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| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | An engraved head and shoulders portrait of Robert M. La Follette, Sr., during the period when he was the governor of Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | The cover of "Tom Swift and His Airship or the Stirring Cruise of the Red Cloud." |
| Date: | 10 1910 |
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| Description: | The cover of John T. Trowbridge's poetry book, "Darius Green and his Flying Machine," illustrated by Wallace Goldsmith and published by Houghton Mifflin Co... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Certificate issued to E.M. Griffith, the Wisconsin State Forester, so that Griffith could prove that he had flown at an altitude of 1600 feet in the "flyin... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | "Doomed Demons" by Eustace L. Adams, part of the Air Combat Stories for Boys series published by Grosset & Dunlap between 1932 and 1946. The cover art is b... |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | Art Deco-style place card with an aviation theme used for a women's luncheon at the Madison College Club. |
| Date: | 03 16 1927 |
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| Description: | Home Appliance Co. window display of a Maytag washing machine, at 120 E. Main Street. |
| Date: | 1957 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | Front side of a coin made for International Harvester to celebrate the "Reaper Centennial." The event commemorated the one hundred year anniversary of the ... |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | Back side of a coin made for International Harvester to celebrate the "Reaper Centennial." The event commemorated the one hundred year anniversary of the t... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | Campaign button for Franklin Delano Roosevelt, with Roosevelt's image at the center and the phrase "Carry on with Roosevelt" around the outer edge. |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | Campaign banner in support of Franklin Delano Roosevelt for President. The banner bears Roosevelt's image and the phrases "God Bless America" and "our next... |
| Date: | 12 29 1961 |
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| Description: | The cover of "Titletown, U.S.A. '61," a Special edition of the "Green Bay Press-Gazette." |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | A placemat advertising the schedule for the Green Bay Packers. |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | Sideline Coaching Staff card. The text reads "Green Bay Packers Inc. This certifies that (insert name here) is a qualified member of the Sideline Coaching ... |
| Date: | 01 1973 |
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| Description: | A wall calendar featuring the "World Famous Green Bay Packers." The calendar is advertising Hank Lefebvre's commercial photography business. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View from the heel of a pair of dark brown leather moccasins beaded in yellow, pink, green and white floral and plant designs. The moccasins were created a... |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | Inside of Coke bottle cap with a head shot of NFL All Star offensive end Ron Kramer, #88. |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | Inside of Coke bottle cap with a head shot of Packers full back, #37 Jim Taylor. |
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