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Indian Sugar Makers

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Description: Illustration of an Indian (possibly Menominee) camp of sugar makers.
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Fire Company Invitation

Date: 02 04 1864
Description: Embossed invitation to the fourth masquerade ball of the Madison Fire Engine Company #2. The invitation depicts a fire fighter on a ladder carrying a woman...
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Paul Bunyan and Babe

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Description: Paul Bunyan walking with an axe over his shoulder and whistling. He is accompanied by Babe the Blue Ox who is carrying several people on his back.
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Hauling Off Section 37

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Description: Drawing of Paul Bunyan and his blue ox, Babe, hauling off Section 37. Bunyan has an axe over his shoulder and holds a pipe.
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The Latest Contraband of War

Date: 1860
Description: A freed slave with a hoe in his left hand and his right hand on his hip. Caption at the top reads, "Massa can't have dis chile, dat's what's de matter." Ca...
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August Kroll Letterhead

Date: 1888
Description: Letterhead of August Kroll of Leopolis, Wisconsin, dealer in hardware, stoves, and tinware, with an image of the interior of a store and customers being he...
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Cudahy Brothers Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Cudahy Brothers Company, a meat packer from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with a color image of a package of meat hanging from a hook on a wall, ...
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J.H. Smith Billhead

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Description: Billhead of J.H. Smith, a dealer in stoves, hardware, tinware, paints and oils, from Ellsworth, Wisconsin, with an array of hardware, including tools, silv...
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Van Brunt & Davis Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Van Brunt & Davis Company of Horicon, Wisconsin, manufacturers of agricultural implements, including the Monitor Forge-Feed Seeder and Gr...
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A. Karras & Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the A. Karras & Company, dealers in harnesses, whips, robes, trunks, valises, etc., of Hudson, Wisconsin, with an image of entwined harnesses...
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Tobin Exploring, Mining & Manufacturing Company Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Tobin Exploring, Mining & Manufacturing Company of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, with a scene of men with picks, shovels, and other tools working i...
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Diamond Ink Company Memohead

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Description: Memohead of the Diamond Ink Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with product images of a bottle of writing fluid and a jar of alpha paste with an attached wat...
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John J. Sherman Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of John J. Sherman, a real estate broker and tax, title, collection, and passenger agent in Wausau, Wisconsin, with images of men felling trees ...
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H.I. Bliss Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of H.I. Bliss, a real estate agent, civil engineer, and county surveyor in La Crosse, Wisconsin. On the left a group of three men are surveying ...
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Parker Pen Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Parker Pen Company, with a three-quarter view of the company building, with people walking on the sidewalk, and a streetcar, automobiles,...
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West Side Fuel Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the West Side Fuel Company of Port Washington, Wisconsin, with cartoon-style drawings, printed in black ink, of workers mining coal with a pi...
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Great Seal of the State of Wisconsin

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Description: Black and white drawing of the great seal of the state of Wisconsin. A mariner and a miner stand on either side of a quartered shield topped by a badger an...
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McCormick Celebration Luncheon Menu

Date: 09 25 1931
Description: Luncheon menu and program from a McCormick Celebration at Washington and Lee University, with an etching of a three-quarter view of Cyrus McCormick's first...
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Sod-Breakers Wood Engraving

Date: 1840
Description: Sod-breaker and five yoke of oxen plowing in front of the “Old Cottage Inn.” In the foreground a boat is on the shoreline.
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Truax Army Field Station Hospital Christmas Menu

Date: 12 25 1942
Description: Front cover and menu page of the Christmas booklet from Truax Army Air Field, with a pinned-up drawing of a turkey perched on one leg on a butcher block ta...

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