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Milwaukee Light Guard

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Description: Illustration of the Milwaukee Light Guard depicting four men, including captain J.C. Starkweather. This is a cover from sheet music "Milwaukee Light Guard ...
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Wisconsin Central Schedule

Date: 02 01 1948
Description: First-flight souvenir schedule of Wisconsin Central Airlines, signed by Company President Francis Huggins when the company headquarters moved to Madison in...
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Pennsylvania Airlines Schedule

Date: 09 01 1935
Description: A schedule for the Milwaukee-Detroit route of Pennsylvania Airlines. Pennsylvania Airlines, founded in 1931, became the successor to the "bridge across La...
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Invitation to Independence Ball

Date: 06 27 1839
Description: Invitation for Darwin Clark to the Independence Ball on the 4th of July, 1839 at the American Hotel.
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Fuller & Johnson Manufacturing Letterhead

Date: 1901
Description: Fuller & Johnson Manufacturing letterhead. Fuller & Johnson was run by John A. Johnson and was one of Madison's largest employers.
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Horlick's Food Company Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Horlick's Food Company of Racine, Wisconsin, from the 1890s, showing the Horlick's factory, a dairy maid with a cow and a container of Ho...
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Maryland State Lottery Letter

Date: 12 20 1855
Description: Letter confirming the purchase of two State of Maryland Lottery tickets by Mr. Charles A. Kingsley through the Chicago office of Pyfer & Co.
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Hillside Calendar April

Date: 1895
Description: Page showing the month of April from the Hillside Home School calendar. Included are two small cyanotype photographs, one of a house and the other of a fie...
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S&H Green Stamps

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Description: Strip of S&H Green stamps.
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"Charms of Wisconsin" Sheet Music

Date: 1924
Description: Sheet music for "The Charms of Wisconsin," a composition by Almira E.F. Clements and Sarah Hobson of Pittsville, Wisconsin, that was self-published. Th...
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Land Rental Receipt

Date: 10 17 1910
Description: Receipt for the sum of $8 paid by Louis M. Hobbins to Peter Bratvold for the right to hunt on 40 acres of land in Door Creek from Oct 26, 1910 through Octo...
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Chicago & Northwestern Railway Pass

Date: 1861
Description: Chicago and Northwestern Railway pass belonging to Reverend Jackson Kemper.
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Racine & Mississippi Railroad Pass

Date: 1861
Description: 1861 Racine and Mississippi Railroad Pass belonging to Jackson Kemper.
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Wisconsin Stage Company Pass

Date: 1858
Description: Wisconsin Stage Company Pass belonging to Reverend Kemper. The pass bear engravings of a train and a stage coach.
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Chicago, St. Paul & Fond du Lac Railroad Pass

Date: 1859
Description: 1859 Chicago, St. Paul & Fond du Lac Railroad pass belonging to S.S. Merrill. Pass is signed by George Dunlap.
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Brees' Express Receipt

Date: 11 08 1860
Description: Receipt for a package delivered to Brees' Express via Morris & Essex Railroad. There is an engraving of a train traveling through a rural landscape near th...
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Check for J. Alder Ellis

Date: 12 30 1856
Description: A Marshall & Isley, Bankers, check in the amount of $12,500.00 written to J. Alder Ellis from Samuel Marshall.
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Check for Fredericka Lindenthald

Date: 12 19 1853
Description: A Wisconsin State bank check in the amount of $12.00 written to Fredericka Lindenthald from Samuel Marshall.
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Foreign Missions Receipt

Date: 1856
Description: Receipt issued by the American Board of Commissioners of Foreign Missions to Frederick Smith for a contribution of ten cents from the Sabbath School of the...
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Who's Un-American Now? Flyer

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Description: A flyer titled "Who's Un-American Now?" regarding the blacklisting of the Hollywood Ten.

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