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Wishing You Christmas Cheer

Date: 1908
Description: Holiday postcard of Santa Claus, wearing his traditional red, fur-trimmed suit and hat, and black belt. He has a sack full of toys and is placing some of t...
Photograph

Sitting on a Sidewalk

Date: 1936
Description: Five people sitting on a sidewalk outside of a building. A woman stands on a stoop in the doorway.
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To My Valentine

Date: 1915
Description: Valentine's Day postcard with two women peering out of the doorway of a building looking at two Cupids with a donkey that is refusing to move. One woman is...
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"Double Indemnity" Lobby Card

Date: 1944
Description: Lobby card for the Paramount film "Double Indemnity," featuring a tinted scene from the movie, with leads Barbara Stanwyck (as Phyllis Dietrichson), Fred M...
Postcard

New West Side Catholic Church

Date: 1912
Description: Colorized postcard view of the exterior of the New West Side Catholic Church. There are two entrances in the front. Caption reads: "New West Side Catholic ...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Heavy Guard

Date: 11 23 1963
Description: Original UPI Wirephoto transmission. Caption reads: "A heavy guard stands in front of door guarding Lee Harvey Oswald, who has been charged in the assassin...
Postcard

Junior Booster Club

Date: 1908
Description: Group portrait of nine young men, in coats and hats, standing together on a sidewalk in front of the entrance to a building. Caption reads: "Junior Booster...
Postcard

Hotel Swoboda, Sturgeon Bay, Wis.

Date: 1919
Description: Color postcard showing a three-story building, which has several signs indicating it is the Hotel Swoboda. Three cars are parked outside the building, and ...
Postcard

Masonic Temple, Sturgeon Bay, Wis.

Date: 1928
Description: Color postcard showing a two-story brick building with a sign indicating it is a Masonic temple. A streetlight is in front of the building. At the bottom o...
Postcard

High School

Date: 1909
Description: Exterior view of a brick high school with a bell tower. Caption reads: "High School, Marshfield, Wis."
Postcard

A Scene Near Spring Green

Date: 07 20 1914
Description: Text on front reads: "A Scene Near Spring Green, Wis." Two men are standing in the open doorwway, and one man is standing with a white horse in the yard of...
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High School

Date: 1923
Description: Text on front reads: "High School, Stevens Point, Wis." Completed in 1923, the Collegiate Gothic building was built of brick. Locally called the Annex, it ...

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