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Poster

Promotional Circular of Young Woman Picking Cherries

Date: 1925
Description: Promotional circular announcing the 1926 calendar for McCormick-Deering farm machinery. The calendar features a young woman looking coyly over her shoulder...
Poster

McCormick-Deering Calendar

Date: 1920
Description: Promotional circular showing the color illustration for a forthcoming farm implement line calendar. Illustration is an artistic rendering of a young woman ...
Postcard

Vilas Park Carousel

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Description: View from a stone bridge towards Vilas Park, with children riding the carousel (merry-go-round) and a kiddie train adjacent to the lagoon.
Postcard

Lawe Street Hill

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Description: Scenic view of two women standing along a railing on a sidewalk above a stone wall viewing the way to the river. Caption reads: "Lawe Street Hill to Fox Ri...
Postcard

Entrance to Grafton Hall

Date: 1905
Description: Caption reads: "Grafton Hall, Fond du Lac, Wis."
Photograph

Grafton Hall

Date: 1905
Description: Grafton Hall front entrance with a street running in front. A bicycle leans against the building near the entrance.
Postcard

St. Paul Cathedral and Grafton Hall

Date: 1910
Description: View over bridge towards St. Paul Cathedral and Grafton Hall. Caption reads: "St Paul Cathedral and Grafton Hall, Fond du Lac, Wis."
Postcard

St. Paul's Cathedral and Grafton Hall

Date: 1910
Description: Caption reads: "St. Paul's Cathedral & Grafton Hall."
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Roi-Porlier-Tank Cottage

Date: 1930
Description: The Roi-Porlier-Tank Cottage with trees scattered about, and a low, stone wall in the front. The caption accompanying this image reads as follows: "Tank Co...
Book or Pamphlet

Low 20th Century Manure Spreaders Catalog Cover

Date: 1914
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for International Harvester Low 20th Century manure spreaders. Features an illustration of trees with a stone wall around a...
Postcard

Young Residence

Date: 1910
Description: The home of Mrs. Otto Young. Caption reads: "Residence of Mrs. Otto Young, Lake Geneva, Wis."
Poster

Milwaukee Wine Importer Ad

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Description: Chromolithographed advertising poster of the Herman Toser Co., of Milwaukee, importers of wines and liquors. The poster depicts a young Italian woman in tr...
Print

International 8-16 Nostalgia Print

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Description: Color illustration of an International 8-16 tractor pulling a wagon full of stones for men building a stone fence. The print was part of a series of nostal...
Print

Salisbury House

Date: 1905
Description: Exterior view of the Salisbury house, with a horse-drawn wagon located to the left side of the home and William Salisbury, John Salisbury, Mrs. William Sal...
Postcard

View of Lake Michigan

Date: 1932
Description: View of Lake Michigan from Memorial Hall. Caption reads: "Lake Michigan from Memorial Hall, Racine, Wisconsin".
Postcard

Peninsula State Park

Date: 1954
Description: View looking west from Eagle Bluff toward Nicolet Bay, the Strawberry Islands, and Chambers Island. Three people are sitting on the stone wall of the overl...
Postcard

State Street

Date: 1905
Description: View of a State Street sidewalk and its surrounding environment. Along the left are trees and a lawn, and along the sidewalk is a stone wall. Trees are alo...
Print

"Merry Christmas"

Date: 1928
Description: Holiday card depicting a view of the front of an automobile with a couple inside driving down a snow-covered road at night. Two crystals are glued to the h...
Print

If Souls Could Always Dwell Above

Date: 1850
Description: Valentine's Day card with a center oval-framed image of a woman and a cherub leaning on an ornamental stone wall. A column with an ornate top is to the rig...
Print

Valentine Greetings

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Description: Valentine's Day card featuring a girl wearing a red uniform and a sword, standing on the roof of a fort. A boy in a tan uniform with a sword, is looking at...

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