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| Date: | 1990 |
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| Description: | A woman holds the monster knife and its sheath. Giant knife presented to John Fox Potter by Missouri Republicans after Potter's threatened duel with a Virg... |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | Match book cover distributed by the Superior Match Company of Chicago. The front cover says, "I like McCarthy and his Methods. I am with Joe McCarthy in ... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Small button tag on a string promoting "Republican, General Douglas MacArthur for President." |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin campaign pin for Franklin Delano Roosevelt and John Nance Garner's 1936 run. It reads "Roosevelt Garner Club, Wisconsin." |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | Campaign button for Franklin Delano Roosevelt, with Roosevelt's image at the center and the phrase "Carry on with Roosevelt" around the outer edge. |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | Campaign banner in support of Franklin Delano Roosevelt for President. The banner bears Roosevelt's image and the phrases "God Bless America" and "our next... |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | Badge for the Wisconsin Beekeepers Association 58th Annual Convention at the Hotel Retlaw in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. October 29, 30, 1936. Courtesy of Ruep... |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | Badge for the International Beekeeping Conference, including The American Honey Producers League, The American Honey Institute, Southern Beekeeping States ... |
| Date: | 11 25 1920 |
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| Description: | Menu for a banquet given by the President of Panama for President-Elect Warren G. Harding in Panama. Printed on a length of fringed silk with a blue twiste... |
| Date: | 1901 |
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| Description: | Souvenir playing card out of a full deck from the Pan-American Exposition. The Two of Clubs displays a drawing of "The Johnstown Flood," a castle like buil... |
| Date: | 1901 |
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| Description: | Souvenir playing card out of a full deck from the Pan-American Exposition. The Seven of Spades displays a drawing of "The Airship." A round building with a... |
| Date: | 1901 |
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| Description: | Souvenir playing card out of a full deck from the Pan-American Exposition. The Three of Clubs displays a drawing of the "74th Regiment Armory," a large cas... |
| Date: | 1901 |
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| Description: | Souvenir playing card out of a full deck from the Pan-American Exposition. The Queen of Hearts displays a drawing of the "Service Building," a large castle... |
| Date: | 1901 |
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| Description: | An album page decorated with hand-painted yellow violets features interior and exterior photographic views of the Frank B. Fargo house. At top left, a phot... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Framed assortment of buttons, and a few stamps, representing the presidential election between Dwight Eisenhower and Adlai Stevenson in 1956. A few of the ... |
| Date: | 1976 |
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| Description: | Framed assortment of campaign buttons for Jimmy Carter and running mate Walter Mondale, and Gerald Ford and running mate Bob Dole. Most are simple round bu... |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Framed assortment of political campaign buttons for Richard Nixon and running mate Spiro Agnew, and Hubert Humphrey and running mate Edmund Muskie. Several... |
| Date: | 1972 |
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| Description: | Framed assortment of political campaign buttons for Richard Nixon and running mate Spiro Agnew, and George McGovern and running mate Sargent Shriver. The c... |
| Date: | 1984 |
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| Description: | Framed assortment of political buttons for Ronald Reagan and running mate George H.W. Bush, and Walter Mondale and running mate Geraldine Ferraro (the firs... |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | Framed assortment of political campaign buttons for Lyndon B. Johnson and running mate Hubert Humphrey, and Barry Goldwater and running mate William E. Mil... |
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