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Photograph

Uncovering Bison Bones

Date: 1936
Description: Three men looking over the process of uncovering bones of a bison in Interstate Park.
Photograph

Bison Bones

Date: 10 09 1936
Description: Bones of a bison still in the earth as found.
Photograph

Bison Jaw in the Peat Pit

Date: 1936
Description: The jaw bone of Bison Occidentalis in the peat pit at Interstate Park.
Photograph

Mastadon Skull

Date: 1904
Description: A mastodon skull unearthed at Quartz Creek at a depth of 42 feet. Photograph taken at Dawson, Yukon Territory, Canada. Text on photograph reads: "Copyrigh...
Print

Front of Cat and Mouse Trade Card

Date: 
Description: Front view of a trade card created by the Plano Manufacturing Company featuring an illustration of a cat climbing a screened window in pursuit of a mouse. ...
Print

International Truck Advertising Proof Featuring Commander Gatti

Date: 1949
Description: Advertising proof for International trucks, featuring color photographs relating to an expedition to Africa by explorer Attilio Gatti. Includes images of n...
Print

First National Bank of Tigerton Memohead

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Description: Numbered memohead of the First National Bank of Tigerton, Wisconsin, with a three-quarter view of a tiger's head with an open mouth and bared teeth, names ...
Photograph

Public Museum #960

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Description: Stereograph view of stuffed kangaroo, bear, fox, giraffe, llama, and ram behind a glass enclosure at the Milwaukee Public Museum. Text at right: "Milwaukee...
Book or Pamphlet

Massey-Harris Co. Card Front and Back

Date: 1894
Description: Front cover featuring a color illustration titled: "Young Canada, 'I wonder what they are doing on the other side,'" and "Merry Christmas." A young boy wea...
Map or Atlas

Map of Forest Lodge on Lake Namakagon

Date: 1930
Description: Original map made with watercolor and inkwash. Includes a legend of buildings, roads, natural features and other details of the lodge. Inset at bottom has ...
Historical Object

Presidential Political Campaign Buttons 1912-1924

Date: 
Description: Framed assortment of campaign buttons for the presidential elections of Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, and William Taft (1912), Woodrow Wilson and Cha...

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