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New Year's Business Greeting

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Description: Floral chromolithographed trade card from C.H. Holst, New Holstein, Wisconsin, that wished a Happy New Year to its customers. The card is part of a collec...
Poster

May Day Gathering Poster

Date: 05 1971
Description: Poster advertising for a May Day demonstration in Washington, D.C. Features an image of Sitting Bull.
Photograph

New Year's Eve Party at Deutschkron Apartment

Date: 1946
Description: New Year's Eve party at Deutschkron apartment. Eva Lauffer Deutschkron second from left in foreground, Martin Deutschkron is at far right; Berlin.
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Rosa Goldberg Katz and Daughter Lighting Hanukkah Candles

Date: 1967
Description: Rosa Goldberg Katz and her daughter, Marilyn, lighting Hanukkah candles in their home.
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Christmas Greetings from the Bryntesons

Date: 1970
Description: Photo holiday greeting card of the Brynteson family. Four portraits show the various members of the family, including a dog.
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Ever Thine

Date: 1840
Description: Valentine's Day card with flowers and gold and white flourishes. Text at bottom reads: "Ever Thine." It has been mounted to a piece of paper and a silhouet...
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Merry Christmas from Dairyland Power Cooperative Genoa Station No. 3

Date: 1969
Description: Nighttime view of Dairyland Power Cooperative's Genoa Station Number 3, located near Genoa along the Mississippi River. A lit Christmas tree stands on one ...
Postcard

Evergreen Park Cottage Sanatorium

Date: 1905
Description: The Evergreen Park Cottage Sanatorium, where in 1903 Dr. W.B. Hopkins opened the first tuberculosis sanatorium in Wisconsin. Financial problems caused the ...
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Children's Nativity Scene

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Description: Children acting in a living nativity scene at St. Michael's Home. The three children represent an angel, Joseph, and Mary, and are gathered around a manger...
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Holiday Greetings

Date: 1928
Description: Holiday card of a stylized caroler holding a songbook and a wreath. Her scarf is blowing in the wind. The text "Holiday Greetings" appears in a sign in the...
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Merry Christmas

Date: 1928
Description: Holiday card with the silhouettes of a father, mother and child. The word "From" appears in the upper left corner with holly behind it. In the opposite cor...
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Christmas Greetings

Date: 1929
Description: Holiday card with shepherds holding crooks and their sheep in the hills under the Christmas star. The text "Christmas Greetings" appears at the bottom. Let...
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Flower and Leaf Valentine

Date: 1855
Description: Valentine's Day card with a flower and large leaf. A verse is printed on the leaf. It reads: "Vainly shall we list for voices, made by absence doubly dear,...
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You've Completely Turned My Head Doggonit!

Date: 1925
Description: Valentine's Day card featuring a puppy whose head is on a metal eyelet and paper spring so his head will spin all the way around. The text: "You've complet...
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Valentine Shoe

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Description: Valentine's Day card of a blue shoe with stockings, but without laces. On the inside (not shown) is a woman in a long dress with her arms resting on a fenc...
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Fourth of July Crowd

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Description: A crowd gathers on the pier and on the shore during a Fourth of July festival. Shops can be seen beyond the wharf. Published by Hall's Bookstore.
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State Capitol Cafe St. Patrick's Day Dinner Menu

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Description: One-page St. Patrick's Day menu from the cafe in the Wisconsin State Capitol, with a drawing of a view of the capitol from the southeast, captioned, "Under...
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Merry Christmas and Bright New Year

Date: 12 31 1908
Description: Christmas and New Years postcard with a Bluebird and holly on a metallic gold background. The text: "To Wish you a merry Christmas and a bright New Year" i...
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May Christmas Be Merry

Date: 1875
Description: Round, die cut holiday card, with an ornate design on a metallic finish as the background. A rectangular framed image depicting a man walking with a staff ...
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Yuletide Greetings

Date: 1927
Description: Holiday card with three carolers singing in front of a snow-covered house. One caroler holds a lantern and they are dressed in Old English clothing style. ...

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