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Milwaukee Iron Works Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead stationery featuring an engraving of the Milwaukee Iron Company foundry. The letter is from an officer of the company to noted geologist Increas...
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Pritzlaff Hardware Letterhead

Date: 1900
Description: Invoice of the John Pritzlaff Hardware Company of Milwaukee with an engraved illustration of the company warehouse.
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Berlin Woolen Mills Letterhead

Date: 1876
Description: Letterhead of the Berlin Woolen Mills bearing an engraving of the factory, which is unusual because of its French Mansard roof.
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Wisconsin Steel Works Plat

Date: 1960
Description: Plat of International Harvester Company's Wisconsin Steel Works.
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Dayton Pump Products Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Dayton Pump Products Company of Belgium, Wisconsin, distributor of Dayton Water Systems, with six vignettes of water systems in use: wate...
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Carter Ice & Fuel Company Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Carter Ice & Fuel Company, suppliers of ice, fuel, and building products in Menomonie, Wisconsin, with a three-quarter view of a one-stor...
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Carl Stargardt Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of Carl Stargardt, bridge contractor in Athens, Wisconsin, with two-color illustrations in brown and green inks of an automobile heading toward ...
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Central Roofing & Supply Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Central Roofing & Supply Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, "Roofing Jobbers and Contractors," with a three-quarter view of a house with a ...
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Patek Brothers Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of Patek Brothers, Inc., of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, a paint company, with a halftone image of a hand dipping a brush into a can of Patek paint, el...
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Fredman Bag Company Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Fredman Bag Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, manufacturer of burlap and cotton bags and twines, with illustrations of two sacks, and a "J...
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Minocqua Lumber Company Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Minocqua Lumber Company, with a footer of two houses near the water's edge with a forest in the background that extends along the left-ha...
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Ojibwe Treaty

Date: 1864
Description: This document, sometimes cited as the “Statement made by the Indians, a bilingual petition of the Chippewas of Lake Superior, 1864,” was carried by an Ojib...
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Nekoosa Lumbering Company Stock Certificate

Date: 09 09 1861
Description: Nekoosa Lumbering Company stock certificate for eighty shares made out to Moses M. Strong. Each share costs $50.00.
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Acceptance of Airline Service Proposal Telegram

Date: 09 20 1920
Description: Photograph of Alfred Lawson's telegram confirming that Otto Praeger, second assistant United States Postmaster General, had received Alfred Lawson's air ma...
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Letter of Proposal Acceptance from Otto Praeger

Date: 09 13 1920
Description: Letter to Alfred Lawson from Otto Praeger, the second assistant Postmaster General, accepting Lawson's proposals for carrying air mail along three routes: ...
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E. L. Jones Endorsement Telegram

Date: 03 29 1917
Description: Telegram to George W. Ellis of Green Bay, from Ernest La Rue Jones, president of the Aeronautics Manufacturers' Association. Text reads: Lawson familiar ae...
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Alfred J. Moisant Endorsement Telegram

Date: 03 30 1917
Description: Telegram to George W. Ellis of Green Bay from Alfred J. Moisant, president of the Moisant Aeroplane Company and Moisant International Aviators. Text reads:...
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Charles S. Heitman Endorsement Telegram

Date: 03 30 1917
Description: Telegram to George W. Ellis of Green Bay from Charles S. Heitman, endorsing Alfred Lawson. Text reads: "Have been in Washington causing delay replying cons...
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Alfred W. Lawson Receives Highest Award from Aerial League of America, Page One

Date: 1919
Description: First page of a four-page pamphlet promoting Alfred Lawson and, by extension, his new line of airliners. Page includes an image of the "Winged America" tro...
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Alfred W. Lawson Receives Highest Award from Aerial League of America, Page Two

Date: 1919
Description: Second page of a four-page pamphlet advertising Alfred Lawson and, by extension, his line of airliners. Reproduces the first half of a letter to Lawson fro...

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