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Babe Ruth

Date: 10 15 1934
Description: Babe Ruth, wearing dressing gown, stands in the doorway of a train and signs autographs for clamoring fans, with a train porter in uniform standing by.
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Babe Ruth

Date: 10 15 1934
Description: Babe Ruth, wearing a dressing gown, standing in the doorway of a train car and signing autographs.
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Muskego Fair Souvenirs

Date: 08 28 1967
Description: Gary Ksicinski is surrounded by stuffed animals and other souvenirs as he waits for customers at his concession booth at the annual Muskego VFW fair.
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Mrs. T.H. Soehle with Nazi Souvenirs

Date: 07 12 1945
Description: Mrs. T.H. Soehle with various items from Germany which her son, Corporal Theodore Soehle, Jr., a military police officer in France, sent home.
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Lieut. Albert L. David with Souvenirs

Date: 07 25 1945
Description: Lieut. Albert L. David showing his wife, Georgia, the souvenirs he brought from the capture of the German U-505 underseas craft. He stood two days and nigh...
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Bennett Studio Gift Shop

Date: 1945
Description: Gift shop at the Bennett Studio. The pictured individuals include Ruth Bennett Dyer and Oliver Reese. In addition to operating the photography studio, the...
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Souvenirs from Norway

Date: 11 1947
Description: Left to right, Dorothy Kobs, Wisconsin High School student, James McDonald, Central High School student, and Amelia Brueckner, West High School student, lo...
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Crowd at Indiana State Fair

Date: 1935
Description: A crowd gathered around two men standing in an open wagon at the Indiana State Fair. Many of the people in the crowd have their hands raised. A sign readin...
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Souvenirs, Battery Park

Date: 1968
Description: Shelves of souvenirs for sale in Battery Park. The neatly stacked and arranged trinkets include: models of the Empire State Building and the Statue of Libe...
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Sigrid's Bavarian Trail — Interior

Date: 03 12 1999
Description: "While dining at Sigrid's Bavarian Trail,our waitress Carrie Pobanz, entertains us by singing 'Edelweiss.' She and her family are moving to Branson, MO, in...
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Madison Labor Day Queen

Date: 09 06 1954
Description: Mrs. Evelyn Gotzion of 3222 James Street in Madison, Labor Day Queen, shows her ring to Orla Coleman, president of the Madison Federation of Labor. The rin...
Manuscript

Class Portrait

Date: 1935
Description: Vintage photograph, dated ca. 1890, with a wraparound handwritten message from Miss Louise Parke to her beloved teacher, Miss Mary L. Edgar, is part of a M...
Photograph

World Jewish Child's Day

Date: 04 01 1957
Description: Governor Vernon W. Thomson receives a gavel made by school children in Israel upon his signing of a proclamation of World Jewish Child's Day. Members of th...
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Autographed Portrait of General Douglas MacArthur

Date: 02 1944
Description: An autographed quarter-length portrait of General of the Army Douglas MacArthur seated on an airplane near a window. He is wearing his uniform with a jacke...
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Dinner Menu for Special Train Carrying President-Elect Warren G. Harding

Date: 11 06 1920
Description: Interior of dinner menu for Special Train enroute from St. Louis, Missouri, to Brownsville, Texas, with an oval portrait of President-Elect Warren G. Hardi...
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Menu for Dinner in Honor of President-Elect Warren G. Harding

Date: 12 04 1920
Description: Menu for dinner honoring President-Elect Warren G. Harding by the citizens of Newport News, Virginia, at the Hotel Warwick. On the cover is a framed quarte...
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Menu for Captain's Dinner on Board S.S. Pastores

Date: 12 03 1920
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 ...
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Menu for Farewell Dinner on Board R.M.S. Volendam

Date: 01 22 1939
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...
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Menu for Banquet in Honor of President Theodore Roosevelt

Date: 04 03 1903
Description: Front cover, first page, and menu listing for a banquet given in honor of President Theodore Roosevelt by the Merchants and Manufacturers Association at Pl...
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Menu Cover for Dinner for Delegations to the 5th Session of the Assembly General of the United Nations

Date: 11 27 1950
Description: Front cover of the menu for a dinner given by Nazrollah Entezam, President of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly during its fifth session and leader ...

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