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| Date: | 09 06 1988 |
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| Description: | A young girl listens to a speech at the Racine Laborfest. She holds a balloon imprinted with the slogan, "Buy Union Buy American." |
| Date: | 12 31 1930 |
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| Description: | Group of people drinking coffee and being served donuts on New Year's Eve at the Strand Theater. In the center is a sign for the "Just Imagine" movie. |
| Date: | 1902 |
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| Description: | Women's Relief Corps with umbrellas parading down the street. Stuffed eagle parading as "Old Abe." Directly behind the two flags are, from left to right: ... |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | Photographic holiday greeting card of three children, one boy and two girls, dressed in winter clothes, holding up an enlarged postcard. On the postcard is... |
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| Description: | Photographic holiday card of an African American family posed over an image of three dimensional letters that read: "NOEL." The letters are slanting from u... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Valentine's Day card of three, die cut pieces. On top is a little girl inside of orchid leaves and blossoms. She is wearing a long white dress and a headba... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Valentine's Day card with four die cut pieces held together with two cords. The top piece is a girl wearing a lavender dress and ballet slippers. She is ho... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Valentine's Day card for a teacher. A scene of a schoolhouse with a belfry surrounded by trees, lawn and a fence. Schoolchildren are in the schoolyard carr... |
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| Description: | Valentine's Day card of a boy in a painter's uniform and gloves. He holds a brush dripping red paint in his right hand. He has just painted "I Love You!" o... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Valentine's Day card with a little girl in a red outfit gazing at at bird in a tree. She is standing on a path with grass all around. There is an ornate b... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Ornaments from a "Whitney's Valentine Material" kit. These were combined with the "folders" (cards) and paper lace to create personalized Valentine's Day c... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Valentine created using a "Whitney's Valentine Material" kit. The "folder" (card) has a boy in military uniform holding a rifle. He is kissing a girl on th... |
| Date: | 1965 |
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| Description: | Child's Valentine's Day card with a boy and a girl. He is wearing shorts, jacket, eyeglasses, and a graduation cap. He holds a slate in one hand with the t... |
| Date: | 1953 |
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| Description: | A young Jimmy Clark dressed as Baby New Year for 1954. He stands on top of a case of Adler Bräu wearing cowboy boots, underwear, and a sash reading 1954. H... |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | A photograghic card created by Robert Doyle to wish friends and family "Iamu Mwasawa!" A smiling, quarter-length portrait of Robert Doyle in uniform appear... |
| Date: | 04 17 1965 |
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| Description: | Hanna Fritz building an Easter Rabbit out of snow after a snowfall of 2 inches in mid-April. |
| Date: | 03 2017 |
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| Description: | A woman in a green sweatshirt is marching in the St. Patrick's Day parade carrying a sign reading: "We Want Local Beer." |
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