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Ed Gein Farm Auction

Date: 03 30 1958
Description: Notice of farm auction sale for farm and personal property of Ed Gein. The farmhouse was destroyed by fire before the auction took place.
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Old Abe Memorial Day

Date: 05 30 1904
Description: Chromolithograph of Old Abe, Wisconsin War Eagle. The title reads: "Memorial Day in Wisconsin Schools."
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First Wisconsin Unemployment Check

Date: 08 17 1936
Description: Front side of the first unemployment check issued in Wisconsin to Neils B. Ruud.
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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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Timmerman Field

Date: 1957
Description: Advertising brochure for Timmerman Field, the successor to Curtiss-Wright Airport. Curtiss-Wright Airport, which had been established in 1929, was purchas...
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Brochure Image for Invincible Cabin Monoplane

Date: 1929
Description: An advertising brochure for the Invincible Cabin Monoplane, an airplane briefly manufactured by the Invincible Metal Furniture Company of Manitowoc. Text o...
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Fuller & Johnson Manufacturing Letterhead

Date: 1901
Description: Fuller & Johnson Manufacturing letterhead. Fuller & Johnson was run by John A. Johnson and was one of Madison's largest employers.
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Lawrence College

Date: 1942
Description: Trees interspersed with college buildings in lower half of image, with Fox River bisecting the middle, and a few buildings across the river with open fiel...
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Bird's-Eye View of Milwaukee in 1853

Date: 1937
Description: Bird's-eye view of Milwaukee in 1853 details building features and city layout from southwest. Important buildings are numbered in a silhouette drawing bel...
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Bird's-Eye View of Lyons

Date: 1909
Description: Illustration of town. Caption reads: "Bird's-eye View, Lyons, Wisconsin. A Village of natural environments, choice residence locations, desirable factory s...
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Portrait of William Horlick

Date: 1936
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of William Horlick (1846-1936), by Harold A. Stewart.
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Wisconsin Western Railroad Pass

Date: 1900
Description: Pass # 258 issued to General Manager Charles Lapham by the Wisconsin Western Railroad for the year 1900.
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Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Company Pass

Date: 1933
Description: Pass issued by the Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company for the week of December 17-23, 1933.
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Wisconsin Dells Advertisement

Date: 1928
Description: "The Dells," a brochure issued by the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul and Pacific Railroad to advertise the Wisconsin Dells, a destination only five hours fr...
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Wisconsin Dells Advertisement

Date: 1906
Description: Promotional brochure for the Wisconsin Dells (then known as Kilbourn) issued by the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway. The railroad illustrated many of...
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Civil Air Patrol Card

Date: 1945
Description: Civil Air Patrol membership card belonging to Meinhardt Raabe.
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View of Albany

Date: 1907
Description: Elevated view of Albany, looking West.
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Langlade County Memorial Hospital

Date: 1955
Description: The Langlade County Memorial Hospital.
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Fortified Village of Aztalan

Date: 1955
Description: Artist's conception of ancient village of Aztalan, fortified with high walls surrounding it.
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Willliams Free Library

Date: 1920
Description: Angled view of the Williams Free Library. Caption reads: "The Williams Free Library, Beaver Dam, Wis."

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