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Bird's-Eye View of Jefferson

Date: 1862
Description: Bird's-eye view of Jefferson.
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Great Fair at Milwaukee

Date: 06 28 1865
Description: The Great Fair held at Milwaukee for the benefit of the Wisconsin Soldiers Home. The 130x130 foot building was constructed especially for the ten-day fair....
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American House

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Description: Building with three levels, a porch and two balconies across the front of the house, a roof, and a man with a telescope in a belvedere in the center of the...
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The Quick and The Dead Handbill

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Description: Handbill advertising The Quick and The Dead, described as "an exciting documentary series on the atomic bomb starring Bob Hope as Mr. Average Citizen." It ...
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South End and Sink

Date: 1863
Description: "South End and Sink" woodcut of Andersonville Prison from the "Report of the Andersonville Monument Commission." About 1863-1865.
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Near North Gate--Awaiting Entrance of More Prisoners

Date: 1863
Description: Woodcut of Andersonville Prison from the "Report of the Andersonville Monument Commission." About 1863-1865.
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J.C. Hubinger Brothers Company Starch Factory

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Description: Elevated panoramic view of the J.C. Hubinger Brothers Company Starch Factory. After the opening of their first successful elastic starch factory in New Hav...
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The Edison Portland Ceent Company Plant

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Description: Aerial view of the Edison Portland Cement Company, founded by Thomas A. Edison in 1902. The company introduced the use of long kilns. Caption reads: "Plant...
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Northwestern States Portland Cement Company

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Description: Elevated view of many factories of the "Cowham System," part of the Northwestern States Portland Cement Company, which began operations in 1908 and has a y...
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The Pottery

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Description: The Pottery, an unusual castellated structure, was once the pottery studio of the artist, Theophilus Anthony Brouwer (1864 - 1932). Caption reads: "The Pot...
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Kemper Military School Bird's-Eye View

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Description: Aerial view of Kemper Military School. A formation of soldiers march in a field and a school building is on the left. Caption reads: "Kemper Military Schoo...
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Eighteenth Annual National Encampment of G.A.R.

Date: 1884
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,...
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Greeting For the Holiday Season

Date: 1935
Description: Holiday card with a silhouette image of a family gathered around their Christmas tree. The father is lighting the candles. The text "Greetings For The Holi...
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Seasons Greetings

Date: 1930
Description: Holiday card with two carolers, one violin player and a woman carrying a boar's head on a platter. In the background is a decorative gold fence over black....
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The Ice Wagon Cartoon

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Description: A cartoon depicting the delivery of ice from a wagon. Children surround the wagon and a boy shouts, "Oh Skin-nay, yoo hoo! I-I-Ice."
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Schloss Bräu, Beer Label

Date: 1910
Description: Label submitted to the state of Wisconsin for trademark registration. "Schloss Bräu Beer, German Lager." Cream City Brewery logo which includes a star, cre...
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Kingsbury Pale, Beer Label

Date: 1933
Description: Label submitted to the State of Wisconsin for trademark registration. "Kingsbury Pale Beer, Finest Quality, Brewery, Aged, Bottling, Kingsbury Breweries Co...
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Blatz Wiener Beer Advertisement

Date: 1905
Description: An advertisement for Blatz Wiener beer featuring two well-dressed men and two women seated at a restaurant table drinking Blatz Beer. There is a potted pla...
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Fort Mackinack

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Description: Woodcut illustration of Fort Mackinack.
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Place Card

Date: 1944
Description: Printed place card created for the fiftieth wedding anniversary celebration of Clara Seipp and Henry Bartholomay Jr. which features head and shoulders phot...

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