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| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | A scrapbook page containing three photographs of John A. Commons (presumably) in his World War I uniform, standing with another man with a Christmas tree, ... |
| Date: | 08 28 1912 |
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| Description: | A contract letter written on Curtiss Exhibition Co. stationery addressed to John Kaminski of Milwaukee. It offers him a contract to fly at an exhibition at... |
| Date: | 06 12 1931 |
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| Description: | The letterhead stationery of a Racine economic development committee reads: "Air City, Where the Air-Minded Live," The design shows airplanes and even a... |
| Date: | 08 17 1923 |
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| Description: | "No flight, no pay." The informal contract between J.A. Smith of Neenah and Roy Larson of Larsen, Wisconsin. Roy Larson established a rural airport in Lar... |
| Date: | 06 04 1944 |
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| Description: | Citation in which President Harry Truman presents the Medal of Honor to Lieutenant Albert LeRoy David. |
| Date: | 12 16 1924 |
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| Description: | This is page one of a letter written to Governor Emanuel Philipp from Helen Keller. She asks for his assistance in helping establish an endowment fund for ... |
| Date: | 12 16 1924 |
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| Description: | This is page two of a letter written to Governor Emanuel Philipp from Helen Keller. She asks for his assistance in helping establish an endowment fund for ... |
| Date: | 05 18 1982 |
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| Description: | A friendly letter from Vice President George Herbert Walker Bush to Lee Sherman Dreyfus. |
| Date: | 04 30 1982 |
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| Description: | A friendly letter from President Ronald Reagan to Governor Lee Sherman Dreyfus. |
| Date: | 12 16 1926 |
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| Description: | Portion of the dissolution letter regarding the Badger Brass Manufacturing Company. |
| Date: | 1972 |
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| Description: | Letter from Martha MacMillan of Farmington, Michigan to the group Women for a Peaceful Christmas written on stationery bearing an Earth Day logo. |
| Date: | 1974 |
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| Description: | Angry letter written to Women for a Peaceful Christmas in opposition to their Christmas shopping boycott, signed "A small business owner." |
| Date: | 1971 |
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| Description: | Page 13 of a booklet published by Women for a Peaceful Christmas offering alternatives to buying Christmas gifts. The page is decorated with several Christ... |
| Date: | 1972 |
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| Description: | Letter from Carol Lampe of Fairfield, Connecticut to Women for a Peaceful Christmas written on colorful stationery with a writing surface in the shape of a... |
| Date: | 07 1957 |
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| Description: | Letter from Mrs. F.L. "Dixie" Larkin of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to The Wisconsin Conservation Department regarding the use of DDT to control Dutch Elm Diseas... |
| Date: | 06 30 1957 |
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| Description: | Letter from Marie Thompson of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, President of the Animal Protective League to John Beale, Chief Forester at the Wisconsin Conservation D... |
| Date: | 07 21 1957 |
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| Description: | Letter from Harold Kruse, President of Citizens Natural Resources Association of Wisconsin, to L.P. Voigt of the Wisconsin Conservation Department regardin... |
| Date: | 03 28 1945 |
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| Description: | A page of a letter written by Dickey Chapelle to Daniel Mich describing arrival by air to an unspecified location for a mission. |
| Date: | 07 28 1930 |
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| Description: | A letter from Jane Addams of Hull House to Cyrus McCormick regarding his donation to Hull House to benefit a children's program. The letter has two photogr... |
| Date: | 07 1913 |
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| Description: | A program of events for the reunion of Union and Confederate veterans, including prayers, music, speeches, and fireworks. |
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