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| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Color chromolithograph poster advertising the Wisconsin State Fair. |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | A young woman dressed in a bathing suit and wading boots poses for a promotional photograph for the Wisconsin cranberry industry at Thunder Lake Marsh. Tw... |
| Date: | 03 30 1958 |
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| Description: | Notice of farm auction sale for farm and personal property of Ed Gein. The farmhouse was destroyed by fire before the auction took place. |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | A boxing ring lobby display at the Empire Theatre for Battling Butler with Buster Keaton. The lobby cards read, "It's a knockout. Buster Keaton in '... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | An illustration of two men modeling spring suits with a domed building in the background, as shown in the spring and summer issue of the "Fashion Suggester... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Colorful advertising displays line the counters of this turn-of-the- century drugstore, with rows of glass pharmaceutical bottles filling the shelves behin... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | A foldout, illustrated poster for a Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) youth program featuring images of teenaged boys working. The text reads: "The CCC — A... |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | The cover from the 1926 schedule lists the ports of call for the Goodrich fleet and features a drawing of the "Alabama". |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | Pages 1and 2 of the 1926 schedule gives information on when to get tickets or information. Pictured are the steamline's fleet. The Alabama, City of Benton... |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | Pages 21 and 22 from the 1926 schedule are a map showing the routes of the Goodrich Transit Company, Great Lakes Transit Company, Detroit and Cleveland Lin... |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | Pages 21-22 from the 1926 schedule has three pictures of the Christopher Columbus and advertises its sailing schedule from the South End Michigan Avenue Br... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Cover from Goodrich Steamship Lines schedule, with a picture of a screw-driven passenger/freight vessel against the Chicago skyline and a beach scene in th... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Page 2 of the sailing schedules gives the sailing times and for the Christopher Columbus and Theodore Roosevelt and other Goodrich ships. Connections to se... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Page 4 from the schedule describes the trip from Chicago, Illinois, to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on the "Christopher Columbus" or "Theodore Roosevelt". Include... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Page 8 of the 1930 schedule is a map of the routes of the Goodrich Steamship Lines in Lake Michigan and Lake Huron. |
| Date: | 1941 |
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| Description: | Color poster created by the National Dairy Council, Chicago, of butter and buttered food items such as pancakes, baked potatoes, and a steak, displayed on ... |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | Cover from schedule. Shows a drawing of the "Manitou". Later named "Isle Royale". |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | Map of the routes of the screw-driven passenger/freight vessels of the Michigan Transit Company for 1926. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Cover from schedule showing passengers relaxing on the deck of a screw-driven passenger/freight vessel. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Pages 1 and 2 from the schedule describes the schedule and ports of call for the "Manitou" and the "Puritan". |
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