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| 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: | 1883 |
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| Description: | Lithographed advertising card for the Oliver Chilled Plow Works commemorating the new year, 1884. The card features two color illustrations within a gold f... |
| 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: | 07 23 1885 |
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| Description: | Mourning Badge with the image of Ulysses S. Grant. |
| Date: | 01 12 1844 |
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| Description: | Letter from Thomas Steel, Waukesha County physician and farmer, to his father, James Steel, in London, England. It includes a hand-drawn map of Milwaukee C... |
| Date: | 05 02 1882 |
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| Description: | Illustrated invitation to a May Party at Liederkranz Hall given by the Makers and Sawyers of Milwaukee. The invitation is illustrated in color with a hors... |
| Date: | 01 01 1858 |
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| Description: | Printed invitation to a New Year's Ball given at Weeden's Hotel in Neenah with music provided by Shattuck's Cotillion Band. The invitation is printed on e... |
| Date: | 04 29 1882 |
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| Description: | Printed invitation to the 2nd annual military ball of the Light Horse Squadron of Milwaukee. The invitation is printed in blue and gold and features illust... |
| Date: | 1888 |
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| Description: | New Year's Day greeting card depicting a boy and girl ice skating. |
| Date: | 1857 |
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| Description: | Certificate signed by La Fayette Kellogg admitting George E. Bryant to practice law before the Supreme Court of Wisconsin. The certificate bears the seal ... |
| Date: | 12 30 1859 |
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| Description: | Printed invitation from the Dane Cavalry militia company in Atwood's Hall. |
| Date: | 12 20 1855 |
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| Description: | Letter confirming the purchase of two State of Maryland Lottery tickets by Mr. Charles A. Kingsley through the Chicago office of Pyfer & Co. |
| Date: | 03 07 1835 |
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| Description: | A letter to J.D. Beers & Co., written by David Hubbard. |
| 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: | 1883 |
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| Description: | Letterhead stationery of the Milwaukee Industrial Exposition Association, with an engraving of the building constructed for that event. |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Cover of a box produced by The Singer Manufacturing Company, which holds "Costumes of All Nations" souvenir cards, created for the 1893 World's Columbian E... |
| Date: | 07 17 1881 |
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| Description: | First page of a letter written by Walt Whitman regarding the publication of a book he was writing. |
| Date: | 07 17 1881 |
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| Description: | The second page of a letter written by Walt Whitman regarding publishing a book he was writing. |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Valentine card with a girl framed with a metallic gold harp decorated with ribbons, hearts and flowers. She is wearing a white dress and has flowers in her... |
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