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| Date: | 1867 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Man driving a horse-drawn trolley of the Milwaukee City Railroad Company on the Greenfield Avenue & Third Street line. The corner of a building advertising... |
| Date: | 1891 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Families gathered outside of Werner's Drugstore on annuity pay day. A sign reads "Medicine sold here" in Ho-Chunk, German, and Norwegian. The Ho-Chunk syll... |
| Date: | 10 1910 |
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| Description: | Poster advertising a bird shoot in Ashton, Wisconsin on October 30, 1910. The shoot was held at the tavern of Werner Esser. There is a hand-written narrati... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Group of people standing in front of a Soo Line freight car that was used by the railroad to promote hog transportation. This photograph was donated to the... |
| Date: | 1923 |
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| Description: | Advertisement for Lucky Strike cigarettes that shows the product name being written as a smoke trail above New York City. The campaign was devised for the... |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | Signs are advertising sideline businesses along a rural road. There is a large sign that reads: "For Sale Belgian Carrier Pigeons," and a smaller sign that... |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | A newspaper advertisement prepared by the Foote, Cone and Belding agency for the American Tobacco Co. The ad features a product endorsement for Lucky Stri... |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin campaign pin for Franklin Delano Roosevelt and John Nance Garner's 1936 run. It reads "Roosevelt Garner Club, Wisconsin." |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | The reverse side of a promotional cardboard and wood fan featuring an image of the Dionne quintuplets. This back side of the fan is printed with an adverti... |
| Date: | 1946 |
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| Description: | Interior view of Smith's Store, featuring a glass topped case filled with merchandise. Pails and a large light fixture hang from the ceiling, and boxes of ... |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | This color map includes historical descriptions of select areas and a short article on the history of Wisconsin. The major highways in the state shown on t... |
| Date: | 1959 |
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| Description: | Filling station sign reading: "smile," purposely put upside down. A young woman is bending over to read it. |
| Date: | 05 1962 |
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| Description: | A magazine advertisement designed by the Foote, Cone and Belding agency for its client, Trans World Airlines. The advertisement was designed to dramaticall... |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | Side of a truck with the word "Navajo" printed on the side. |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | Graffiti on an advertisement for the Plaza Theatre which reads, "They Must Die." |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of a shop's window display of various ties. A sign reads, "Free pocket handkerchief with every purchase." |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | View of a "Road Closed" sign with a sticker on it that reads, "Procaccino / Beame * Smith." |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | Close-up of an advertisement that reads, "Why Monkey Around with breakdowns, repairs, insurance, etc." There is a cartoon monkey pointing to the dialogue a... |
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