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| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | An advertising brochure for the Invincible Cabin Monoplane, an airplane briefly manufactured by the Invincible Metal Furniture Company of Manitowoc. Text o... |
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| Description: | Logo of the Hamilton Standard Propeller Company. Thomas Hamilton of Milwaukee began manufacturing propellers during the 1920s. In 1929 Boeing purchased Ham... |
| Date: | 1901 |
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| Description: | Fuller & Johnson Manufacturing letterhead. Fuller & Johnson was run by John A. Johnson and was one of Madison's largest employers. |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Color stamp used to advertise the Wisconsin State Fair. The illustration shows a crowd arriving at the fairgrounds, while a young girl in an ethnic costume... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Color brochure advertising the 1948 Wisconsin State Fair. For the centennial of Wisconsin statehood Wisconsin spent over 5 Million dollars on fourteen new ... |
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| Description: | Cut and pasted design for Wisconsin Promotional Bureau logo. |
| Date: | 1901 |
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| Description: | An advertisement for the A.H. Kayser lumberyard at 204 East Washington Avenue. |
| Date: | 1987 |
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| Description: | Anti-lottery bumper sticker reading "Don't be fooled! Lotteries increase your taxes." |
| Date: | 1867 |
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| Description: | A summer resort, situated on the banks of Fowler and La Belle Lakes, in the village of Oconomowoc, thirty miles from Milwaukee on the St. Paul R.R. Men sta... |
| Date: | 1971 |
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| Description: | Poster of the Potosi Brewing Company, advertising a new holiday beer introduced by the new director of brewing, Joe Tschida. The poster includes his photo... |
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| Description: | Logo for Women Uniting To End the War consisting of a shopping cart with an X over it. |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Reverse side of a Russian 500 ruble bank note issued in 1912. |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Russian 500 ruble bank note, featuring a portrait of Emperor Peter I, the Great (1682-1725). |
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| Description: | Wisconsin promotional decal with a map of the state, with many cities marked and drawings of some Wisconsin icons: cheese, cows, deer, beer, Wisconsin Dell... |
| Date: | 01 1973 |
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| Description: | A wall calendar featuring the "World Famous Green Bay Packers." The calendar is advertising Hank Lefebvre's commercial photography business. |
| Date: | 1878 |
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| Description: | Newspaper advertisement for Dr. Sanford's Liver Invigorator for diseases of the liver, stomach, and bowels. A long list of diseases the tonic treated is wr... |
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| Description: | Two-sided playing card used for advertising by magician Howard Thurston (d. 1936), arguably the greatest magician of his day. The reverse side of the card ... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| 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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| Description: | Letterhead proof for the International Litho Artists and Engravers Insurance and Protective Association of the United States and Canada, of Milwaukee, Wisc... |
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| Description: | Memohead of the M. Hilty Lumber Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with the Hilty's Invincible Hardwood Flooring trademark with the motto, "Matchless Yet Mat... |
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