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City of Madison Bond

Date: 1857
Description: One thousand dollar bond and unclipped coupons issued by the city of Madison in 1857. The bond was illustrated with a railroad train, perhaps to suggest th...
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Watertown & Madison RR Bond

Date: 1857
Description: One thousand dollar bond and coupons issued by the Watertown and Madison Railroad Company in 1857. Jairus Fairchild, president, and T.L. Lawrence have sig...
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Savings Bank for Freedmen

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Description: An advertising card for the National Freedmen's Savings & Trust Company, Norfolk, Virgina branch.
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Merry Christmas To The Boss

Date: 1930
Description: Eight page holiday card. The inside four pages are shorter and narrower, jogged to the top. Four views are shown. On the front is a "Boss," sitting at his ...
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School Funding Chart

Date: 1940
Description: Flyer titled In Wisconsin, School Costs Are the Heaviest Burden on General Property Taxpayers published by the League of Wisconsin Municipalities wi...
Photograph

George A. Ranney Portrait

Date: 1922
Description: Quarter-length portrait of George A. Ranney. Ranney was Secretary and Treasurer, and Comptroller of the International Harvester Company. He was also Chairm...
Poster

Pour Le Suprême Effort. Emprunt National. Société Générale

Date: 1918
Description: French poster advertising loans for the war effort, sponsored by the Société Générale, a large French bank. Depicts a French soldier strangling the German ...
Book or Pamphlet

Composition Book

Date: 1889
Description: The cover of a composition book printed by the Germania Publishing Company. A label identifies the contents as "Incorporation-Papers and Minutebook, German...
Photograph

Cyrus Hall Adams

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Description: Lithographic portrait of Cyrus Hall Adams, a Chicago commodities broker who merged his father's company with Cyrus McCormick & Co., to form McCormick, Adam...

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