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| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Lithograph illustration for the back cover of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company catalog. Shows a gentleman sitting in a Victorian parlor pointing to... |
| Date: | 1891 |
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| Description: | Back cover illustration of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company catalog. Shows children and adults, some of them circus performers, inside a large tent... |
| Date: | 1958 |
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| Description: | Cartoon from an International Harvester operator's manual. The cartoon depicts a man riding a tractor (with a "no riders" sign) with one hand on the tracto... |
| Date: | 1876 |
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| Description: | Railroad advertising card showing a mail carrier on horseback on a plank road in 1776, and mail being delivered by train in 1876. A woman with two children... |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | Holiday card with two parts. The main card is red paper with gold foliage printed on the outside. "Christmas Greetings" is printed on the bottom in black u... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Holiday postcard with a tinted drawing of a family. A father, mother, son, daughter, baby and a cat. In the background is a wreath of holly with a red bow. |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Holiday card with a silhouette image of a family gathered around their Christmas tree. The father is lighting the candles. The text "Greetings For The Holi... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | Holiday card with a woman carrying a boar's head on a platter decorated with holly, and a child following. The background is black, with light coming from ... |
| Date: | 1960 |
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| Description: | Holiday card with a running grandfather clock on the front, and the face of the clock with pictures of the family as the hours on the inside. Holly decorat... |
| Date: | 1989 |
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| Description: | Photographic holiday card from Tommy Thompson and family, governor of Wisconsin, 1987-2001. The card is a color image of Mr. Thompson, his wife, daughters,... |
| Date: | 2000 |
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| Description: | Photographic holiday card from Governor and Mrs. Tommy Thompson, governor of Wisconsin 1987-2001. The front of the card is a color image of Governor and Mr... |
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| Description: | Photographic holiday card from Governor and Mrs. Martin Schreiber and family, governor of Wisconsin 1977-1979. The front of the card is an image of the fam... |
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| Description: | Holiday card from Senator Ted Kennedy and Mrs. Joan Kennedy. Front of card reads: "Merry Christmas" and has a cutout with a gold foil border which shows th... |
| Date: | 1958 |
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| Description: | Photographic holiday card from Congressman and Mrs. Henry Reuss and family. Front of the card reads: "Christmas Greetings from The Reuss Family: Mike, Marg... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Holiday card with a soldier in a tan uniform reading a book with a little girl. The cover of the book says "FRENCH." She has a blonde ponytail with a blue ... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Studio portrait of the La Follette family. Clockwise from top left: Fola, Bob, Belle, Robert Jr., Philip, and Mary. Phil holds an issue of "The North Ameri... |
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| Description: | Letterhead of Super Bowl, a bowling alley in Appleton, Wisconsin, with five captioned illustrations along the left-hand side of the page promoting the soci... |
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| Description: | Letterhead of J. Swenholt, postmaster and dealer in general merchandise in Wittenberg, Wisconsin, with an interior view of people shopping and tending to m... |
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| Description: | Letterhead of E.L. Burrell, mill and factory sale agent in Madison, Wisconsin, with a center halftone image of Wisconsin Dells with a drawn-in group of men... |
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| Description: | Letterhead of Christian Schroeder & Sons, a real estate, loan, and insurance agent in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with a three-quarter view of a residence, two m... |
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