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| Date: | 02 21 1882 |
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| Description: | Chromolithograph poster advertising a Milwaukee Mardi Gras celebration, arranged by the Turnverein and Milwaukee Musical Societies, and held at the Exposit... |
| Date: | 07 1959 |
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| Description: | Dickey Chapelle, photographer, on the same Milwaukee beach where she learned to swim as a young girl. She was covering "Operation Inland Seas" celebrating ... |
| Date: | 07 15 1911 |
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| Description: | Christening ceremony for the S.S. Harvester. The ship was built for the Wisconsin Steel Company, a subsidiary of International Harvester. The 545-fo... |
| Date: | 1655 |
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| Description: | Scene from Drake Expedition on coast of California, ca. 1579. Francis Drake on the Coast of New Albion, California. |
| Date: | 05 28 1948 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Centennial Parade near the Wisconsin State Capitol. A float of a Viking ship is being pulled by a vehicle decorated as a fish, "the Spirit of Sca... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Seven men are holding the original flag from Perry's Victory. The men are standing on the flagship "Niagara" to celebrate the centennial of the victory. Th... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | An original colored lithograph advertising the Chicago and North Western Railway's 100th Anniversary from 1848 to 1948. The poster features the artist Paul... |
| Date: | 10 18 1926 |
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| Description: | Original caption attached to the print: "Emil Jannings German movie star arrived today. Emil Jannings, German actor who was born in Brooklyn in 1886 return... |
| Date: | 10 18 1926 |
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| Description: | Original caption attached to the print: "Emil Jannings German actor arrived today. Emil Jannings, German actor who was born in Brooklyn in 1886 returned to... |
| Date: | 1957 |
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| Description: | U.S.S. Wisconsin docked on the Hudson River at Norfolk, during decommissioning ceremonies. |
| Date: | 11 25 1976 |
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| Description: | Color photo of a Thanksgiving Day Parade, either Macy's Parade in Manhattan, New York, or Gimbels' Parade in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A blue and brown I... |
| Date: | 03 21 1901 |
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| Description: | Supper menu from the S.S. Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse of the Norddeutscher Lloyd shipping company, Bremen, with an illustration of people on the top d... |
| Date: | 12 03 1920 |
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| Description: | Menu for Captain's Dinner on board the S.S. Pastores, of the United Fruit Company Steamship Service, carrying President-Elect Warren G. Harding. On ... |
| Date: | 01 22 1939 |
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| Description: | Exterior and page from the interior of the menu for the farewell dinner aboard the R.M.S. Volendam, with party streamers and dinner guests in formal... |
| Date: | 11 06 1923 |
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| Description: | Front cover and menu listing for the farewell dinner aboard the S.S. Resolute of the United American Lines. On the cover is a three-quarter view of ... |
| Date: | 11 26 1898 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 09 04 1885 |
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| Description: | Exterior and interior bill of fare from The Chequamegon, with views on the back of rock formations, waterfalls, a spot illustration of a train going over a... |
| Date: | 07 21 1925 |
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| Description: | Dinner menu from the Hotel St. Catherine, with a color postcard at the top, meant to be detached and mailed, with a view of the hotel against a backdrop of... |
| Date: | 1953 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 09 07 1913 |
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| Description: | One-page menu printed on a wide silk ribbon to commemorate the victory of Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry at the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812, ... |
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