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Fuller & Johnson Manufacturing Letterhead

Date: 1901
Description: Fuller & Johnson Manufacturing letterhead. Fuller & Johnson was run by John A. Johnson and was one of Madison's largest employers.
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Horlick's Food Company Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Horlick's Food Company of Racine, Wisconsin, from the 1890s, showing the Horlick's factory, a dairy maid with a cow and a container of Ho...
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Wisconsin Centennial First Day Cover

Date: 05 29 1948
Description: The 100th Anniversary of Wisconsin Statehood envelope on the first day it was issued on May 29, 1948. It is addressed to Governor Oscar Rennebohm, State of...
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Old Timer's Resort Brochure

Date: 1910
Description: Cover of brochure for Old Timer's Resort (formerly Burke's Resort).
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Akron Soap Box Derby

Date: 08 1951
Description: Telegram sent to the 1951 Madison, Wisconsin city champion Roddy Botts by the 1949 Madison city champion Pierre Slightman a few days before Roddy competed ...
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Kissel Car Ad

Date: 06 1927
Description: An advertisement for the Kissel Custom Built Car published in the June, 1927 issue of the "Wisconsin Motorist" magazine, page 13. The company was the Kisse...
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Theatrical Advertising Corporation Memohead

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Description: Memohead of the Theatrical Advertising Corporation of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with a proscenium stage and two people in a box seat turned toward the stage, w...
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Bacon Ironing Board Co. Memohead

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Description: Memohead of the Bacon Ironing Board Company of Antigo, Wisconsin, with an illustration of a woman wearing a long dress with billowy sleeves and a lace-trim...
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Wisconsin State Building World's Columbian Exposition Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Wisconsin State Building in Jackson Park at the World's Columbian Exposition, with a three-quarter view of the building and people stroll...
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The Cradle Will Rock

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Description: Schedule of Federal Theatre Project productions, as of May 25, 1937, that were currently playing or were upcoming. There are eight productions listed incl...
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Republican House Menu

Date: 1954
Description: Back and front of a small folded card menu, with an etching of a quarter view of the exterior of Republican House surrounded by leafy trees on the front co...
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Pendarvis House Menu

Date: 1935
Description: Menu of Cornish pasties and desserts offered by Pendarvis House, a group of restored stone houses built by Cornish settlers in Mineral Point. The cover of ...
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U.S.S. Wisconsin Christmas Menu

Date: 12 25 1945
Description: Menu for the 1945 Christmas dinner on the U.S.S. Wisconsin in the form of a holiday greeting card, with a profile of a Santa head in which the silho...
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U.S.S. Wisconsin Thanksgiving Menu

Date: 11 23 1944
Description: Front cover of "The Badger," official newspaper of the U.S.S. Wisconsin, with a Thanksgiving dinner menu set against an outline in red ink of a larg...
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Park Hotel Dinner Menu

Date: 04 06 1884
Description: Front cover and menu of the restaurant at the Park Hotel, with an etching of a building with a steeple amidst many trees set against a circular frame ornam...
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Hotel Badger Dinner Menu

Date: 10 29 1908
Description: Front cover and menu listing from the Hotel Badger, with an etching of a fox sitting on the ground looking up at a bunch of grapes hanging on a vine over a...
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Half-Century Club Inaugural Luncheon Menu

Date: 04 22 1952
Description: Menu from the Inaugural Luncheon of the Half-Century Club of the National Association of Tobacco Distributors, with a pioneer driving a team of horses pull...
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Complimentary Dinner to Hon. John D. Spooner

Date: 03 05 1891
Description: Front cover and inside of menu for a dinner honoring U.S. Senator John C. Spooner when he was Chairman of the Committee on Claims, with an oval photograph ...
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Park Hotel Breakfast Menu

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Description: One-page menu from the restaurant at the Park Hotel with header text running from the left-hand side of the page, across the top, and down the right-hand s...
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Historyland's Logging Camp Cook Shanty Menu

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Description: Menu of daily meat specials under the heading "Come And Get It!" from the Logging Camp Cook Shanty restaurant at Historyland. On the left is a black and wh...

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