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Peshtigo Fire

Date: 11 25 1871
Description: Engraved view of Peshtigo Fire showing people trying to escape the flames by boat and on horseback. A team of cattle also seek refuge and several birds tak...
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Oliver Chilled Plow Works Advertisement

Date: 1883
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...
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Old Abe Displayed to Crowd

Date: 10 14 1861
Description: Engraving of Old Abe, mascot of the 8th Wisconsin Civil War Voluntary Infantry, displayed for a crowd. The eagle bearer holds Old Abe's staff perch while t...
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You Are Lost

Date: 1860
Description: Uncle Sam, labeled "NORTH," is holding a Union flag out to a man who has fallen off of a dock loaded with provisions. The dock has cannons along its front ...
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Champion Prize Envelope, Lincoln & Davis in 5 Rounds, 5th Round

Date: 1860
Description: Text at top reads, "CHAMPION PRIZE ENVELOPE - LINCOLN & DAVIS IN 5 ROUNDS," underneath reads "5TH ROUND." Lincoln stands inside "THE CHAMPION BELT" beside ...
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Holiday Card with Three Singing Children

Date: 1925
Description: Holiday card with three children singing. They are sharing a songbook and a long striped scarf. Pine boughs, two candles, holly, two birds and a rectangula...
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Holiday Greetings

Date: 1929
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...
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Winter Morning at Sister Bay

Date: 1949
Description: Holiday card of the Sister Bay lakeshore. Three figures are on the shore. Two boathouses, a covered boat, a pier, and two upright boats are in the backgrou...
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Santa Claus with Candy Cane

Date: 1962
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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Holiday Card with Girl and Bird

Date: 1967
Description: Holiday card with girl dressed for winter. She holds a shepherd's crook with a bird sitting on it. Trees and snow appear in the background.
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Joyeux Noel!

Date: 1918
Description: Holiday card with a soldier walking while carrying a child who is waving an American flag. The soldier is wearing a uniform and a campaign hat. Two childre...
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Season's Greetings, Let's Stamp Out the Dictators!

Date: 1942
Description: Holiday card with a 10¢ War Stamp Album glued inside. The front of the card shows Uncle Sam's large shoe kicking Hitler, Mussolini and Hirohito into space....
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My Valentine

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Description: Valentine's Day card showing a male bird standing on a tree branch with a top hat, cane and bouquet of flowers. To the right is a female bird wearing a hat...
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International Model D-300, DS-300 Truck Brochure

Date: 1940
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for International D-300 and DS-300 trucks, featuring the International Triple Diamond logo, and a photograph of a man with...
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Tigerton Post Office Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Post Office at Tigerton, Wisconsin, with a stock Chinoiserie image of a man standing and a woman holding a fan sitting in either a boat o...
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Red Star Line Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of Louis Auer & Son, Milwaukee passenger agents for the Red Star Line, with a bearded man in a cap and uniform steering a ship's wheel. The name...
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Dalles of the Wisconsin "The Jaws"

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Description: Engraved view of "The Jaws" in the Wisconsin Dells.
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Schlitz Hotel Thanksgiving Dinner Menu

Date: 11 29 1906
Description: Front cover and menu pages of the a la carte and table d'hote options for Thanksgiving dinner at the Schlitz Hotel, with a boy wearing only a chef's hat an...
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Wise's Axle Grease is the Best

Date: 1881
Description: Advertising card featuring an illustration of a man doffing his hat to a woman who is standing on a path holding an umbrella. Above their heads is a large ...
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L.A. May & Co. Advertising Card

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Description: Advertising card with color illustration of a man on hands and knees in the water holding the end of a firearm which is sticking out of the water. His hat ...

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