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| Description: | Old Abe souvenir carte-de-visite sold by J.O. Barrett during the United States centennial, 1876. Old Abe is on a bird perch, facing forward, with his h... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| 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.<... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Side view of "Old Abe," eagle mascot of the 8th Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. After his death in 1881, he was stuffed, mounted, and placed in the... |
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| Description: | An eagle of the same type as "Old Abe," eagle mascot of the 8th Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War, displayed in the Civil War Roo... |
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| Description: | Photograph of a painting of "Old Abe" by L.A. Dow, 1905. The original painting is in the War Museum, Wisconsin State Capitol, Madison, Wisconsin. Old... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | The Civil War eagle Old Abe became the trademark of the J.I. Case Company, manufacturers of steam tractors and other farm machinery. This tractor is at wor... |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | A juvenile bluejay is perched on the back of a wicker chair. |
| Date: | 1941 |
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| Description: | Hand-drawn, watercolor and ink, map of Lake Mendota. Locations and many small figures appear around the shore with explanations referring to Indian legends... |
| Date: | 12 11 1954 |
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| Description: | As part of the "doing for others" theme for the Christmas season, the children of Donald and Betty Stroud feed bread to the birds. The children include, fr... |
| Date: | 12 12 1956 |
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| Description: | Madison Audubon Society president Mary Walker filling one of her bird feeders in preparation for the annual December 22 bird census. The metal bird feeders... |
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| Description: | Back, front, and inside front cover of the menu from The Restaurant at Baron's department store, with "A Historical Map of Madison" focusing on the isthmus... |
| Date: | 04 06 1884 |
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| Description: | Front cover and menu of the restaurant at the Park Hotel, with an etching of a building with a steeple amidst many trees set against a circular frame ornam... |
| Date: | 01 21 1901 |
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| Description: | Back and front covers of the ninth dinner of the Six O'Clock Club, an organization that met several times a season to hear speakers on various civic issues... |
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| Description: | Breakfast menu from the Rigadoon Room in the Edgewater Hotel, with a large and a small profile line illustration drawing of a crowing rooster, and the seal... |
| Date: | 06 18 1960 |
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| Description: | A mother nighthawk nests with her two hawk babies on the roof of an apartment building at 2610 Monroe Street. Neighborhood children spend hours watching th... |
| Date: | 02 04 1961 |
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| Description: | Mathias Wissbaum, who was born in Lancaster, Wisconsin, will spend his 100th birthday with his parakeet. |
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| Description: | A decorative map of Fuller's Woods development along the Lake Mendota shoreline. Includes numbered lots and building line setbacks with decorative features... |
| Date: | 09 07 |
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| Description: | One-page dinner menu for L'Etoile Restaurant and Café, with a handwritten menu listing and illustrations of encircled five-point interlaced stars, birds, b... |
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| Description: | Menu template for L'Etoile Restaurant and Café, with illustrations at the bottom of the page of encircled five-point interlaced stars, butterflied, birds, ... |
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