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Looking Back in Ripon

Date: 03 24 1983
Description: Newspaper clipping showing the demolishing of the Long House. The man on the right is believed to be M.V. Adkins, son of Chester Adkins, the last survivor ...
Photograph

Emil Wallber House

Date: 1868
Description: Exterior view of the Emil Wallber house with four people standing near the entrance. Wallber was the mayor of Milwaukee from 1884-1888. The location of the...
Print

Valentine's Day Card

Date: 1890
Description: Valentine card with a girl framed with a metallic gold harp decorated with ribbons, hearts and flowers. She is wearing a white dress and has flowers in her...
Book or Pamphlet

Advertising Brochure for F-12 Tractor

Date: 1935
Description: Back cover of an advertising brochure for the Farmall F-12 tractor. Features a photograph of a man on a tractor in a field.
Photograph

Cameo Girls in Truck Cab

Date: 1972
Description: "Cameo Girls," saleswomen for the Cameo Retail Division of Bestline Incorporated, sitting in the cab and looking through the windshield of a pink-colored I...
Print

Pittsburg Landing, Battle of Shiloh

Date: 1887
Description: Engraving of Pittsburg Landing taken from a photograph a few days after the Battle of Shiloh (Tennessee), which occurred on April 6-7, 1862. The image sho...
Book or Pamphlet

The Farmer's Burden Advertisement

Date: 1918
Description: Interior pages of a wartime booklet produced by the Standard Detroit Tractor Company encouraging farmers to use tractors for efficiency and to increase the...
Photograph

Sailing the "Senta"

Date: 1925
Description: Dr. Otto L. Schmidt, far left, is helmsman for the "Senta," sailing with a crew of three on Geneva Lake. Dr. Schmidt was the husband of Emma Seipp Schmidt,...
Print

Gisholt Commercial Art

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Description: Black ink mechanical of a qraphic design for Gisholt Machine Company brand labeling and advertising.
Photograph

Governor Lucey at Birthplace of Republican Party

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Description: Wisconsin Governor Patrick J. Lucey standing with another man at the doorway of the Birthplace of the Republican Party in Ripon, Wisconsin.
Historical Object

Oneida Beaded Bag

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Description: A small beaded bag created by a member of the Oneida tribe.

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