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Georgia Lottery Ticket

Date: 1845
Description: Georgia Lottery ticket from 1845 authorized by the Legislature for the benefit of Fort Gained Academy.
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Connecticut State Lottery Ticket

Date: 1826
Description: Connecticut State Lottery ticket for the benefit of the Bishop's Fund.
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Pennsylvania Lottery Ticket

Date: 1795
Description: State of Pennsylvania Lottery ticket authorised by law to benefit the Schuylkill and Susquehanna, and Delaware and Schuylkill Canals.
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Virginia State Lottery Ticket

Date: 1827
Description: Virginia State Lottery ticket for the benefit of the Dismal Swamp Canal Company.
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Grand Consolidated Lottery Ticket

Date: 1845
Description: Ticket for the Grand Consolidated Lottery of Delaware and Georgia for the benefit of improving the navigation of the Pokomoke River and for the benefit of ...
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People Counting Pennies

Date: 03 22 1954
Description: People counting pennies that came in the mail for the Dr. Kate Million Penny fundraiser. Country doctor Kate Pelham Newcomb -- known as "the angel on snow...
Poster

Wisconsin Center Art Auction

Date: 03 30 1971
Description: Poster advertising the Wisconsin Center Art Auction (formerly Art on the Park). The proceeds of the auction provided scholarship funds.
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CIO Fair Booth

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Description: Two men stand in front of a booth sponsored by the Congress of Industrial Organizations at a fair. In addition to displays on farmer-labor solidarity and v...
Poster

Keep Him Free

Date: 1917
Description: War Savings Stamps poster featuring an eagle crushing enemy planes. At the top of the poster is written: "Keep Him Free" and at the bottom: "Buy War Saving...
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Packer Letterhead

Date: 04 12 1950
Description: Green Bay Packers letterhead dated April 12th. The content of the letter is addressed to "DEAR FELLOW WORKER" and details a small aspect of the Green Bay P...
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Packer Letterhead

Date: 03 15 1950
Description: Green Bay Packers letterhead dated March 15th. The content of the letter is about organizing a meeting to talk about and explain that year's Green Bay Pack...
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Ne-rucha-ja Feast Program

Date: 1929
Description: Front cover of a program for a feast and pow-wow in support of the Lake Monona Wild Life Sanctuary group's attempt to preserve Frost's Woods (Ne-rucha-ja)....
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The Incomparable Hildegarde

Date: 03 1941
Description: Hildegarde Loretta Sell, better known as Hildegarde, was a well known cabaret singer who was born in Adell, Wisconsin in 1906 and raised in New Holstein. D...
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Politics Wisconsin Style

Date: 08 1990
Description: Grilling burgers and corn on the cob, all washed down with beer... a typical menu for a Wisconsin political fundraiser. This event was for State Senator Ru...
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Dave and Mary Lou

Date: 1994
Description: Mary Lou Munts, a member of the Wisconsin Assembly, and Congressman David R. Obey at a fundraiser for Obey at the Madison Club.
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Political Fundraiser

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Description: Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey (left) and Wisconsin Senator Herb Kohl at a fundraiser for Obey. Jim Chapman is the man between them.
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Democratic Barbecue Fundraiser

Date: 08 1990
Description: Democrats at a fundraising barbecue for Wisconsin State Senator Russ Decker weigh down the make-shift seating.
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Obey and Ed Garvey

Date: 1994
Description: Congressman David R. Obey with Edward R. Garvey during a fundraiser for Obey at the Madison Club in Madison. Garvey was the executive director of the Natio...
Poster

That Liberty Shall Not Perish From the Earth

Date: 1918
Description: United States government bonds poster in the Fourth Liberty Loan "B" series. "Buy Liberty Bonds. Fourth Liberty Loan." Depicts enemy aircraft bombing New Y...
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Brooks McCormick and the United Negro College Fund

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Description: Brooks McCormick stands with men who are all holding a large sign above their heads that reads: "$750,000."

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