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| Date: | 1884 |
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| Description: | A sign for Fauerbach's Brewery depicting a young woman and the brewery. |
| Date: | 1883 |
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| Description: | Tonyawatha Spring Hotel from a descriptive brochure. The hotel opened in 1879 and was destroyed by fire on July 31, 1895. |
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| Description: | Front view of golf score card for the Nakoma Country Club featuring illustration of a Native American man at the top. |
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| Description: | Back side of Nakoma Country Club golf score card detailing rules of the game. |
| 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: | 1901 |
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| Description: | Fuller & Johnson Manufacturing letterhead. Fuller & Johnson was run by John A. Johnson and was one of Madison's largest employers. |
| Date: | 02 04 1864 |
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| Description: | Embossed invitation to the fourth masquerade ball of the Madison Fire Engine Company #2. The invitation depicts a fire fighter on a ladder carrying a woman... |
| Date: | 1876 |
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| Description: | Invitation to the annual ball at Turner Hall, sponsored by Madison's Andrew Proudfit Steam Fire Engine Company #2. The company, which was organized in 1870... |
| Date: | 05 29 1948 |
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| Description: | The 100th Anniversary of Wisconsin Statehood envelope on the first day it was issued on May 29, 1948. It is addressed to Governor Oscar Rennebohm, State of... |
| Date: | 1854 |
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| Description: | Broadside announcing the 1854 opening lecture of the Madison Institute, a private library and civic forum, on December 11, 1854, in the First Baptist Churc... |
| Date: | 1858 |
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| Description: | Commencement program of the University of Wisconsin, July 28, 1858. |
| Date: | 12 19 1853 |
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| Description: | A Wisconsin State bank check in the amount of $12.00 written to Fredericka Lindenthald from Samuel Marshall. |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | Membership card of the Bow Tie Club of Madison, Wisconsin. The card features a drawing of a bow tie with a jewel in the center of the knot and the words "T... |
| Date: | 02 07 1876 |
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| Description: | Certification from J.O. Barrett that the centennial photograph of Old Abe is truly him. The certification includes a signature from the governor. |
| Date: | 02 07 1876 |
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| Description: | The card certifies that the Old Abe Centennial Portrait printed by J.O. Barrett is really Old Abe. It includes the governor's signature it states the photo... |
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| Description: | Holiday card from Governor and Mrs. Philip F. La Follette. On the front of the card is an image of the Wisconsin State Capitol covered in snow. On the righ... |
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| Description: | Photographic holiday card from Governor and Mrs. Martin Schreiber and family, governor of Wisconsin 1977-1979. The front of the card is an image of the fam... |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | Holiday card from Palmer F. Daugs, alternate delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1936, candidate for U.S. Senate in 1954 and candidate for Wi... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Card from Madison Dry League pledging support to those who seek to eliminate saloons in the city of Madison. The organization's slogan was, "A happy, sober... |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | Forged labels imitating United States Government Revenue stamps seized by Prohibition Officers. The labels were used by bootleggers to make customers belie... |
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