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Street Scene

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Description: View downhill towards a neighborhood crowded with cottages.
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Cottage on the Oyster Pond

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Description: View of a cottage separated from Oyster Pond by fences and an unpaved road.
Photograph

Gardens and Harbor

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Description: View of expansive gardens rolling down to a harbor.
Photograph

Shore at Walhall Estate

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Description: View from the terrace at the Walhall Estate. The shoreline can be seen past a stone fence and the lawn.
Map or Atlas

The seat of war in Virginia ... positions of the rebel forces, batteries, intrenchments, and encampments in Virginia - the fort for the protection of Richmond

Date: 1865
Description: This map of Maryland and Virginia shows railroads, rivers, cities and towns, and the positions of Confederate troops and defenses in Virginia in 1861.
Photograph

Battleship U.S.S. Wisconsin

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Description: Battleship U.S.S. Wisconsin at sea with several men on deck. The mounted photograph was a promotional item for Northwestern National Insurance, Co.
Print

Ocean Spray Cranberries Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Ocean Spray brand of cranberries, with a can of jellied cranberry sauce and a serving dish with the sauce retaining the shape of its can ...
Map or Atlas

Map of the Shoreline of El Montecito, California

Date: 1899
Description: A map showing the shoreline of a portion of El Montecito, Santa Barbara County, California. The map shows properties along the Pacific Ocean, and may have ...
Map or Atlas

Russian Map of Alaska

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Description: The first Russian map of Alaska.
Map or Atlas

World Map

Date: 1625
Description: An illustrated map of the world with captions in Latin. Illustrations include depictions of the seasons and the elements.
Photograph

Contrasting Tans on Buster Island

Date: 02 20 1945
Description: The caption in the Milwaukee Journal, says it best, "From the far-off Pacific (somewhere on Kwajalein), the picture of Ensign Ray Hanson and Robert ...
Photograph

Canvas Boats Land on Beach

Date: 11 1942
Description: Soldiers land on the beach in New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). They use collapsible canvas boats to ferry men and equipment from small coastal ve...
Photograph

New Guinea Coast

Date: 1942
Description: View over water towards the New Guinea coast from a boat. A larger boat is on the right and several smaller craft in the center. A pier is on the shoreline...
Print

Menu for Union Iron Works Banquet for Wisconsin Delegates

Date: 11 26 1898
Description: Menu for a "Banquet tendered by the Union Iron Works to the Delegation from the Badger State" given at the Palace Hotel, with an etching of the Battleship ...
Postcard

New Traymore Hotel

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Description: Commercial postcard with slightly elevated view of people on the boardwalk at Atlantic City with the Traymore Hotel in the background. Postmarked from Atla...
Print

Hansen's Scandia Restaurant Menu

Date: 1953
Description: Front and back of one-page menu from the Scandia Restaurant, with a whimsical cartoon map rendering by Hakon Mielche of the Scandinavian countries and the ...
Print

R.M.S.S. Magdalena Dinner Menu

Date: 08 09 1890
Description: One-page menu from the R.M.S.S. Magdalena of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, with a parrot and a cockatiel perched on a branch above the compan...
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...
Manuscript

Johnson & Melaas Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of Johnson & Melaas, merchant tailors and cloth dealers, "Buyers of wool and Wisconsin leaf tobacco," with an engraving of a waterfront view of ...
Photograph

Crowd at a Dock

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Description: Elevated view of a crowd of Norwegian people standing at a dock looking out at the ships.

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