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Photograph

Alice in Dairyland Dress Sketch

Date: 1948
Description: A sketch of the winning dress designed by Betty Lou Jahn of Milwaukee for the first Alice in Dairyland in 1948. Not only was the design worn by the first A...
Photograph

Alice in Dairyland and Elsie the Cow

Date: 1948
Description: Alice in Dairyland, Margaret McGuire, and Elsie the Cow and her calf Beauregard, stand on a parade float with two men in downtown Milwaukee, while a male o...
Manuscript

Steel Letter with Map

Date: 01 12 1844
Description: Letter from Thomas Steel, Waukesha County physician and farmer, to his father, James Steel, in London, England. It includes a hand-drawn map of Milwaukee C...
Photograph

Hops Field with Men

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Description: Four men posing in hops field.
Photograph

Apiary of August Diehnelt

Date: 1919
Description: Apiary of August Diehnelt with a large group of people. Mr Diehnelt is just above the arrow.
Photograph

Alice in Dairyland and Honey Queen

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Description: Alice in Dairyland and the Wisconsin Honey Queen standing at a Wisconsin State Beekeepers Association stand, possibly at the Wisconsin State Fair.
Drawing

Winning Wisconsin Centennial Stamp Design

Date: 12 16 1947
Description: First place winning design in blue for a 3 cent Wisconsin centennial stamp, which features a farming theme, including a tractor with the word "Forward" on ...
Drawing

Wisconsin Centennial Stamp Design

Date: 1948
Description: Design in pencil for the Wisconsin Centennial 3 cent stamp featuring a cow's head and an arm holding a hammer.
Drawing

Wisconsin Centennial Stamp Design with Lumberjack

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Description: Design for the Wisconsin Centennial 3 cent stamp featuring a logging and industry theme. There is a large lumberjack (Paul Bunyon?) with an axe coming over...
Drawing

Art Deco Wisconsin Centennial Postage Stamp Design

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Description: Design in blue art deco style for the Wisconsin Centennial 3 cent postage stamp.
Drawing

Wisconsin Centennial Postage Stamp Design in Black

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Description: Design in black and white for the Wisconsin Centennial 3 cent postage stamp featuring a travel, industry, and agriculture theme. The main design element is...
Drawing

Wisconsin Centennial Postage Stamp Design

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Description: Design for Wisconsin Centennial 3 cent postage stamp with an agriculture and industries theme.
Drawing

Wisconsin Centennial Postage Stamp Design in Green

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Description: Design in green for Wisconsin Centennial 3 cent postage stamp featuring evergreen trees, and an agriculture and industry theme.
Drawing

Wisconsin Centennial Stamp Design

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Description: Design for Wisconsin Centennial 3 cent postage stamp featuring a dairy and agriculture theme.
Drawing

Wisconsin Centennial Postage Stamp Design with Badger

Date: 12 13 1947
Description: Design in blue for Wisconsin Centennial 3 cent postage stamp featuring a badger in a subtle "W" design.
Drawing

Wisconsin Postage Stamp Design

Date: 1948
Description: A reddish Wisconsin America's Dairyland themed stamp design.
Postcard

Alice in Dairyland

Date: 1948
Description: A crowd surrounds a 10-foot mechanical mannequin of Alice in Dairyland at an Alice display for the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition. The Alice could raise h...
Photograph

Hungarian Wheat Festival

Date: 08 09 1942
Description: Two couples in Hungarian costumes, one man holding a scythe (kasza), admiring a sheaf of wheat in a wheat field. The twig tied to the scythe in a triangle ...
Book or Pamphlet

Cream City Milk Cans

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Description: Catalog for the Cream City line of milk cans and other dairy supplies manufactured by Geuden, Paeschke & Frey of Milwaukee.
Postcard

Here's Thinking of You! In Milwaukee

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Description: Milwaukee postcard showing a glass of beer, a pretzel, a cow and a milk maid. The card also features a short verse about Milwaukee's congeniality: "A cool ...

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