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| Date: | 05 29 1948 |
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| Description: | The 100th Anniversary of Wisconsin Statehood envelope on the first day it was issued on May 29, 1948. It is addressed to Governor Oscar Rennebohm, State of... |
| 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... |
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| Description: | Sheet of twenty-four stamps bearing a Christmas tree logo and the slogan "No More Shopping Days 'til Peace." |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | A combined holiday card and birth announcement with Santa Claus and a stork holding a banner between them that says "Holiday Greetings from the Knowltons i... |
| Date: | 1933 |
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| Description: | Holiday card of a man and a woman standing on either side of a musical hand cart. They are in front of an industrial building with a large window, and snow... |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | Holiday card with a white star on a red background. A lantern with a lit candle and pine branches are inside the star. The word "Greetings" appears in the ... |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | Holiday card with printed wood grain. A box in the center with a white, brown and red border reads: "greetings" with a red star. |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | Holiday card of three candles with two decorative halos behind them. Metallic silver frame. Text in lower right corner reads: "Glad Tidings." Printed in re... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| 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, ... |
| Date: | 1962 |
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| Description: | Holiday card with representatives of six of the world's religions. In the center is the text: "Peace On Earth." On the inside (not shown) the sender is the... |
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| Description: | Holiday card with doves of peace holding flags from various countries over a metallic gold background. The Christmas star is overhead. The text on the insi... |
| Date: | 1958 |
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| Description: | Holiday card from President and Mrs. Eisenhower. The front has the presidential seal, printed in red and blue, gold foil stamped and embossed, attached to ... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Holiday card with two Boston Terriers as radio announcers in front of microphones. The call letters on the microphones are "WLW" and "WSAI." On the inside ... |
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| Description: | Photographic holiday card of an African American family posed over an image of three dimensional letters that read: "NOEL." The letters are slanting from u... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Holiday card from the "Chemical Warfare Service, United States Army, Edgewood Arsenal, MD. December 25th, 1918." Their logo appears above the text. The Ame... |
| Date: | 2008 |
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| Description: | Holiday card from Senator Herb Kohl. The front of the card reads: "Season's Greetings from Senator Herb Kohl" and has the state of Wisconsin in the middle.... |
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| Description: | Holiday card from Jane M. Byrne, mayor of Chicago, 1979-1983. The card is a reproduction of a stained glass window with a string attached so it can be hung... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | A patriotic holiday card with the Statue of Liberty at the top with a wreath of holly behind her. She is standing on a red and blue bordered box that has t... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| 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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| Description: | Holiday card with a uniformed nurse standing under mistletoe, while a soldier and a sailor are walking towards her, presumably to kiss her. Inside a red bo... |
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