description: Pink ruffled canopied wooden bed with salmon pink quilt and a suitcase stand at the foot of the bed. There is a corner cabinet with glassware and a bedside...
Photograph

Mary Amongst the Squash and Marigolds

Date: 08 2002
Description: Mary Burke is standing in a squash and marigold garden at Forest Lodge on Lake Namakagon. Mary is wearing a turquoise sweater and slacks and is holding a c...
Photograph

Mary Burke Lounging Outside Main Lodge

Date: 07 19 2002
Description: Mary Burke is lounging in a padded green wicker chaise lounge outside the main lodge at Forest Lodge on Lake Namakagon. There is a green wicker table with ...
Photograph

Birch-lined Boardwalk

Date: 1990
Description: A boardwalk that goes thorough the woods from the main lodge at Forest Lodge to the boathouse. The boardwalk is lined with mature birch trees and ferns, a...
Photograph

Boathouse Elevator at Forest Lodge

Date: 1997
Description: A vertical-log elevator shaft at one end of a vertical-log two-story boathouse; there is a door at the base of the elevator. Wood steps with a pipe railing...
Photograph

Mary Griggs Burke

Date: 1993
Description: Mary Griggs Burke standing with her arms crossed in the yard by the main lodge under evergreen trees during the 100th anniversary celebration for Forest Lo...
Photograph

Three Wheel Painted Wood Cart

Date: 1957
Description: Three wheel wood cart with a handle and four upright wood struts that form an open roof. The sides are painted with an alpine-type scene. A candelabra sit...
Photograph

Mary Burke Sitting Outdoors on Wood Bench

Date: 08 2001
Description: Mary Burke, wearing blue pants and blue print shirt, sitting on a cedar bench in the woods.
Photograph

Herman Sachtjen

Date: 1911
Description: Waist-up portrait of Herman Sachtjen, a Wisconsin Republican member of the State Assembly and Wisconsin Circuit Court judge. He graduated from the Universi...
Photograph

James Monroe Gillet

Date: 1845
Description: Waist-up portrait of James Monroe Gillet, around the time he founded the newspaper The Fond du Lac Whig.
Photograph

James Monroe Gillet

Date: 1871
Description: Portrait of James Monroe Gillet, a lawyer and founder of the Fond du Lac Whig. Caption reads: "James Monroe Gillet, Born April 24, 1821. Married Emm...

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