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Bird's-Eye View of Milwaukee in 1853

Date: 1937
Description: Bird's-eye view of Milwaukee in 1853 details building features and city layout from southwest. Important buildings are numbered in a silhouette drawing bel...
Photograph

Forest Products Laboratory

Date: 1937
Description: An aerial view of the Forest Products Laboratory. The view shows a newly completed railroad underpass and street approach.
Photograph

Lake Delton Airport

Date: 1937
Description: Aerial view of the Lake Delton Airport.
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Cheese & Butter Table

Date: 1937
Description: Advertising brochure for Wisconsin's dairy industry issued by the State Department of Agriculture. It depicts Wisconsin as the table upon which cheese and...
Photograph

John R. Commons

Date: 1937
Description: Portrait of University of Wisconsin-Madison economist John R. Commons.
Book or Pamphlet

Wisconsin Circus Lore

Date: 1937
Description: Cover of "Wisconsin Circus Lore" written by the Federal Writer's Project in Wisconsin and bound by the Milwaukee Handicraft Project. The cover features a d...
Book or Pamphlet

The Fighting Finches Cover

Date: 1937
Description: Cover of "The Fighting Finches" by the Federal Writers' Project in Wisconsin and bound by Milwaukee Handicraft Project. There is a drawing of a hand gun on...
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Not a Word But — Merry Christmas

Date: 1937
Description: Holiday card of a little girl with her finger in her mouth, peering into a mirror with Christmas tree branch with an ornament is reflected in it. She is we...
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Greetings

Date: 1937
Description: Holiday card with a branch of pink and red berries and green leaves over a metallic silver disc. The word "Greetings" appears below. Letterpress.
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Bundles of Christmas Cheer for You

Date: 1937
Description: Holiday card of a young boy dressed in a dark blue coat, mittens and hat. The symbol "AAA" on his hat stands for the "American Automobile Association." He ...
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Wishing You a Very Happy Yuletide

Date: 1937
Description: Holiday card of three men and three woman dancing. They are dressed in European dancing costumes. Holly and bells hang overhead, and a small Christmas tree...
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Greetings

Date: 1937
Description: Holiday card with a white star on a red background. A lantern with a lit candle and pine branches are inside the star. The word "Greetings" appears in the ...
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Merry Christmas

Date: 1937
Description: Holiday card of a silhouette of Santa Claus with a basket of toys and holding a lantern, walking towards a house, snow and trees. Below is the text "Merry ...
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Capital Christmas

Date: 1937
Description: Holiday card from Palmer F. Daugs, alternate delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1936, candidate for U.S. Senate in 1954 and candidate for Wi...
Photograph

Aerial View of Nebraska Row

Date: 1937
Description: Aerial view of Nebraska Row on the lakeshore of the west side of La Pointe, showing houses, roads and piers. Nebraska Row was started in 1899 when summer r...
Book or Pamphlet

International's New Manhattan Branch

Date: 1937
Description: Cover of a brochure celebrating a new International Harvester Manhattan branch, featuring an aerial photograph of Manhattan, including the corner of West 4...
Photograph

Log Cabin Lodge People at Picnic Table

Date: 1937
Description: Three men, one woman and one child sit on lawn chairs and at a picnic table outside under the trees at Log Cabin Lodge on Lake Millicent. Three cabins are...
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Airplane View of Lake Owen

Date: 1937
Description: Aerial view of Lake Owen between Cable and Drummond.
Map or Atlas

Hydrographic Map of Green Lake, Wisconsin

Date: 1937
Description: A pictorial, hydrographic map shows sailing courses, historical and contemporary coastal attractions, roads, and the contour depths of Green Lake, Wisconsi...
Map or Atlas

Historical Map of Wisconsin

Date: 1937
Description: Pictorial map showing historical events and locations within the state of Wisconsin, as well as waterways and counties. Original caption on the bottom marg...

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