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Buy Bonds!

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Description: Display that advertises the sale of U.S. Savings Bonds through the Payroll Savings Plan or the Bond-a-Month-Plan. Wisconsin State Governor Walter J. Kohler...
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Gueder, Paeschke & Frey Co.

Date: 1930
Description: Panoramic print of factory. Six large smokestacks, several small ones, a flag, and a water tower decorate the rooftops. Horse-drawn vehicles are on the roa...
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Jones Island Storefront

Date: 10 28 1938
Description: Signs for Kingsbury Beer and politicians are in the window of a storefront.
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Exterior of F. Dohmen Company

Date: 1900
Description: The F. Dohmen Company Wholesale Druggists. A salesman's catalog with removable screwed bindings and pages of note paper bound between catalog pages. (One o...
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United Public Workers Parade/Demonstration

Date: 07 13 1946
Description: Part of a United Public Workers parade/demonstration on a downtown city street. A horse-drawn wagon carries some participants. Parade signs read "No Swivel...
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Old Heidelberg, Beer Label

Date: 1926
Description: Label submitted to the State of Wisconsin for trademark registration. "Old Heidelberg Brew, Made under the formula of a famous old German brew, Val. Blatz ...
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Wisconsin on Parade

Date: 1915
Description: Stamp advertising the 1915 Wisconsin State Fair. Includes an illustration of a woman waving a "Wis." pennant, overlooking crowds at the fairground. Stamp t...
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Michael Petyo with a News Reporter

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: Michael Petyo is shaking hands with a reporter from 12 News, as a camera operator is filming them. Petyo is wearing a suit and a red flower pin. Another ma...
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Donald Trump Bus

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: View across intersection towards a large black bus in front of the U.W. Milwaukee Panther Arena. On the bus is an advertisement for Donald Trump's book ...
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"Attention Workers"

Date: 11 1902
Description: A card announcing Emma Goldmann as the speaker at a meeting, written in German. Emma Goldmann was an anarchist known for her activism. Black ink, printed l...
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The Nautical Look

Date: 02 15 1989
Description: Three children are posing together on a wicker bench. Caption reads: "The nautical look is an important spring theme in children's wear, and it could mean ...

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