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Willson Monarch Labs Salesman Card

Date: 1935
Description: Business card of Edward Rohloff, a traveling salesman for Willson's Monarch Laboratory, a manufacturer of patent medications in the early part of the 1900s...
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The American Fireman Facing the Enemy

Date: 1858
Description: A fire fighter stands over a fire as he trains his hose on the flames. This depicts the close proximity to the fire fire fighters were required to work be...
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Fire Company Invitation

Date: 02 04 1864
Description: Embossed invitation to the fourth masquerade ball of the Madison Fire Engine Company #2. The invitation depicts a fire fighter on a ladder carrying a woman...
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Fond du Lac Company House

Date: 1837
Description: Fond du Lac Company House, built in 1836 and operated as an inn by Colwert Pier and his wife. Groups of Indians are in the yard outside the inn, and severa...
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Fond du Lac Company House

Date: 1837
Description: Fond du Lac Company House. Groups of Indians are in the yard outside the inn, and several Indian dwellings are erected next to it. A man on horseback with ...
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Marshall's Rut Leveler and Snow-Plow Advertisment

Date: 1874
Description: Advertisement for Calvin Marshall's Patent Rut Leveler and Snow-Plow or Road Breaker.
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View of Sparta, Wisconsin

Date: 1858
Description: View on North Water Street, showing the building in which the Bank of Sparta was founded. A man is walking beside a oxen pulling a covered wagon.
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International Truck Advertising Proof

Date: 10 1947
Description: Advertising proof created by Young and Rubicam for the International Harvester Company. Features a color illustration of an International KB truck with a m...
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International Truck Advertising Proof

Date: 12 1946
Description: Advertising proof created by Young and Rubicam for the International Harvester Company. Features a color illustration of two truck drivers in a diner sitti...
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International Truck Advertising Proof

Date: 04 1951
Description: Advertising proof created by Young and Rubicam for the International Harvester Company. Features a color illustration of three truck drivers at a diner, an...
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Schlitz Palm Garden

Date: 07 03 1886
Description: An interior view of the Schlitz Palm Garden, which was located on North 3rd Street, south of West Wisconsin Avenue. This image includes a drawing of a wait...
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Coolidge in Wisconsin

Date: 1928
Description: "Keep Cool with Coolidge in Wisconsin This Summer." A stamp presumably issued by the Outdoor Club of Wisconsin, to promote tourism in northern Wisconsin. I...
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Tonyawatha Spring Hotel Grounds

Date: 1889
Description: From a map published by Angell and Hastreither, the drawing depicts the Tonyawatha Spring Hotel grounds on Lake Monona. The hotel, located in Blooming Grov...
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American House

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Description: Building with three levels, a porch and two balconies across the front of the house, a roof, and a man with a telescope in a belvedere in the center of the...
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Cottage Inn

Date: 1835
Description: Two-story home with sloping roof. One man is whipping a team of eight cattle while another man drives the plow behind them. To the left stands a man near a...
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La Belle House

Date: 1867
Description: A summer resort, situated on the banks of Fowler and La Belle Lakes, in the village of Oconomowoc, thirty miles from Milwaukee on the St. Paul R.R. Men sta...
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Scout 800 Sportop Advertising Booklet

Date: 1966
Description: Cover of an advertising booklet for the International Harvester Scout 800 Sportop truck. A color photograph shows an elegantly dressed woman sitting in the...
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Champagne Series Scout Advertisement

Date: 1964
Description: Front cover of an advertising booklet for the International Scout Champagne Series. The color illustration features a man in a baseball cap opening the veh...
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Railroad Mail Delivery

Date: 1876
Description: Railroad advertising card showing a mail carrier on horseback on a plank road in 1776, and mail being delivered by train in 1876. A woman with two children...
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A Fireman Zouave Putting Out Secession

Date: 1860
Description: A Zouave fireman spraying a person in bed clothes in the face with a fire hose. Smoke is billowing in the background. Caption below reads, "A Fireman Zouav...

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