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Fauerbach's Brewery Sign

Date: 1884
Description: A sign for Fauerbach's Brewery depicting a young woman and the brewery.
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Tonyawatha Spring Hotel

Date: 1883
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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Invitation to Independence Ball

Date: 06 27 1839
Description: Invitation for Darwin Clark to the Independence Ball on the 4th of July, 1839 at the American Hotel.
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Fuller & Johnson Manufacturing Letterhead

Date: 1901
Description: Fuller & Johnson Manufacturing letterhead. Fuller & Johnson was run by John A. Johnson and was one of Madison's largest employers.
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Fire Company Invitation

Date: 02 04 1864
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...
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Invitation to Fourth Annual Ball

Date: 1876
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...
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Wisconsin Centennial First Day Cover

Date: 05 29 1948
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...
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Check for Fredericka Lindenthald

Date: 12 19 1853
Description: A Wisconsin State bank check in the amount of $12.00 written to Fredericka Lindenthald from Samuel Marshall.
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Bow Tie Club Membership Card

Date: 1924
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...
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Governor La Follette Christmas Postcard

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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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Blessed Holiday Season

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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...
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Capital Christmas

Date: 1937
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...
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Madison Dry League Card

Date: 1914
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...
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Forged Strip Labels

Date: 1922
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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Wisconsin Rubber Company Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Wisconsin Rubber Company of Madison, Wisconsin, which operated the Florida plantation in the state of Chiapas, Mexico. Includes an oval i...
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Bank of the Commonwealth (Madison, Wis.) Memohead

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Description: Memohead of the Bank of the Commonwealth, with a view of the dome of the Wisconsin state capitol building in Madison, Wisconsin, and names of bank officers...
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German American Bank (Madison, Wis.) Memohead

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Description: Memohead of the German American Bank, with a front view of one of the triangular buildings (Suhr building) on the Capitol Square in Madison, Wisconsin. Peo...
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American Exchange Bank (Madison, Wis.) Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the American Exchange Bank, established in 1871 and originally named the German Bank and later, the German-American Bank, located on the Capi...
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O.E. Fitch & Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of O.E. Fitch & Company, "Hatters and Gents' Furnishers," of Madison, Wisconsin, with a man's long-sleeved shirt with a banded collar, front pla...
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University of Wisconsin Board of Regents Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents, with a duotone view across Lake Mendota toward Bascom Hall, with other university buildings and...

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