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Stuffed Old Abe

Date: 1890
Description: "Old Abe," eagle mascot of the 8th Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. After his death in 1881 he was stuffed, mounted, and put in the Capitol museum.<...
Photograph

Rock County Court House - Anaglyph

Date: 1890
Description: Stereograph of the Rock County Court House.
Print

Christmas Greeting

Date: 1890
Description: Holiday card, hand-painted poinsettias over a letterpress printed greeting. The text reads: "Christmas Greeting. I am thinking of you today because it is C...
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Holiday Card of a Boy and His Dog

Date: 1890
Description: Holiday card featuring a boy and his dog. The boy is wearing a white and blue sailor suit. The dog is sitting up and begging with a sprig of holly in his m...
Print

Holiday Card of a Girl and Her Dog

Date: 1890
Description: Holiday card featuring a girl and her dog. The girl is wearing stockings, a red dress with a white lace collar, and black shoes. The dog is standing uprigh...
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Valentine with Girl, Flowers and Arrows

Date: 1890
Description: Valentine's Day card of three, die cut pieces. On top is a little girl inside of orchid leaves and blossoms. She is wearing a long white dress and a headba...
Photograph

Wedding Photograph

Date: 1890
Description: Head and shoulders wedding portrait of William Elwell Middleton and Clara Case Middleton.
Photograph

Street Scene

Date: 1890
Description: View down Main Street. Pedestrians gather near parked streetcars, horse-drawn carriages, and storefronts. Signs on buildings read: "Pfeifer," "Blass," and ...
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Christmas Dinner

Date: 1890
Description: Mary Meade Grignon (Mrs. Charles) surrounded by her family at the Grignon House in Kaukauna. Mrs. Grignon is in the center and Ross Grignon is thought to b...
Photograph

Civil War Reunion

Date: 1890
Description: Outdoor group portrait of the reunion of the 21st Wisconsin Infantry at the Soldier's Home.
Photograph

Street Scene

Date: 1890
Description: Men and women ascend a staircase toward a shoe store as horses and carriages travel along the street below. The sign on the store reads, "Victor LaFrance R...
Print

Back of William Deering & Co. Advertising Card

Date: 1890
Description: The back of an advertising card for William Deering & Company promoting the Deering steel binder. The card, which reads: "Take This Card" across the top, w...
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Willms Home with Cigar Workers

Date: 1890
Description: Cigar workers on the sidewalk in front of the Willms home, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. They are young men and older boys, some in aprons. Anna Willms (b. 1881) a...
Print

The Nation's Binder

Date: 1890
Description: Color advertising cartoon depicting Uncle Sam with arms outstretched over a Deering grain binder. Hybrids of binders by rival manufacturers are depicted on...
Drawing

Six Decades of Progress 1831-1891

Date: 1890
Description: Original pen and ink drawing of an illustration for a McCormick Company advertising catalog. Includes illustrations of McCormick's "first" reaper and McCor...
Drawing

The McCormick Big 4 Steel Mower

Date: 1890
Description: Original pen and ink drawing of an illustration for a McCormick Company advertising catalog. Includes an illustration of a well-dressed farmer operating a ...
Drawing

The Household

Date: 1890
Description: Original pen and ink drawing of an illustration for a McCormick Company advertising catalog. Features a drawing of a farmhouse, trees and grounds in winter...
Drawing

The Sunrise of Agricultural Prosperity

Date: 1890
Description: Original pen and ink drawing of an illustration for a McCormick Company advertising catalog. Features a drawing of men holding grain cradles in a wheat fie...
Drawing

Daddy's McCormick

Date: 1890
Description: Original pen and ink drawing of an illustration for a McCormick Company advertising catalog. Features a drawing of a school boy at a desk holding a chalk b...
Book or Pamphlet

The McCormick Annual Catalogue

Date: 1890
Description: Original pen and ink drawing of an illustration for a McCormick Company advertising catalog. Features a drawing of a man with a walking stick and a woman w...

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