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Aviation Place Card

Date: 1931
Description: Art Deco-style place card with an aviation theme used for a women's luncheon at the Madison College Club.
Historical Object

NAA Championship

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Description: A souvenir from a national model airplane competition. A member of Hangar 13 of Beloit, Wisconsin was a contestant in this event and added this item to his...
Historical Object

Rock with Threatening Note signed "KKK"

Date: 1957
Description: Threatening note signed "K.K.K." (Ku Klux Klan) with rock and rag that was thrown through Daisy Bates' window in August 1957. The note reads: "The next wil...
Print

Frank Lloyd Wright's River Forest Tennis Club Membership Card

Date: 1908
Description: Frank Lloyd Wright's membership card from the River Forest Tennis Club for the 1908 season. The image on the card is of the River Forest Tennis Club desig...
Print

Frank Lloyd Wright's River Forest Tennis Club Membership Card

Date: 1907
Description: Frank Lloyd Wright's membership card from the River Forest Tennis Club for the 1907 season. The image on the card is of the River Forest Tennis Club desig...
Print

Women for a Peaceful Christmas Bumper Sticker

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Description: Bumper sticker bearing a Christmas tree logo and the slogan "No more shopping days 'til peace."
Historical Object

Women for a Peaceful Christmas Button

Date: 
Description: Button bearing a Christmas tree logo and the slogan "No more shopping days 'til peace."
Print

Women for a Peaceful Christmas Stamps

Date: 
Description: Sheet of twenty-four stamps bearing a Christmas tree logo and the slogan "No More Shopping Days 'til Peace."
Photograph

Founders and Commanders of the GAR

Date: 
Description: Group of portraits of the founders and commanders of the Grand Army of the Republic.
Historical Object

12th Annual Midwest Shrine Game Ticket

Date: 08 26 1961
Description: A ticket for the 12th Annual Midwest Shrine Game between the Green Bay Packers and the Chicago Bears. The game, which took place at Milwaukee County Stadiu...
Historical Object

Houdini Award

Date: 1941
Description: The Houdini Award, an album, presented to Madison magician Ben Bergor by the Houdini Club of Wisconsin. Because Bergor won the award three years in success...
Historical Object

Neighborhood House Bike Hosteling Scrapbook Cover

Date: 1940
Description: Front cover of the American Youth Hostel log book of bike hostel trips taken by participants in a Neighborhood House summer program for girls (later trips ...
Historical Object

League of American Wheelmen Membership Card

Date: 1885
Description: Stephen M. Babcock's membership card for the League of American Wheelmen, Geneva Bicycle Club of New York for the year 1885. The card is signed by Secretar...
Historical Object

Wisconsin Beekeepers Association Convention Badge

Date: 1936
Description: Badge for the Wisconsin Beekeepers Association 58th Annual Convention at the Hotel Retlaw in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. October 29, 30, 1936. Courtesy of Ruep...
Historical Object

International Beekeeping Conference Badge

Date: 1936
Description: Badge for the International Beekeeping Conference, including The American Honey Producers League, The American Honey Institute, Southern Beekeeping States ...
Historical Object

Hans E. Skott's Certificate of Identity

Date: 02 12 1946
Description: Identification papers of Hans E. Skott, an officer with the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration. His title was "Registered Agricultural...
Historical Object

Commercial Club of Boston Menu

Date: 06 27 1885
Description: Menu for a dinner at the Parker House, given by the Commercial Club of Boston for the Commercial Clubs of Chicago, Cincinnati, and St. Louis. Imprinted on ...
Postcard

Friendship Train

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Description: Card with emblem reading: "Train de la Reconnaissance Francaise au Peuple Americain," with a name and return address in Paris.
Book or Pamphlet

Hillel Dedication Program, Front

Date: 1956
Description: The front of an invitation to the ceremonies of dedication of the new Hillel Building.
Photograph

Hillel Dedication Program, Inside

Date: 1956
Description: The interior of the invitation to the ceremonies of dedication of the new Hillel Building. The information details the events of the day.

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