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Singer Advertising Card - Spain "Sevilla"

Date: 1892
Description: Chromolithograph card of a couple from Sevilla, Spain in "native" costume, posing near a Singer sewing machine. The man is holding a small glass of wine an...
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Man and Boy on High Rock

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Description: An Indian man and boy in native garb stand on High Rock with the Wisconsin River in the background. The man is pointing towards the left and holding a bow ...
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Qua-bas-er-o-qua

Date: 1908
Description: Photographic postcard of Qua-bas-er-o-qua, an Ojibwa (Chippewa) woman. She is seated on the ground in a low woven chair, and is wearing traditional clothin...
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Old Faithful Spring, Prentice Park, Ashland, Wisconsin

Date: 1930
Description: A child is holding out a bowl to a pillar from which water is cascading down into a spring. In the background, two other children are walking up a dirt pat...
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Mader's Famous Restaurant

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Description: The postcard has a drawing of a woman looking through a lorgnette. Text on front reads, in part: "See for yourself, Lady . . . There are persons old enough...
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Souvenir Folder of Postcards

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Souvenir Folder, Menominee Indian Girl at Keshena Falls, Shawano, Wisconsin." She is sitting on a rock, posing in a blanket and indi...
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Big Chief and His Best Friend

Date: 1915
Description: Text on front reads: "Big Chief and His Best Friend. Greetings from Tomah, Wis." A Native American man in indigenous dress poses in front of a log cabin, a...
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Minnehaha

Date: 1919
Description: Text on front reads: "Greetings from Whitehall, Wis. Minnehaha." A Native American woman in indigenous dress, standing in the entrance to a tipi. A small b...
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John and Mary Canoe with Children and Visitors

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Description: Group portrait of several adults and children. Caption reads: "Winnebago Family and white visitors, 'John Canoe' and his family of two children."
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King Alfonso XIII and Queen Victoria of Spain

Date: 1906
Description: Portrait of King Alfonso XIII and Queen Victoria of Spain. He is standing and wearing a military dress uniform with sword, and she is sitting and wearing a...
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H.M. Queen Elizabeth II and H.R.H. Duke of Edinburgh

Date: 1952
Description: Foil-covered portrait of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and her husband Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. The Queen is seated and wearing a tiara...

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