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1893 World's Fair Award, Appleton Woolen Mills

Date: 1893
Description: Award certificate presented to the Appleton Woolen Mills at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair. The company won a bronze medal at the Fair for its paper makers...
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Winter Morning at Sister Bay

Date: 1949
Description: Holiday card of the Sister Bay lakeshore. Three figures are on the shore. Two boathouses, a covered boat, a pier, and two upright boats are in the backgrou...
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To My Valentine

Date: 1911
Description: Valentine's Day card made of four pieces. The main piece is of a large shell boat pulled by two swans on a pond filled with water lilies. A cutout of a lar...
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Badger State Tobacco Works Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Badger State Tobacco Works of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with a three-quarter view of the building, men working on boats moored near the water...
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Northwestern Lumber Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of Northwestern Lumber Company of Eau Claire, Wisconsin, manufacturer of "Lath Shingles & Pickets," with two men in the woods, one poised with a...
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Badger State Safe Steam Works Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Berliner & Bruno's Badger State Safe Steam Works of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with a three-quarter view of the steam works and depot, people ...
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Tigerton Post Office Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Post Office at Tigerton, Wisconsin, with a stock Chinoiserie image of a man standing and a woman holding a fan sitting in either a boat o...
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Evinrude Division Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Evinrude Division of Outboard Motors Corporation of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with the corporation logo and a man racing along in a boat with...
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Dutch Canning Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of The Dutch Canning Company of Cedar Grove, Wisconsin, "Packers of Fancy Corn Peas and Beans," with a boy and girl in traditional clothing and ...
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Norddeutscher Lloyd Lunch Menu

Date: 03 23 1901
Description: Luncheon menu from the S.S. Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse of the Norddeutscher Lloyd shipping company, Bremen, with a three-quarter illustration of peop...
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Red Star Line Dinner Menu

Date: 09 20 1908
Description: Farewell dinner menu from the S.S. Marquette, with a man, a woman, and a child in Dutch clothing on a boat, facing away to look at an approaching sh...
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Northwestern Amateur Boating Association Banquet Menu

Date: 07 13 1871
Description: Menu printed on taupe silk for a banquet given to the Northwestern Amateur Boating Association by the Milwaukee Boat Club at Newhall House. At the top is a...
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Pacific Coast Women's Press Association Breakfast Menu

Date: 06 25 1912
Description: Front cover of a menu from a breakfast given by the Pacific Coast Women's Press Association in honor of visiting members of the General Federation of Women...
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Red Star Line Dinner Menu

Date: 09 17 1908
Description: Dinner menu for the S.S. Marquette, with people in a rowboat near a larger ship, with windmills in the distance on shore. The image is signed "Heuss...
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Bookbinders Sea Food House Menu

Date: 07 15 1961
Description: Menu from Bookbinders Sea Food House. The cover features an illustration of a fisherman holding a net with a boat in the background, framed by a border of ...
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World's Columbian Exposition Tea Room Menu

Date: 1893
Description: One-page tea room menu from the Woman's Building at the World's Columbian Exposition. At the top is an illustration of a gondolier steering a couple in a c...
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Presidental Political Campaign Ephemera

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Description: Two portraits of President George H.W. Bush. One caption on the reverse reads:"President Bush presides at a meeting of his Cabinet in the White House." The...

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