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| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | Foil-covered portrait of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and her husband Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. The Queen is seated and wearing a tiara... |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | Portrait of King Alfonso XIII and Queen Victoria of Spain. He is standing and wearing a military dress uniform with sword, and she is sitting and wearing a... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Full-length portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Alfonso XIII, King of Spain. He is posing in a coat and boots and is holding a hat. His signature is... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Quarter-length portrait of a man wearing a hat. Caption reads: "Chief 'McSauby', Charlevoix, Mich." |
| Date: | 02 1938 |
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| Description: | Waist-up portrait of a man wearing a feathered headdress and holding a tomahawk. Caption on back reads: "Chief Greenhill, 'Jim Goose,' Chippewa Tribe, Cass... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A class portrait of high school students seated at desks. There are two adults, most likely teachers, standing behind them by a chalkboard. Written on the ... |
| Date: | 07 22 1970 |
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| Description: | A postcard sent to Paul Buhle at 1237 Spaight Street, Madison, WI 53703 with a typed message on the back, and signed "Franklin." There are illustrations, i... |
| Date: | 05 09 1969 |
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| Description: | A postcard sent to Paul Buhle at 1237 Spaight Street, Madison, WI 53703 with a typed message on the back, and signed "Franklin." . There is an image of Che... |
| Date: | 07 14 1909 |
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| Description: | View looking down on fenced fields, with some harvested bundles of what may be hay. There are two reapers parked near the fence. In the distance are mounta... |
| Date: | 12 24 1908 |
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| Description: | Christmas postcard with sprigs of mistletoe and holly intertwined on a light blue background with snow. Lightly embossed. Text on front in mrtallic gold re... |
| Date: | 12 31 1908 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 03 23 1907 |
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| Description: | Easter postcard with two rabbits, one inside a hinged and decorated Easter egg, and the other rabbit outside. They are touching noses. The egg and rabbits ... |
| Date: | 12 29 1914 |
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| Description: | New Years postcard with a drawing of a home with trees, in the snow, near a stream. Text reads: "A Happy New Year. All good Wishes for a bright and happy N... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Holiday postcard that reads: "Good Luck for Christmas; Good Luck for the New Year For you and yours and Everybody you hold dear." The postcard is embellish... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "The Pines, Dells of the Wisconsin River." View from rocky shoreline towards the lodge at The Pines Resort, perched above the shore be... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | Text on reverse reads: "Swallows' Nests, Wisconsin Dells. Every summer hundreds of swallows make their homes in holes in the soft sandstone cliff." Rock fo... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Real Photo Postcard." A group of sightseers wave to the camera as they travel under a bridge and through a tree shaded gorge in a Duc... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Red Bird Gorge." A water and land vehicle, called a Duck, squeezes through a narrow gorge full of trees and foliage. A bridge above s... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "The Palisades, Dells of the Wisconsin River." Handwritten message on the back reads: "Rocks!" A tall rock formation with trees growin... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Wis. Dells, Kilbourn, Wis." Rock formations and trees line the shores of the Wisconsin River through the Dells. Kilbourn City was f... |
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