Date: | 1655 |
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Description: | Engraving made after a painting by Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues (died 1588) while on the Laudonnière Expedition in Florida, ca. 1564. |
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Description: | "Scenes of Camp and Army Life." Idyllic lithograph view of nine scenes of Union Army life. |
Date: | 01 01 1977 |
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Description: | Advertising flyer for the International Harvester 526A Rotary Tiller, captioned, "Worth Its Weight in Vegetables and Flowers." A color photograph shows a m... |
Date: | 05 14 1887 |
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Description: | Cartoon of a three-headed hydra representing oleomargarine, threatening a farmer. |
Date: | 07 03 1886 |
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Description: | An interior view of the Schlitz Palm Garden, which was located on North 3rd Street, south of West Wisconsin Avenue. This image includes a drawing of a wait... |
Date: | 1860 |
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Description: | Image drawn by Franz Hölzlhuber of early Milwaukee settlement with a horse-drawn carriage, as well as industry and a railroad. The text on the image reads:... |
Date: | 1854 |
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Description: | A horse-drawn carriage is crossing the bridge. Right of center is the S. Ball's Candy Store. |
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Description: | Mess hall at Paul Bunyan's lumber camp. Men are seated at long tables as trains dispense soup, coffee, and tea, while salt is hauled in a wagon pulled by e... |
Date: | 04 1932 |
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Description: | "Here's to Health!", an advertisement for the alcohol-free beer brewed by Schlitz during Prohibition. The advertising touts the product's healthful qualiti... |
Date: | 1940 |
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Description: | Advertisement produced for Pabst Blue Ribbon beer featuring a man wearing a suit and hat, supposedly at a sports event, excitedly holding a cup of beer. Th... |
Date: | 1971 |
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Description: | Poster of the Potosi Brewing Company, advertising a new holiday beer introduced by the new director of brewing, Joe Tschida. The poster includes his photo... |
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Description: | A political cartoon, presumably regarding the milk strike. Features characters who are confused about the rising cost of milk. |
Date: | 1917 |
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Description: | Leaflet urging citizens to consume fewer sweetened beverages. The drawing shows a man and a woman seated at a soda shop. |
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Description: | Advertisement promoting Kraft cheese as a picnic food for visitors to Kraftwood Gardens. The advertisement is on the inside back cover of A guide to Kr... |
Date: | 1860 |
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Description: | Jefferson Davis, dressed as a woman, floating in a washtub labeled: "Lady Davis" which is flying the Confederate flag. He is holding a bottle in his left h... |
Date: | 1860 |
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Description: | A giant goblet being hovered over by a skeleton. Inside the goblet is a dead soldier with a Confederate flag in his hand. The caption below reads, "SECESSI... |
Date: | 1861 |
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Description: | Uncle Sam holds a bottle labeled "DAVIS," with a figure of a man on it, as he stands with a snake labeled "SECESSION" under his left foot. The caption b... |
Date: | 1929 |
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Description: | A combined holiday card and birth announcement with Santa Claus and a stork holding a banner between them that says "Holiday Greetings from the Knowltons i... |
Date: | 1943 |
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Description: | Holiday card with Santa Claus winking. He is wearing his traditional red hat with white trim and a bell. The word "Cheerio!" is made out of candy canes and... |
Date: | 1962 |
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Description: | Holiday card with Santa Claus holding a candy cane, surrounded by many symbols of the season: angels, stars, candles, birds, stockings, ornaments, gifts, b... |
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