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| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Lithograph illustration for the back cover of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company catalog. Shows a gentleman sitting in a Victorian parlor pointing to... |
| Date: | 1891 |
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| Description: | Back cover illustration of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company catalog. Shows children and adults, some of them circus performers, inside a large tent... |
| Date: | 1876 |
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| Description: | Railroad advertising card showing a mail carrier on horseback on a plank road in 1776, and mail being delivered by train in 1876. A woman with two children... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | Two images of the "family" of Virginia. Above depicts a happy, prosperous "family" at the Declaration of Independence in 1776. A banner with the stars and ... |
| 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 postcard with a tinted drawing of a family. A father, mother, son, daughter, baby and a cat. In the background is a wreath of holly with a red bow. |
| 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: | 1939 |
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| Description: | Holiday card with a woman carrying a boar's head on a platter decorated with holly, and a child following. The background is black, with light coming from ... |
| Date: | 1962 |
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| Description: | Photographic holiday greeting card of a family posed on their staircase. A father, mother, two daughters and one son are pictured. At top is the text "Gree... |
| Date: | 1960 |
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| Description: | Holiday card with a running grandfather clock on the front, and the face of the clock with pictures of the family as the hours on the inside. Holly decorat... |
| Date: | 1970 |
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| Description: | Photo holiday greeting card of the Brynteson family. Four portraits show the various members of the family, including a dog. |
| Date: | 1989 |
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| Description: | Photographic holiday card from Tommy Thompson and family, governor of Wisconsin, 1987-2001. The card is a color image of Mr. Thompson, his wife, daughters,... |
| Date: | 2000 |
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| Description: | Photographic holiday card from Governor and Mrs. Tommy Thompson, governor of Wisconsin 1987-2001. The front of the card is a color image of Governor and Mr... |
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| Description: | Photographic holiday card from Governor and Mrs. Martin Schreiber and family, governor of Wisconsin 1977-1979. The front of the card is an image of the fam... |
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| Description: | Color photographic holiday card from Governor and Mrs. Earl and family, governor of Wisconsin, 1983-1987. To the right it reads: "Happy Holidays" with "The... |
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| Description: | Holiday card from Senator Ted Kennedy and Mrs. Joan Kennedy. Front of card reads: "Merry Christmas" and has a cutout with a gold foil border which shows th... |
| Date: | 1958 |
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| Description: | Photographic holiday card from Congressman and Mrs. Henry Reuss and family. Front of the card reads: "Christmas Greetings from The Reuss Family: Mike, Marg... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Holiday card with a soldier in a tan uniform reading a book with a little girl. The cover of the book says "FRENCH." She has a blonde ponytail with a blue ... |
| Date: | 1819 |
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| Description: | A commemorative handkerchief created by a wood engraving on white cotton fabric. The scene is the Manchester Reform Meeting, in England. A crowd of demonst... |
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| Description: | Letterhead of Super Bowl, a bowling alley in Appleton, Wisconsin, with five captioned illustrations along the left-hand side of the page promoting the soci... |
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