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| Date: | 03 1892 |
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| Description: | Engraving of voyageurs gathered around a fire at their camp. |
| Date: | 1882 |
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| Description: | Advertising handbill for the Champion harvester and binder. Includes the text: "the Champion light binder, is the only simple, light, durable, efficient wo... |
| Date: | 1821 |
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| Description: | Engraving depicting the Schoolcraft expedition crossing the Ontonagon River to investigate a copper boulder. |
| Date: | 1862 |
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| Description: | Engraving from a painting of John Adams. Inscription reads: "John Adams From a Painting by Chappel, in the possession of the Publishers. Johnson, Fry & C... |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Mining and lumbering provided the impetus for the development of northern Wisconsin and Ashland was ideally situated to become a leading city of the "new W... |
| Date: | 06 27 1839 |
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| Description: | Invitation for Darwin Clark to the Independence Ball on the 4th of July, 1839 at the American Hotel. |
| Date: | 1874 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye view of Milwaukee looking southwest toward the county courthouse under construction in the public square west of St. John's Cathedral. |
| Date: | 1857 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye view of Madison over rooftop and across lake with sailboats and steamers. A group of people are standing on a viewing platform on the roof in th... |
| Date: | 02 22 1860 |
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| Description: | Menu for the Newhall House hotel in Milwaukee, extensively illustrated with an engraving of the hotel and prices. The Newhall House, during its day one of ... |
| Date: | 1862 |
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| Description: | Birds-eye view of a Wisconsin Civil War regiment on parade in Fond du Lac, as drawn by Louis Kurz from the Marr Street Methodist Church. The regiment canno... |
| Date: | 10 24 1863 |
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| Description: | Panoramic wood-engraving of a cattle fair in New Haven, after a sketch by H.C. Curtis. Caption reads: "Cattle Show and Agricultural Faib [sic] at Ha... |
| Date: | 1855 |
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| Description: | Engraved portrait of Matthew Fontaine Maury (1806-1873) American astronomer, historian, oceanographer, meteorologist, cartographer, author, geologist, and ... |
| Date: | 1857 |
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| Description: | Letter on stationery featuring an engraving of an exterior view of the Milwaukee House showing horse-drawn vehicles and people standing on the sidewalk in ... |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Award certificate presented to the Appleton Woolen Mills at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair. The company won a bronze medal at the Fair for its paper makers... |
| Date: | 1884 |
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| Description: | Press ticket for the Republican National Convention in Chicago, decorated with an engraving of the White House. |
| Date: | 1888 |
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| Description: | Guest ticket to the Republican National Convention held in Chicago at the partially completed Auditorium Building. The Auditorium is one of the best known... |
| Date: | 1889 |
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| Description: | Ticket for the inauguration of President Benjamin Harrison. This ticket belonged to William Freeman Vilas of Wisconsin, the Secretary of the Interior. The ... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | 1860 Presidential Democratic ticket headed by John C. Breckenridge (it should be spelled Breckinridge), and the vice-president, Joseph Lane, that was distr... |
| Date: | 1883 |
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| Description: | Engraved letterhead of the firm of Smith, Mendel & Co., a wholesale grocery merchant. William E. Smith was a prominent Milwaukee businessman, partner in th... |
| Date: | 1883 |
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| Description: | Letterhead stationery of the Milwaukee Industrial Exposition Association, with an engraving of the building constructed for that event. |
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