Date: | 1929 |
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Description: | Printed color handbill that advertised the special events of the Wisconsin State Fair. The illustration shows a woman bearing a platter of produce. |
Date: | 1863 |
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Description: | Handbill issued by E.B. McCagg, President of the N.W. Sanitary Commission, urging citizens to plant potatoes and onions to be divided, and to put up dried ... |
Date: | 1860 |
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Description: | A cat, labeled "MISSOURI," is tasting soup from a steaming kettle over a wood fire. The kettle is labeled: "SECESSION SOUP." The cat is wearing a vest, apr... |
Date: | 1860 |
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Description: | A crop of hemp on the left is feeding through a spinning wheel with the words: "HEMP FOR TRAITORS NORTH OR SOUTH" on it, and then to a gallows with a noose... |
Date: | 1860 |
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Description: | A woman is washing clothes in a washtub. The caption below reads "My only support—both boys gone to the war. I wonder if they would take me?" Red ink on be... |
Date: | 1941 |
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Description: | Holiday card with man sitting in an easy chair in front of a fireplace. He is smoking a pipe and reading a book. There is a model sailing ship on the mantl... |
Date: | 1930 |
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Description: | Holiday card with two carolers, one violin player and a woman carrying a boar's head on a platter. In the background is a decorative gold fence over black.... |
Date: | 1903 |
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Description: | Valentine's Day card with a bear standing in the center. He has his paws folded over his tummy. On his right is a jar of honey and on his left is a honeyco... |
Date: | 02 11 1937 |
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Description: | Valentine's Day card made from a kit. The front and back are both shown. The front has a girl in a yellow dress holding a heart, surrounded by hearts and f... |
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Description: | Valentine's Day card depicting a man smoking a pipe, and washing a sink full of dirty dishes. He is wearing a white shirt with the sleeves rolled up and a ... |
Date: | 1929 |
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Description: | Label from a can of Happy Way brand dark, hop flavored malt syrup. Picture on the label shows a woman wearing an apron and holding a can of the malt syrup ... |
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Description: | Memohead of the Bacon Ironing Board Company of Antigo, Wisconsin, with an illustration of a woman wearing a long dress with billowy sleeves and a lace-trim... |
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Description: | Memohead of the Wilbur Seed Meal Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, manufacturer of horse, cattle, poultry, and egg food, hoof packing, and various animal re... |
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Description: | Letterhead of the Murphy Products Company, with a three-quarter view of the company building and trucks, automobiles, and a train nearby, flanked on either... |
Date: | 1954 |
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Description: | Back and front of a small folded card menu, with an etching of a quarter view of the exterior of Republican House surrounded by leafy trees on the front co... |
Date: | 11 23 1944 |
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Description: | Front cover of "The Badger," official newspaper of the U.S.S. Wisconsin, with a Thanksgiving dinner menu set against an outline in red ink of a larg... |
Date: | 1901 |
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Description: | Front cover and first page of a menu from a railroad dining car, with a woman in long robes carrying a tray with a steaming dish of food. A border of fruit... |
Date: | 09 13 1911 |
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Description: | Middle front outer panel and tri-fold menu from The Gargoyle, with a gargoyle sitting atop the framed illustration of the entryway of the restaurant and a ... |
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Description: | One-page menu from the restaurant at the Park Hotel with header text running from the left-hand side of the page, across the top, and down the right-hand s... |
Date: | 05 19 1909 |
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Description: | Front cover and menu listing for a luncheon for President William Taft, with a wreath superimposed over two crossed flags: a 24-star Union flag and a Confe... |
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