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Old Abe Memorial Day

Date: 05 30 1904
Description: Chromolithograph of Old Abe, Wisconsin War Eagle. The title reads: "Memorial Day in Wisconsin Schools."
Manuscript

Larsons' Barnstormer's Contract

Date: 08 17 1923
Description: "No flight, no pay." The informal contract between J.A. Smith of Neenah and Roy Larson of Larsen, Wisconsin. Roy Larson established a rural airport in Lar...
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Wa-Pel-La

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Description: Wa-Pel-La, a Musquakee Chief.
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The Unwilling Bride

Date: 1847
Description: An unhappy looking bride is seated in a chair looking out the window as another woman sits on the floor holding her hand. A third woman looks on angrily.
Photograph

Family Reunion

Date: 08 10 1980
Description: Freida Heberer Oppermann, 81, the oldest member of the Heberer family at the reunion, had a place in the foreground for a family portrait.
Book or Pamphlet

Planting and Digging Potatoes the McCormick-Deering Way

Date: 1935
Description: Cover of a catalog about "Planting and Digging Potatoes the McCormick-Deering Way." The cover has two photographs of farmers in the field with Farmall trac...
Manuscript

Letter from Eleanor Roosevelt to Anita McCormick Blaine

Date: 10 31 1936
Description: Letter from Eleanor Roosevelt to Anita McCormick Blaine on the eve of the 1936 presidential election. Roosevelt thanks Blaine for "the excellent work which...
Book or Pamphlet

McCormick-Deering Triple-Power Tractors Catalog

Date: 1931
Description: Cover of a McCormick-Deering "triple-power tractors" brochure. Cover includes a banner reading "1831-1931 McCormick Reaper Centennial," and an image of the...
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Tried by Fire Advertising

Date: 1886
Description: Cover of an advertising pamphlet for Susan Frackelton's Tried by Fire. The ad features quotations from reviews and drawings of several medals won by...
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Menu for 16th Annual Banquet, Wholesale Saddlery Association

Date: 06 16 1904
Description: Front cover and menu listing for the 16th annual banquet of the Wholesale Saddlery Association, with a radiating fleur-de-lis, a grey horse, a saddle super...
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Northwestern Amateur Boating Association Banquet Menu

Date: 07 13 1871
Description: Menu printed on taupe silk for a banquet given to the Northwestern Amateur Boating Association by the Milwaukee Boat Club at Newhall House. At the top is a...
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R.M.S.S. Magdalena Dinner Menu

Date: 08 09 1890
Description: One-page menu from the R.M.S.S. Magdalena of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, with a parrot and a cockatiel perched on a branch above the compan...
Book or Pamphlet

Holiday Greetings Program

Date: 12 20 1942
Description: Front and back cover of a folded, four-page International Harvester Co. Athletic Association program. Lists the officers, board of directors, and committee...
Book or Pamphlet

Holiday Greetings Program

Date: 12 20 1942
Description: Inside spread of program, featuring "The Xmas Laff Parade." Decorations on the program depict Santa Claus, and Christmas trees.
Manuscript

Century Grills Menu

Date: 1933
Description: Front cover and interior of menu for the Century Grills at the 1937 World's Fair. On the cover is a black and white photograph of a fair building, and silv...
Manuscript

Gridiron Club Annual Dinner Menu

Date: 03 15 1969
Description: Front and back of two-sided menu for the annual dinner of the Gridiron Club, with a cartoon by Herbert Lawrence Block (who signed his work as "Herblock") o...
Manuscript

Gridiron Club Annual Dinner Menu

Date: 03 20 1965
Description: Front and back of the menu for the annual dinner of the Gridiron Club, with a cartoon by Jim Berryman of club president (Frederic W. Collins?) holding alof...
Manuscript

Gridiron Club Annual Dinner Menu

Date: 04 25 1964
Description: Front and back of a menu for the annual dinner of the Gridiron Club, with a cartoon by Jim Berryman of club president Fletcher Knebel wearing a gridiron me...
Manuscript

Gridiron Club Dinner in Honor of Clifford K. Berryman Menu

Date: 12 12 1942
Description: Front and back sides of a two-sided menu for a dinner in honor of cartoonist and member Clifford K. Berryman, with a portrait of Berryman and a gridiron as...

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