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Aviation License of John Kaminski

Date: 05 08 1912
Description: License #121 issued to John Kaminski in 1912 by the Aero Club of America.
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Frank Lloyd Wright

Date: 1924
Description: Frank Lloyd Wright sits by a sunlit window in his living room at Taliesin, with papers spread before him on a table.
Manuscript

Grant Family Bible Page

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Description: Page, removed from the Grant family bible, containing an image of Jesse R. Grant, father of Ulysses S. Grant.
Document

David Schreiner Identification Card

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Description: A United States Marine Corps identification card for David N. Schreiner, which includes a photograph.
Photograph

Fred Haney Holding His Contract

Date: 10 20 1957
Description: Portrait of Milwaukee Braves manager Fred Haney holding his new contract. Under his management In 1957, with a lineup that included future Baseball Hall...
Photograph

Zilphia and Myles Horton Reading

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Description: Myles Horton and Zilphia Horton reviewing some written materials at Highlander Folk School.
Photograph

Passport Photograph of Susanne Hafner Goldfarb (#2)

Date: 1933
Description: Passport photograph of Holocaust survivor, Susanne Hafner Goldfarb. (#2)
Photograph

Genevieve Milward

Date: 06 1921
Description: Full-length studio graduation portrait of Genevieve Milward (later McVicar), (1902-1987) of Madison, Wisconsin, standing in front of a painted backdrop. Sh...
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Wilbur Cohen and President Lyndon Johnson

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Description: President Lyndon B. Johnson stands next to Wilbur J. Cohen who is holding up a copy of the brochure, "Social Security Information for Young Families."
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Bill Kinney's Highway 30 Liquor

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Description: William R. "Bill" Kinney (1912-1978) stands in front of the electric sign for the Hi Way 30 Liquor Store, located at 3340 Commercial Avenue. Kinney owned t...
Photograph

Governor Patrick J. Lucey

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Description: Signed portrait of Governor Patrick J. Lucey, Wisconsin's 38th governor. He is sitting in an elaborate chair behind a desk. In the background hangs the Wis...
Photograph

Brooks McCormick and Unidentified Man with Document

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Description: Brooks McCormick, on the right, stands with an unidentified man in front of a large wall map. Together they are holding a folder which has, on the left, th...
Photograph

Elizabeth Farnsworth Mears

Date: 1905
Description: A seated, full-length portrait in profile of Elizabeth Farnsworth Mears (1830-1907), early Wisconsin poet and author whose work was published under the pen...
Historical Object

Lewis Arms' Identification Card

Date: 02 23 1963
Description: The front side of Lewis Arms' Armed Forces identification card, which includes a photograph of Arms.
Historical Object

Presidental Political Campaign Ephemera

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Description: Folded booklet with a head shot of Spiro Agnew, Vice President of the United States. The inside is printed with Spiro Theodore Agnew's personal and profess...
Photograph

Sigrid Schultz's Press Pass

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Description: A press pass for Sigrid Schultz in Berlin with a photograph of her attached. Handwritten on the document is her signature, and The Chicago Tribune.

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