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| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | Campaign poster with the title "Posterity" for Theodore Roosevelt and William McKinley featuring their portraits. In the center is an illustration of a wom... |
| Date: | 1867 |
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| Description: | Engraving of portraits of Generals in the Union Army during the Civil War. U.S. Grant is in the center, with H.W. Halleck on his left, and clockwise from t... |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | Advertisement for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad featuring an illustration of Uncle Sam stretched from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean.... |
| Date: | 1655 |
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| Description: | Frontispiece to Newe Welt vnd americanische Historien (1655). |
| Date: | 04 29 1882 |
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| Description: | Printed invitation to the 2nd annual military ball of the Light Horse Squadron of Milwaukee. The invitation is printed in blue and gold and features illust... |
| Date: | 10 14 1861 |
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| Description: | Engraving of Old Abe, mascot of the 8th Wisconsin Civil War Voluntary Infantry, displayed for a crowd. The eagle bearer holds Old Abe's staff perch while t... |
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| Description: | Cut and pasted design for Wisconsin Promotional Bureau logo. |
| Date: | 1852 |
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| Description: | Proof sheets of five and ten dollars bills of the Wisconsin Bank of Madison. Among other illustrations, the notes include an engraving of Leonard J. Farwel... |
| Date: | 06 24 1969 |
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| Description: | Cover of "The Kudzu," an underground newspaper, featuring a reproduction of Martin Schongauer's 15th Century engraving entitled, "Saint Anthony Tormented b... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | A political cartoon during the presidential campaign depicting W.J. Bryan repainting a sign with the word "imperialism". |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | A cartoon from an International Harvester operator's manual. The cartoon depicts a man on crutches with a broken leg, a man's head with a pained expression... |
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| Description: | Panoramic view from the top of a building. Home of Merchants and Manufacturers' Association of Milwaukee. Building is in the center of the image, with two ... |
| Date: | 1965 |
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| Description: | Safety cartoon from an International Harvester service manual. The cartoon depicts a man pointing to himself with five shadowed figures behind him. The tex... |
| Date: | 1962 |
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| Description: | A cartoon from an International Harvester operator's manual. The cartoon contains the heading: "Take Time to Take Care In the operation of tractors and imp... |
| Date: | 1896 |
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| Description: | A political cartoon satirizing the Republican Party as a bloated man squashing the Labor Party, which is depicted as a working man. |
| Date: | 1881 |
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| Description: | Engraved invitation to the reception and promenade concert held in celebration of the election of President James A. Garfield (left) and Vice President Che... |
| Date: | 1855 |
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| Description: | An illustration of an Indian prophet standing by his lodge, which has symbols drawn on and floating above it. Others are seated, watching him. Two persons ... |
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| Description: | Front three-quarter view wash drawing of La Crosse Happy Farmer Tractor with captions pointing out features of the tractor. |
| Date: | 1891 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the West Superior Hotel. There are pedestrians, a street car, and people riding in horse-drawn carriages on the street in front of the hot... |
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| Description: | Cartoon graphic of a bird (probably a dove) holding an olive branch in one hand and a symbol that is a combination of a peace symbol and a female gender sy... |
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