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Air Mail Begins

Date: 11 22 1927
Description: Souvenir envelope mailed by John A. Lester on the flight that inaugurated air mail service between Madison and Minneapolis in 1927. Madison's first incomin...
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Monster Knife

Date: 1990
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...
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Neighborhood House Bike Hosteling Scrapbook Cover

Date: 1940
Description: Front cover of the American Youth Hostel log book of bike hostel trips taken by participants in a Neighborhood House summer program for girls (later trips ...
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J.J. Findorff & Sons

Date: 1914
Description: Twelve photographs and one letterhead are mounted on a board with captions. The photographs cover the time before and after a fire in 1909 when the company...

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