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Thomas Marshall Document

Date: 09 20 1844
Description: First page of a document handwritten by Thomas Marshall.
Manuscript

Thomas Marshall Document

Date: 09 20 1844
Description: Concluding page of document handwritten by Thomas Marshall, which includes his signature.
Manuscript

John Muir Letter

Date: 
Description: The first page of a poem written by John Muir entitled "The Sabbath."
Photograph

U.S.A. National Service Life Insurance Policy

Date: 01 13 1950
Description: A person's hands holding two U.S.A. National Service Life Insurance Policies. About $60,000,000 in GI Insurance dividends will be divided among 347,000 Wis...
Photograph

Madison Heart Fund Drive

Date: 01 24 1950
Description: Mrs. Lindley V. (Virginia) Sprague and Mrs. George (Dorothy) Rentschler with the publicity materials they will use at information desks for the Madison Hea...
Manuscript

Samuel Marshall's Passport Page

Date: 11 15 1855
Description: The first, foldout page of Samuel Marshall's United States passport, which includes a physical description.
Manuscript

Badger Brass Manufacturing Company Letter

Date: 12 16 1926
Description: Portion of the dissolution letter regarding the Badger Brass Manufacturing Company.
Manuscript

Badger Brass Manufacturing Company Letter

Date: 09 17 1897
Description: Portion of a letter regarding the incorporation of the Badger Brass Manufacturing Company.
Manuscript

Certificate of Incorporation for Summit Bank

Date: 10 15 1859
Description: Front page of the Certificate of Incorporation for the Summit Bank in Oconomowoc.
Document

Wisconsin Steel Works Plat

Date: 1960
Description: Plat of International Harvester Company's Wisconsin Steel Works.
Photograph

Senator Gaylord Nelson and Senator Hubert Humphrey

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Description: Senator Gaylord Nelson and Senator Hubert Humphrey seated at a desk reviewing papers.
Photograph

Severson's Service Station Calendar

Date: 2008
Description: This beautiful 1940s calendar hangs on the wall at Monty's Blue Plate Diner.
Document

McCormick's 1834 Reaper Patent

Date: 1897
Description: Official copy of Cyrus McCormick's 1834 reaper patent. This copy was made by the Patent Office at the request of the McCormick family.
Painting

Marquette and Joliet Discover the Mississippi River

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Description: A painting depicting Marquette and Joliet in a birch bark canoe with two other men during their excursion on the Mississippi River, which they discovered o...
Photograph

Robert Bloch

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Description: Elevated view of Robert Bloch at the Gus Marx ad agency. Gauer credits Bloch with changing Marx into a real "nut." Bloch was expecting to inherit the agenc...
Photograph

Milt Polland at Desk

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Description: Milt Polland wearing eyeglasses and a bow tie sits at a cluttered desk with framed photographs visible on the wall in the background. Gauer worked for Poll...
Photograph

Robert Bloch Posing as a Sheriff

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Description: Bloch playing the character part of a candidate for sheriff to illustrate a possible book on political "types."
Photograph

Harold Gauer Posing as a Political "Type"

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Description: Gauer as a political player. He is wearing a top hat, holding papers smoking a cigar, and gesturing with his left hand. This photograph was meant to illust...
Photograph

Harold Gauer Posing as a Political "Type"

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Description: Gauer as a political player. He is wearing a top hat, holding papers smoking a cigar, and gesturing with his left hand. This photograph was meant to illust...
Photograph

Campaign Photograph of Carter Wells

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Description: Carter Wells polling on the street, taken for a campaign booklet. He was running for 5th district congress.

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