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Kids Drinking Milk in School

Date: 1921
Description: Classroom full of school children drinking milk at Washington school.
Photograph

Lord Calvert Whiskey Educational Display

Date: 10 03 1944
Description: Mr. Rose showing Clyde S. Tutton a Lord Calvert whiskey educational display in the Wisconsin Treasury Department, Beverage and Cigarette Tax Division offic...
Photograph

Sweet Pastry

Date: 11 15 1963
Description: Pastry maker removes oil with baster from pan of baked baklava against the backdrop of a map of Armenia.
Print

America's Dairyland

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Description: Wisconsin promotional decal with a map of the state, with many cities marked and drawings of some Wisconsin icons: cheese, cows, deer, beer, Wisconsin Dell...
Photograph

Cranberry Exhibit

Date: 1950
Description: Agricultural exhibit designed by the Wisconsin State Cranberry Growers Association and Eatmor Cranberries. The exhibit shows various types and stages of cr...
Photograph

Cranberry Exhibit at the Milwaukee Fair

Date: 1915
Description: Exhibit at the Milwaukee County Fair devoted to Wisconsin's cranberry production. The exhibit includes cranberry plants, various cranberry varieties, cranb...
Print

Capital Brewery Island Wheat Label

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Description: Capital Island Wheat beer label. The label features a drawing of the Wisconsin Capitol dome flanked by stalks of wheat. There is also a map of Washington I...
Book or Pamphlet

Barley and Malt Map

Date: 1952
Description: Map of the barley-growing regions of North America, published by the Rahr Malting Company, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, 1952.
Print

The Restaurant at Baron's Menu

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Description: Back, front, and inside front cover of the menu from The Restaurant at Baron's department store, with "A Historical Map of Madison" focusing on the isthmus...
Map or Atlas

Casa del Norte Tea Rooms Map and Sample Menu Items

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Description: Map and advertisement for the Casa del Norte Tea Rooms, with a grid of several blocks in downtown Duluth highlighting the tea rooms as well as other notabl...
Print

Six O'Clock Club Dinner Menu

Date: 11 14 1899
Description: Front and back covers of the first dinner of the Six O'Clock Club held at the Park Hotel, with a map on the back cover of the southern tip of Africa, with ...
Print

Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social Banquet Menu

Date: 1952
Description: Front cover and menu page for a banquet given by the Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social to the senior delegates to the fourth reunion of the Inter-Americ...
Print

Mortons Surf Club Menu Exterior

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Description: Front and back covers of the Mortons Surf Club menu, with a black on blue grid of Chicago streets from Lake Michigan to Vincennes Avenue, and E. 45th to E....
Print

Hansen's Scandia Restaurant Menu

Date: 1953
Description: Front and back of one-page menu from the Scandia Restaurant, with a whimsical cartoon map rendering by Hakon Mielche of the Scandinavian countries and the ...
Print

S.S. Argentina Luncheon Menu

Date: 07 21 1951
Description: Luncheon menu for the S.S. Argentina, with a map of Argentina with spot illustrations for the provinces and featured products or symbols, the coat o...
Print

Paul's Cafe Menu Exterior

Date: 
Description: Exterior of the menu for Paul's Cafe, with a bird's-eye view map of "Washburn's Natural Deep Water Land Locked Harbor," Chequamegon Bay, and the Apostle Is...
Historical Object

119 - Joy Camps Directors and Chief Whirling Thunder

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Description: Page from Joy Camps photo album displaying three photographs. In one photograph Barbara Ellen Joy, camp owner and co-director, cooks over a large grill are...
Photograph

Oscar G. Mayer Jr. Giving a Report

Date: 01 25 1964
Description: Oscar G. Mayer Jr., president of the Oscar Mayer Company, at a podium on the stage of the Orpheum Theatre. On the screen is a large map of United States wi...
Print

Banquet to President Porfirio Diaz Menu

Date: 1896
Description: Front cover and interior of banquet menu for Mexican President Porfirio Diaz, to celebrate the construction of a drainage canal between Lake Texcoco and La...
Map or Atlas

This Map of North America, According to ye Newest and Most Exact Observations is Most Humbly Dedicated by your Lordship's Most Humble Servant Herman Moll, Geographer

Date: 1715
Description: One of Herman Moll's most famous maps, often referred to as The Codfish Map, it shows rivers and portages, cities, Indian villages, wind directions, routes...

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