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| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Holiday postcard depicting the traditional St. Nicholas figure garbed in a long purple fur-trimmed robe, red fur-trimmed hat and boots. He is pushing a whe... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Holiday postcard with a young woman driving an open automobile with Santa Claus in the back, who is holding gifts in his left hand. He is wearing a red sui... |
| Date: | 1883 |
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| Description: | Christmas issue of "St. Nicholas" magazine, the most studied children's periodical of the 19th century, which was published by Mary Mapes Dodge. This cover... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Holiday postcard depicting the traditional St. Nicholas figure garbed in a long purple fur-trimmed robe, red fur-trimmed hat and boots. He is pushing a whe... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | A holiday postcard depicting the traditional image of St. Nicholas walking on foot garbed in a long green robe and carrying a bunch of switches for naughty... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Holiday postcard with Santa Claus with a walking stick, carrying a sack and holding a Christmas tree on his shoulder. He is in front of a snow-covered hous... |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | Santa Claus riding in the gondola of an airship with his load of toys. The illustration by Louis Fancher appeared on the December 22, 1906, issue of Ridge... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Advertising greeting card which reads "Handsome Christmas Card in Every package of Lion Coffee, November 5 to Christmas Day." The card depicts Santa Claus ... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Chromolithographed card issued by the Woolson Spice Co. to present Christmas greetings to its customers. The card depicts children around a Christmas tree,... |
| Date: | 12 1950 |
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| Description: | Advertising proof created by Young and Rubicam for the International Harvester Company. Features a color illustration of a boy looking out a window at a de... |
| Date: | 12 1954 |
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| Description: | The 1954 Christmas card of Jeanne and Joseph R. McCarthy, mailed at about the time he was censured by the Senate. Handwritten on the inside the card says,... |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Cover of "The Chicago Seed," an underground newspaper, featuring Santa Claus crucified on a dollar sign. The landscape below is made from collaged advertis... |
| Date: | 12 1971 |
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| Description: | Poster commissioned by Community Service Radio Inc., WLVE, based in Baraboo and Madison and by Newsradio WIBU based in Poynette. Features a cartoon of Sant... |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | An engraving depicting a formally dressed family gathered around a Christmas tree, which is lit with candles. |
| Date: | 12 02 1970 |
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| Description: | Poster advertising the Union Gallery and Crafts Committee Holiday Art Sale, held in the Main Lounge of the Memorial Union. A caricatured Santa is illustrat... |
| Date: | 11 27 1970 |
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| Description: | Poster advertising the Wisconsin Ballet Company's performance of the Nutcracker, held at James Madison Memorial High School. Six dancing, abstract figures ... |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | Treasury Design No. 51, "Liberty Bell." The poster features the Liberty Bell ringing against a backdrop of holly and other Christmas decorations. On the ri... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Treasury Design, unknown title and number. The poster features the Three Wise Men following the North Star. |
| Date: | 1972 |
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| Description: | Poster advertising the 1972 Peace Festival at St. John's Lutheran Church. The information on the poster is written within a peace symbol and features the C... |
| Date: | 1845 |
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| Description: | Two holiday cards with European Robins. Robins are a symbol of Christmas in Great Britain. Caption reads: "A merry christmas." Chromolithograph. Images and... |
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