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Book or Pamphlet

Invitation

Date: 07 1964
Description: The cover of an invitation to a family gathering to commemorate the one hundredth anniversay of the wedding, in July 1864, of George (1839-1910) and Henrie...
Photograph

Henriette Brandhorst Brumder

Date: 1900
Description: A copy of a seated, three-quarter length studio portrait of Henriette Brandhorst Brumder (1841-1924). She is wearing a dark dress with embroidered trim, a ...
Print

Liberace Christmas Card

Date: 
Description: Custom holiday card for the entertainer Liberace. On the outside front and back are two wreaths of piano keys, with holly, ribbons and his signature candel...
Print

Christmas Card

Date: 1965
Description: The inside group portrait and handprinted greeting of a French fold Christmas card from "The Brumders." The well-dressed family is standing and holding han...
Postcard

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...
Print

Extra Special Service . . . for a Lady

Date: 1937
Description: Advertising proof. Text below headline reads: "Drive Your Store Prestige Right Up to Her Door with The New Internationals." The illustration is of a woman ...
Book or Pamphlet

International Harvester "Femineered" Refrigerator Brochure

Date: 1951
Description: Inside spread of brochure. Text at top left reads: "Not just 'Automatic' Defrosting." Full title of spread reads: "Now! Tri-Matic Defrosting in the New Int...
Book or Pamphlet

International Harvester "Femineered" Refrigerator Brochure

Date: 1951
Description: Inside spread of brochure. Full title of spread reads: "Now! Tri-Matic Defrosting in the New International Harvester Refrigerators." Features a woman weari...
Book or Pamphlet

International Harvester "Femineered" Refrigerator Brochure

Date: 1951
Description: Inside spread of brochure. Full title of spread reads: "Functional Features ... Top to Bottom Sparkling Color ... Inside and out." Features a woman wearing...
Book or Pamphlet

International Harvester "Femineered" Refrigerator Brochure

Date: 1951
Description: Inside spread of brochure. Full title of spread reads: "Functional Features ... Top to Bottom Sparkling Color ... Inside and out." Features a woman wearing...
Poster

The Halls of Ivy

Date: 1954
Description: The poster features a photograph of Ronald Colman and Benita Hume, and text that reads: "International Harvester brings you The Halls of Ivy Starrin...
Poster

Imitation of Life lobby card

Date: 
Description: Lobby card for the 1959 film "Imitation of Life" starring Lana Turner, Sandra Dee, and Juanita Moore. The image on the card shows Lora Meredith (Lana Turn...
Poster

Suddenly, Last Summer lobby card

Date: 
Description: Lobby card for the 1959 film "Suddenly, Last Summer" starring Elizabeth Taylor, Katharine Hepburn and Montgomery Clift. The card shows Catherine Holly (El...
Postcard

Mader's Famous Restaurant

Date: 
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...
Postcard

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...
Poster

Lobby Card for "The Street of Forgotten Men"

Date: 
Description: Lobby card for the 1925 film "The Street of Forgotten Men". An older woman, sitting and wearing a nice dress and hat, is grabbing the arm of a young man st...
Postcard

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...
Postcard

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...
Photograph

Reverend Monseigneur P. M. Abbelen

Date: 1890
Description: Oval-framed quarter-length portrait of Reverend Monseigneur Peter Matthias Abbelen, who was vicar general of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, and later spirit...
Print

Louisa Catherine (Johnson) Adams

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Description: Lithographic portrait of Louisa Adams, wife of President John Quincy Adams. Inscription reads: "Painted by C.R. Leslie" and "Engraved by G.F. Storm." "Prin...

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