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First Wisconsin Unemployment Check

Date: 08 17 1936
Description: Front side of the first unemployment check issued in Wisconsin to Neils B. Ruud.
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"South American" Luncheon Menu

Date: 1928
Description: Front of Tuesday luncheon menu for the "South American" for season. Gives rates for cruises on the "North American" or "South American" between Chicago, Il...
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Anti-Lottery Bumper Sticker

Date: 1987
Description: Anti-lottery bumper sticker reading "Don't be fooled! Lotteries increase your taxes."
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Harvard College Lottery Ticket

Date: 1774
Description: Ticket for the Harvard College Lottery.
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Georgia Lottery Ticket

Date: 1845
Description: Georgia Lottery ticket from 1845 authorized by the Legislature for the benefit of Fort Gained Academy.
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Connecticut State Lottery Ticket

Date: 1826
Description: Connecticut State Lottery ticket for the benefit of the Bishop's Fund.
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Pennsylvania Lottery Ticket

Date: 1795
Description: State of Pennsylvania Lottery ticket authorised by law to benefit the Schuylkill and Susquehanna, and Delaware and Schuylkill Canals.
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Virginia State Lottery Ticket

Date: 1827
Description: Virginia State Lottery ticket for the benefit of the Dismal Swamp Canal Company.
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Louisiana State Lottery Ticket

Date: 1888
Description: Ticket for the quarterly twenty dollar drawing of the Louisiana State Lottery Company.
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Maryland State Lottery Letter

Date: 12 20 1855
Description: Letter confirming the purchase of two State of Maryland Lottery tickets by Mr. Charles A. Kingsley through the Chicago office of Pyfer & Co.
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New York Lottery Ticket

Date: 1972
Description: Ticket for the New York Lottery.
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Losing Magic Moola Scratch Off Game Ticket

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Description: Magic Double Moola scratch-off ticket from the Wisconsin Lottery. Ticket has been scratched off revealing that it is not a winner.
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Unused Money Game Scratch-Off Ticket

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Description: Unused Wisconsin Lottery Money Game scratch-off game ticket.
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S&H Green Stamps

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Description: Strip of S&H Green stamps.
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Singer Advertising Card Box

Date: 1893
Description: Cover of a box produced by The Singer Manufacturing Company, which holds "Costumes of All Nations" souvenir cards, created for the 1893 World's Columbian E...
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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."
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Women for a Peaceful Christmas Button

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Description: Button bearing a Christmas tree logo and the slogan "No more shopping days 'til peace."
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Women for a Peaceful Christmas Stamps

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Description: Sheet of twenty-four stamps bearing a Christmas tree logo and the slogan "No More Shopping Days 'til Peace."
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Illegally Issued Twenty Peso Notes from the Yucatan

Date: 1914
Description: Twenty-four thousand twenty peso notes issued by the order of Yucatan governor Abel Ortiz Argumedo. Argumedo used these notes to pay a debt to the Internat...
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FDR Campaign Pin

Date: 1936
Description: Wisconsin campaign pin for Franklin Delano Roosevelt and John Nance Garner's 1936 run. It reads "Roosevelt Garner Club, Wisconsin."

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