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Vilas Flying Certificate

Date: 1915
Description: Certificate issued to E.M. Griffith, the Wisconsin State Forester, so that Griffith could prove that he had flown at an altitude of 1600 feet in the "flyin...
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McCormick Residence West Elevation

Date: 07 13 1910
Description: Blueprint of the west elevation of the Chicago residence of Nettie Fowler McCormick, widow of Cyrus Hall McCormick. The plan presents alterations and addit...
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City of Milwaukee Liquor License

Date: 1917
Description: License from the City of Milwaukee granting Arthur Gerth permission to sell alcohol at 1222 12th Street.
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Annual Report

Date: 1911
Description: Front cover of International Harvester Company's annual report.
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C.L. (Neal) Harrington's Identity Card

Date: 1918
Description: Neal Harrington was assigned to the American Expeditionary Forces in October 1918. He was sent to France with the 20th Engineering Corp as a 2nd lieutenant...
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Winnipeg Industrial Exhibition Association Diploma

Date: 1910
Description: Winnipeg Industrial Exhibition Diploma awarded to International Harvester for Internal Combustion Engines.
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Grand Prize from Panama-California Exposition

Date: 1915
Description: Award document for farm tractors and implements.
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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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Alfred W. Lawson Receives Highest Award from Aerial League of America, Page Three

Date: 1919
Description: Third page of a four-page pamphlet advertising Alfred Lawson and, by extension, his line of airliners. Reproduces the second half of a letter from the Aeri...
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Alfred W. Lawson Receives Highest Award from Aerial League of America, Page Four

Date: 1919
Description: Fourth page of a four-page pamphlet advertising Alfred Lawson and, by extension, his line of airliners. Includes eight photographs and drawings of Lawson A...
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Patriotic Rally of S.G.A. Program

Date: 10 18 1917
Description: Single sheet program for a patriotic rally held by the University of Wisconsin Student Government Association called by The Women Students' War Work Counci...
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Bay View Labor Riot of 1886

Date: 07 03 1910
Description: Front page of the "Milwaukee Free Press Sunday Magazine." The article is titled: "The Only Real Labor Troubles in Milwaukee's History. Exciting Times Durin...
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Theodore Roosevelt Signature

Date: 1912
Description: Signature and note from Theodore Roosevelt on a card. "Printed on the card: "I intend to vote for Woman Suffrage Nov. 5, 1912. Name [Teddy Roosevelt] Addre...
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Certificate of Newly Elected Officers of the Till Institute

Date: 10 14 1919
Description: Certificate of newly elected officers of the Till Institute, a patent medicine company in Town of Almeda, Turtle Lake, Wisconsin. John Till served as Presi...

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