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Cottage Inn

Date: 1835
Description: Two-story home with sloping roof. One man is whipping a team of eight cattle while another man drives the plow behind them. To the left stands a man near a...
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Food Will Win the War

Date: 1917
Description: World War I poster urging newly arrived immigrants to conserve food to aid the allied cause. People in ethnic costume being ushered into the United States ...
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Indoor Scene of a Loom at Little Norway

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Description: Black and white postcard of an indoor scene with a loom, spinning wheel, skeiner, garments and two dolls seated in a chair at Little Norway.
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Little Norway

Date: 1948
Description: Colorized postcard of the main living area of a Norwegian dwelling at Little Norway showing a fireplace, cradle and spinning wheel. Pictures and household ...
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Wilbur Seed Meal Co. Memohead

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Description: Memohead of the Wilbur Seed Meal Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, manufacturer of horse, cattle, poultry, and egg food, hoof packing, and various animal re...
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Murphy Products Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Murphy Products Company, with a three-quarter view of the company building and trucks, automobiles, and a train nearby, flanked on either...
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Bedroom of Madam Tank; Tank House

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Description: Interior color postcard of a bedroom at the Tank House built in 1776. In the room is a bed, chest, fireplace, dressing table with mirror and a spinning whe...
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Bock & Mohr Fur Farms

Date: 1915
Description: Text on front reads: "Bock & Mohr Fur Farms, Inc. Rochester, Wisconsin. World's Largest and Most Beautiful Mink and Fitch Ranch. The Choicest of Furs and B...
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Lofty Pines Lodge

Date: 1964
Description: Text on reverse reads: "Lofty Pines Lodge. Big St. Germain Lake. St. Germain, Wisconsin. American and European Plan." Interior view of a lodge at a Norther...
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Land of Make Believe

Date: 1950
Description: Text on reverse reads: "Land of Make Believe in the Center of Door County. Unique Museum. Largest Collection Anywhere. Old Marshall Field Window Mechanical...
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Goff's Restaurant

Date: 03 15 1942
Description: Text on front reads: "Goff's Restaurant, Waukesha, Wisconsin." On reverse: "Goff's Restaurant, Clinton Street - Waukesha, Wis. Wisconsin's Pioneer Restaura...
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Stirring Times

Date: 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "Stirring Times in White Creek, Wis." A colorized image of a woman wearing a dress with an apron and cap. She is stirring ingredients ...

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