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Fauerbach's Brewery Sign

Date: 1884
Description: A sign for Fauerbach's Brewery depicting a young woman and the brewery.
Book or Pamphlet

Deering & Company Catalog Cover

Date: 1893
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for William Deering & Company featuring chromolithograph illustrations of the Deering factory, the grain center of the worl...
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Hotel Backbone

Date: 1925
Description: View toward the hotel on a street corner. A large sign on top of the hotel reads: "Hotel Backbone." Caption reads: "Hotel Backbone, Antigo, Wis."
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St. Mary's Hospital

Date: 1910
Description: Lawn, trees and blooming flowers in front of St. Mary's Hospital. Caption reads: "St. Mary's Hospital, Columbus, Wis."
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McCormick Harvesting Machine Company Advertising Card

Date: 1886
Description: Front of a card advertising the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company. Illustrations show "primitive" harvesting methods alongside a McCormick binder and a ...
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King Street

Date: 1917
Description: Colorized view of King Street as seen from the Capitol grounds. Caption reads: "View from New State Capitol, looking East, Madison, Wis."
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Mendota State Hospital

Date: 1906
Description: View across the grounds towards the Mendota State Hospital (Mendota Mental Health Institute). Caption reads: "Mendota Hospital for Insane, Madison, Wis."
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Scenic University Drive

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Description: View of tree-lined University Drive on the shores of Lake Mendota. The Wisconsin State Capitol is visible in the background. Caption reads: "University Dri...
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Fox Point Club

Date: 1909
Description: View down curving drive toward a building with a blue roof. The drive is lined by flowers. Caption reads: "Fox Point Club, Milwaukee, Wis."
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C. & N. W. Depot

Date: 1910
Description: Chicago & Northwestern Railway Depot, with train shed and clock tower. In the foreground is a landscaped area with flowers. In the background is Lake Mich...
Postcard

To My Valentine

Date: 1910
Description: Valentine's Day postcard with Cupid holding a bow and arrow seated in a two-wheeled cart made of flowers, two cherubs are pushing it. They are in a meadow ...
Poster

Buy War Bonds for Fighting Power Today... and Buying Power Tomorrow!

Date: 1943
Description: Treasury Design No. 24, "Happy Family." The poster features two contrasting scenes. On the left is a naval battle commencing on stormy waters in shades of ...
Book or Pamphlet

John A. Salzer Seed Co. Catalog

Date: 1938
Description: Front cover of the 70th Anniversary (1868-1938) John A. Salzer Seed Co. catalog featuring a colorful mix of pansies and a quotation from Shakespeare. The a...
Postcard

New Year Greetings

Date: 1909
Description: Holiday postcard of a family in a car. It is decorated with flowers, foliage and ribbons. The parents are inside the car, and the son is sitting on the hoo...
Photograph

Plank Path through Backyard Garden

Date: 1907
Description: Backyard garden with a plank path bordered on one side by a wooden fence. A clothesline stretches across the yard from a fence post.
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To My Valentine

Date: 1911
Description: Valentine's Day card made of four pieces. The main piece is of a large shell boat pulled by two swans on a pond filled with water lilies. A cutout of a lar...
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To My Valentine

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Description: Valentine's Day card with a boy on a trike. He has a basket of hearts and letters on the back, and is wearing a red hat, blue and white striped shirt and b...
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Little Norway

Date: 1948
Description: Colorized postcard of a scene at Little Norway. A man sits on a wagon chassis. He is wearing an ethnic costume. Various buildings are visible surrounded by...
Postcard

Greetings From Brillion

Date: 1947
Description: Colorized postcard of a paved road curving between hills with trees in autumn color. There are flowers in the fields on both sides of the road. Caption rea...
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Rustic Bridge and Pleasure Drive

Date: 1913
Description: Colorized postcard of a wooden bridge over the Brule River flowing through the forest. A person is on the far side of the bridge. Caption reads: "Brule Riv...

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