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| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Holiday card with an animal made out of Christmas elements. A bow, two bells, holly and candy canes. It is positioned on a sheet of music, and behind that ... |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | Holiday card with Santa Claus winking. He is wearing his traditional red hat with white trim and a bell. The word "Cheerio!" is made out of candy canes and... |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | Holiday card made out of wallpaper. Ivy and berries frame the message which reads: "With a paper shortage at Christmastime, Sort of makes one cross and sur... |
| Date: | 1962 |
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| Description: | Holiday card with a leaping reindeer on it. He has a bow with bells around his neck. His extensive antlers have an assortment of ornaments and garland hang... |
| Date: | 1962 |
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| Description: | Photographic holiday greeting card of a family posed on their staircase. A father, mother, two daughters and one son are pictured. At top is the text "Gree... |
| Date: | 1972 |
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| Description: | Photographic holiday greeting card of the Brynteson family. Three photographs show Mom, Dad and daughter. A bow and pine branches decorate the card. The te... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | A die cut holiday card with a red and white mitten clasping a green and white mitten. The background is gray with holly on the left and a poinsettia on the... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Valentine's Day card of a black and white dog with a furry tan ruff and a collar, holding a ribbon in his mouth that is attached to a heart. Within the hea... |
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| Description: | Valentine's Day card of a die cut beet fastened to a die cut heart with a metal paper fastener. When closed, "I Am Thine" is on the front. When the beet is... |
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| Description: | Valentine's Day illustration, clipped from a newspaper, of a women with an enormous hat with feathers, puffed sleeves and voluminous skirt. Script below is... |
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| Description: | Valentine's Day card with the image of a zebra, wearing a pink bow around its neck and tail, and a flower in its mouth. More flowers and foliage appear in ... |
| Date: | 02 02 1965 |
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| Description: | Child's Valentine's Day card with a dog wearing a blue bow around his neck. A heart in the upper left corner reads "Doggone it! Be My Valentine." These val... |
| Date: | 1975 |
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| Description: | Child's Valentine's Day card with a green, orange and pink top. The top has a face on it, and hearts surround it. The text "You're Tops, Valentine" appears... |
| Date: | 1975 |
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| Description: | Child's Valentine's Day card with a pink telephone on a large red heart. The text on the upper left reads "Nothing "Phoney" About This! Be My Valentine." T... |
| Date: | 11 28 1935 |
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| Description: | Thanksgiving dinner menu from the Civilian Conservation Corps, 641st Company, at Camp Nine Mile, with a profile view of a turkey. |
| Date: | 1974 |
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| Description: | Flyer advertising a May Day rally in support of public workers to be held at Library Mall on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Local public worke... |
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| Description: | Holiday greeting card with Santa sitting on a wooden box reading a book with a puppy sitting at his feet. The book opens and has text that reads, "And I ho... |
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| Description: | Watercolor valentine written by a young man and given to one of the daughters of Louis Dousman, probably Violet or Virginia. |
| Date: | 10 27 1950 |
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| Description: | Pictured are (L to R): Kenneth Chorly (Pres. of Colonial Williamsburg), Dr. Tom D. Rowe (Chair of National Pharmacy Week), and Robert P. Fischelis (Secret... |
| Date: | 1881 |
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| Description: | A black and silver, hand-drawn, pen and ink holiday card with an Asian theme. A woman and a young man are facing each other, and a dried flower and sprig o... |
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