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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."
Photograph

Abraham Lincoln

Date: 04 10 1865
Description: Waist-up portrait of Abraham Lincoln.
Photograph

Peace Through Victory

Date: 01 19 1968
Description: Protesters, members of the Milwaukee Americans for Freedom, demonstrate against presidential candidate Eugene McCarthy and in favor of the Vietnam war.
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John Quincy Adams

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Description: Engraving from a painting of John Quincy Adams.
Photograph

Woodrow Wilson

Date: 1913
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Woodrow Wilson taken early in his first term as president.
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John Quincy Adams

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Description: A portrait engraving of John Quincy Adams, 6th U.S. president, with an inset of "Treaty With the Osages" at the bottom.
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James Madison

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Description: Portrait engraving of a mature James Madison, from a painting by Durand.
Photograph

William Howard Taft

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Description: Studio portrait of William Howard Taft.
Photograph

Richard M. Nixon

Date: 1930
Description: A portrait of highschool student, Richard M. Nixon, from the Whittier High School Annual.
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William Henry Harrison

Date: 1841
Description: A head and shoulders portrait of William Henry Harrison, 9th President of the United States, 1841. Born in Virginia on February 9, 1773, he was the first ...
Photograph

Governor Martin Schreiber and his Wife

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Description: Governor Martin Schreiber displays the V for victory sign as his wife stands with him, smiling.
Poster

McKinley Campaign Poster

Date: 1896
Description: Organizational poster for a young men's Republican Club in Kaukauna, Wisconsin, to support the 1896 Presidential campaign of William McKinley. The Presiden...
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United States Food Administration Window Card

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Description: Card featuring the logo of the United States Food Administration to be hung in the window of a residence to show support for food conservation during World...
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...
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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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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

Back Cover of Excelsior Harvester & Binder Catalog

Date: 1883
Description: Back cover of catalog featuring a color illustration of miniature elves or fairies cavorting in a three-tiered stack of wheat shocks. One stands at the top...
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...

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