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Larsons' Barnstormer's Contract

Date: 08 17 1923
Description: "No flight, no pay." The informal contract between J.A. Smith of Neenah and Roy Larson of Larsen, Wisconsin. Roy Larson established a rural airport in Lar...
Photograph

Moon Molinaro, Bartender

Date: 08 25 1934
Description: Apron-clad "Moon" Molinaro, Fauerbach's bartender, fills a stein of Fauerbach beer from the tap, with Arthur Towell's University of Wisconsin diploma on th...
Photograph

N.M. Ulsch, Jacksonville Street Cleaning Department

Date: 04 09 1935
Description: N.M. Ulsch, assistant superintendent and bookkeeper, sits at a desk in the Street Cleaning Department of the City of Jacksonville offices.
Photograph

On Time Transfer Company Offices

Date: 01 26 1935
Description: W.R. Boquet and A.W. Boquet sit together at a desk in the On Time Transfer Company office while Mrs. Erma Boquet looks on from the background.
Photograph

Postman Delivering Mail

Date: 04 23 1937
Description: A postman handing an envelope to a woman sitting behind a desk in an office. The woman is wearing a headset, perhaps for a telephone.
Manuscript

Emma Johnson Liquor License

Date: 10 01 1952
Description: Combination Class B Retail liquor license granted to Emma Johnson of River Falls.
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...
Photograph

Ryan to Open Funeral Home

Date: 04 18 1960
Description: Paul G. Ryan signs a lease on the Schroeder Funeral Home at 235 King Street, where he will open a new funeral home. Arthur Schroeder, present owner, looks ...
Document

Acceptance of Airline Service Proposal Telegram

Date: 09 20 1920
Description: Photograph of Alfred Lawson's telegram confirming that Otto Praeger, second assistant United States Postmaster General, had received Alfred Lawson's air ma...
Photograph

Calendar Pinup Girl for the Month of January

Date: 1922
Description: A McCormick-Deering calendar with a pinup girl. Attached to the calendar is a label for the "Townsend Mercantile Co., Farm Implements and Hardware, Marion ...

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