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H.H. Bennett Advertising Envelope

Date: 1891
Description: H.H. Bennett advertising envelope addressed to William H. Metcalf of Milwaukee. The envelope bears an engraved image of people standing on top of Stand Roc...
Manuscript

Bennett Studio 1874 Inventory

Date: 01 01 1874
Description: Two-page spread from H.H. Bennett's studio inventory of 1874. The spread shows the inventory and value of items in the printing and furnishing room and on ...
Photograph

Mitchell Bank and Chamber of Commerce

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Description: Elevated view of Mitchell Bank and Chamber of Commerce.
Photograph

Portrait of Mrs. Ed Dixon

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Description: Studio portrait of Mrs. Ed Dixon dressed to advertise druggist J.F. Stillman.
Photograph

Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company Building #894

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Description: Elevated stereograph of the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company Building on Broadway Street and Wisconsin Avenue. Horses and carriages are on the un...
Photograph

Midway Pleasance, Columbian Exposition

Date: 1893
Description: Columbian Exposition; North side of Midway Pleasance viewed from Madison Avenue.
Photograph

Moving Pictures at Inter-County Fair

Date: 1905
Description: A crowd, including Evaline, Nellie and Harriet Bennett, looking at large banner advertisements for moving pictures. Moving picture subjects include fire fi...
Photograph

Northwestern Insurance Company Building

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Description: New Northwestern Insurance Company building, with horse-drawn vehicles in the street.
Photograph

Contract Signing for Wisconsin Dells Minirama

Date: 09 1959
Description: Contract Signing for Wisconsin Dells Minirama. The man on the left is a banker, the man with eyeglasses is Ted Saunders, and the women are Ruth Bennett Dye...
Print

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...
Photograph

J.C. Iversen & Co. Store — 425 East Water Street #826

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Description: Elevated stereograph of J.C. Iversen and Company on the west side of Water Street (north of Grand Avenue). Other stores include: Adam Koch Restaurant and Q...
Photograph

Ford Garage and Bowman Bank

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Description: Street scene featuring the Ford Garage and the Bowman Bank. Several cars are parked in front of the buildings.
Photograph

St. Paul Ice Carnival, Chamber of Commerce Tent

Date: 02 1886
Description: St. Paul Ice Carnival, view of ice palace. Chamber of Commerce tent in front advertises St. Paul as the geographic center of the continent. Horse-drawn sle...
Photograph

Sign for Lost Canyon

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Description: Sign for Lost Canyon, with people standing near a car in the foreground.
Poster

Indian Ceremonial Poster

Date: 1931
Description: Poster advertising the Indian Ceremonial at Stand Rock Amphitheatre.
Photograph

Silverstone, My Tailor

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Description: A boy on a Milwaukee street is driving a goat cart with an advertisement for Silverstone the tailor. Several on-lookers are watching from the left hand sid...
Photograph

Rainbow Cottages

Date: 1950
Description: Entrance sign and rainbow between two trees in front of several cabins at the Rainbow Cabins. The cabins were located on Route 16 on Vine Street.
Photograph

Milwaukee Ships and River Views

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Description: View across the Milwaukee River, showing advertisements for the Riverside Printing House, Book and Job Printing, Spring Street Lager Beer Hall, and Hood an...
Photograph

Giftland at Night

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Description: Night view of gift shops, restaurants, and other attractions in a two-story shopping plaza. Several cars are parked along the curb beneath a streetlight in...
Print

Back of 1960's Wisconsin Dells Brochure

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Description: Back fold of a Wisconsin Dells promotional brochure featuring a simplified Wisconsin highway map with directions to the Dells, and a drawing of a family dr...

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