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| Date: | 1857 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye view of Madison over rooftop and across lake with sailboats and steamers. A group of people are standing on a viewing platform on the roof in th... |
| Date: | 1888 |
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| Description: | New Year's Day greeting card depicting a boy and girl ice skating. |
| Date: | 1973 |
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| Description: | Cover of a brochure for International Harvester toys. Features a color illustration of a boy riding an International pedal tractor pulling a wagon filled w... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Valentine card with a girl framed with a metallic gold harp decorated with ribbons, hearts and flowers. She is wearing a white dress and has flowers in her... |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | Valentine's Day card with three hearts attached by ribbons. The top heart contains two cherubs with a cornucopia full of hearts. It has a gold, blue and wh... |
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| Description: | Advertisement promoting Kraft cheese as a picnic food for visitors to Kraftwood Gardens. The advertisement is on the inside back cover of A guide to Kr... |
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| Description: | A page from a Greenville Mills employee brochure showing employees enjoying themselves playing baseball, playing at a family picnic, and smoking. |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | An aunt, Mary, finds two boys, Johnny and Joe, fighting. One boy is an obvious loser. The text below reads: "Mary. Why, Johnny, what have you been doing?... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | A mother, Miss Columbia, sleeps in a four poster bed. She is wearing a liberty cap. The canopy on the bed is made of Union flags. A girl, representing the ... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | An angel holding a Union flag is saying "GOD WATCHES OVER THEM." Under her gaze two children peacefully sleep under a Union flag. At the foot of the bed an... |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Holiday card. In the center are 4 choir girls singing, holding hymnals, and one girl playing the violin. They are all wearing white robes. In the backgroun... |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | A die cut holiday card that has moving parts. When the string at the bottom is pulled, pictures of children appear and disappear. The image is of a decorat... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Die cut holiday card in the shape of a bell with a string attached at top as an advertisement for the Bank of Madison to "Join the Christmas Club" so you c... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Holiday card of a boy carrying a plum pudding topped with holly. He is dressed in a red, green and white medieval style costume. His hat is grey with a plu... |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | Holiday card with two parts. The main card is red paper with gold foliage printed on the outside. "Christmas Greetings" is printed on the bottom in black u... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Holiday card with three children singing. They are sharing a songbook and a long striped scarf. Pine boughs, two candles, holly, two birds and a rectangula... |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | Holiday card with the silhouettes of a father, mother and child. The word "From" appears in the upper left corner with holly behind it. In the opposite cor... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Holiday card with a silhouette image of a family gathered around their Christmas tree. The father is lighting the candles. The text "Greetings For The Holi... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Holiday card of four children flying in an airplane with Christmas trees painted on the wings and bells on the tail. They are flying over a snow-covered la... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Holiday card of a little boy and his dog looking amazed at the candlelit Christmas tree. Figured drapes are in the background. He is wearing a green sailor... |
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