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A Sure-Fire Winner

Date: 06 17 1929
Description: Advertising placard for McCormick-Deering tractor service showing a cartoon of men playing baseball with onlookers peering over a fence. Dialog balloons co...
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Hank Aaron Cartoon

Date: 1954
Description: Cartoon of young Hank Aaron swinging a bat, surrounded by other images of him, and text. Aaron broke his ankle as a major league rookie, on Sept. 5, 1954. ...
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Lubrication and Run-in, Safety Cartoon

Date: 1956
Description: Cartoon from an International Harvester operator's manual. The cartoon appears under the heading: "Lubrication and Run-in". The cartoon depicts a piece of ...
Book or Pamphlet

Police Officer

Date: 1903
Description: Drawing of a stern-looking, uniformed police officer with arms crossed.
Poster

Wanted: 25,000 Student Nurses

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Description: Poster recruiting student nurses to aid in the war effort. Depicts a young woman, in a nurse's uniform, with her right hand raised to her heart. Behind her...
Photograph

Jackie Robinson with Children

Date: 06 03 1954
Description: Jackie Robinson crouching on the ground and pointing to a diagram of a baseball diamond sketched on the pavement as a large group of primarily African-Amer...
Book or Pamphlet

The Fabulous Green Bay Packers

Date: 1968
Description: Cover of a Milwaukee Journal publication commemorating the Green Bay Packers 1967 championship season. The cover features a drawing by Gregg Klees o...
Photograph

068 - Camper Sketching Outdoors Next to Lake

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Description: Young camper seated on stool on a hill overlooking the lake. She has a sketchpad and pencil in hand.
Historical Object

103 - Various Scenes from Joy Camps

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Description: Page from Joy Camps photo album displaying six photographs. The one on the upper left shows three campers sitting in a rowboat along the shoreline sketchin...
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Safety First

Date: 1914
Description: Stamp promoting Northwestern National Insurance Company of Milwaukee. Stamp includes a drawing of a fireman with hose, and the text reads: "Safety First. I...
Poster

All Slackers to the Front!

Date: 1917
Description: Hand-drawn poster. At the bottom is a soldier with a pack and a rifle on his back, carrying a US flag, embracing a woman. At the top is a general with the ...
Book or Pamphlet

1949 Racine Belles Year Book Cover

Date: 1949
Description: Front cover of the 1949 Racine Belles baseball team year book featuring a drawing of a woman leaping to make a catch.

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