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Cottage Inn

Date: 1835
Description: Two-story home with sloping roof. One man is whipping a team of eight cattle while another man drives the plow behind them. To the left stands a man near a...
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A Merry Christmas

Date: 1845
Description: Two holiday cards with European Robins. Robins are a symbol of Christmas in Great Britain. Caption reads: "A merry christmas." Chromolithograph. Images an...
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Here's a Go!!

Date: 1936
Description: Holiday card with a man lounging in a easy chair. He is holding a cigarette in a holder in his left hand and a cocktail in his right. He is wearing a smoki...
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Hear Ye, Hear Ye, Hear Ye, Subpoena

Date: 1939
Description: Holiday card designed to look like a subpoena. The outside has a drawing of an old fashioned English judge. Below is the text, "Hear Ye, Hear Ye, Hear Ye, ...
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Governor's Executive Residence

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Description: Holiday card from Warren P. Knowles, Governor of Wisconsin, 1965-1971. The front of the card has a color image of the Wisconsin governor's mansion glued o...
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Seasons Greetings

Date: 1930
Description: Holiday card depicting Santa Claus riding a kangaroo. The kangaroo has a saddle and bridle, and Santa is wearing his traditional red suit and hat with whit...
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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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Advertisement for Indian Trail Cranberries

Date: 1950
Description: Advertisement for a 5 lb. gift box of fresh Wisconsin Cranberries. The advertisement tag line reads "So smart to give . . . so pleasant to receive". Pictur...
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Bock Beer, Label

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Description: Bock beer label featuring a drawing of a goat's head, wheat or barley stalks, and hops. Bock was brewed and bottled by the Kurth Company of Columbus, Wis.
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Kissel Car Ad

Date: 06 1927
Description: An advertisement for the Kissel Custom Built Car published in the June, 1927 issue of the "Wisconsin Motorist" magazine, page 13. The company was the Kisse...
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Wisconsin Rubber Company Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Wisconsin Rubber Company of Madison, Wisconsin, which operated the Florida plantation in the state of Chiapas, Mexico. Includes an oval i...
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Wisconsin Dairymen's Association Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Wisconsin Dairymen's Association, based in Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, with names of officers and members of the Executive Board and an ima...
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Green Bay Stock Yards and Transit Co. Memohead

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Description: Memohead of the Green Bay Stock Yards and Transit Company, with a circular image of a cow's head against a background of a leafy branch and the company nam...
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American Cranberry Exchange Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the American Cranberry Exchange, which had a main office in New York City and a branch office in Chicago, with "Eatmor Cranberries" in a scro...
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Seymour's Bank Memohead

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Description: Memohead of Seymour's Bank in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, with a three-quarter view of the bank building, including people coming and going on the sidewalk ...
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Strong's Bank Memohead

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Description: Memohead of Strong's Bank, of Dodgeville, Wisconsin, with a three-quarter view of the bank building. There are people standing on the sidewalk, and two hor...
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First National Bank (Chippewa Falls) Letterhead

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Description: Numbered letterhead of the First National Bank, with a map of Wisconsin and a starred location marker for Chippewa Falls, a medallion, and a flowering stal...
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Farmers and Merchants Bank Memohead

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Description: Memohead of Farmers and Merchants Bank of Rudolph, Wisconsin, with a medallion with stems of flowers, an ear of corn, a storage tower or silo, and the slog...
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Oshkosh Brewing Co. Billhead

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Description: Billhead of the Oshkosh Brewing Company, in business from 1894-1971, with the company trademark of a waist-up view of Chief Oshkosh wearing a jacket and bo...
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Oshkosh Brewing Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Oshkosh Brewing Company, active from 1894-1971, with the company trademark of a waist-up view of Chief Oshkosh wearing a jacket, a banded...

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