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| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | Advertising calendar for McCormick-Deering Line Farm Machines featuring an illustration of a woman clutching letters by a mailbox surrounded by a picturesq... |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | Shows railway lines in Wisconsin marked in red and counties in colors. The meridians are Greenwich, Wisconsin and Washington, Wisconsin. The map folds into... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | View from street towards the Post Office and bank. An advertisement for a hardware store is on the side of the building on the left. Caption reads: "Post O... |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | "Keep Cool with Coolidge in Wisconsin This Summer." A stamp presumably issued by the Outdoor Club of Wisconsin, to promote tourism in northern Wisconsin. I... |
| 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... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the street on Stock Day. Horses and wagons are traveling down the street. The Bridgeport Hotel and the post office are on the right side. ... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Six people standing on the porch of L.J. Ryan Dry Goods and Groceries. A sign above the door says: Post Office North Andover." A team of two horses are pul... |
| Date: | 1903 |
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| Description: | This map of Richland County, Wisconsin, shows land ownership and acreages, the township and range grid, sections, cities, towns and post offices, roads, ra... |
| Date: | 1876 |
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| Description: | Map shows townships and sections, landownership and acreages, roads, railroads, post offices, and farms. Sections appear in pink, yellow, and blue. On the ... |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | Map shows townships and sections, landownership and acreages, roads, railroads, post offices, and farms. On the top, bottom, and sides of map are advertise... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | View the from the street of a building being remodeled to accommodate two businesses: a drugstore on the ground floor and a postal sub-station on the secon... |
| Date: | 1891 |
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| Description: | H.H. Bennett advertising envelope addressed to William H. Metcalf of Milwaukee. The envelope bears an engraved image of people standing on top of Stand Roc... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | This map shows roads, trails, and railroads throughout Nebraska, Arkansas, Missouri, Kansas, Illinois, and Utah, including the Salt Lake City & California ... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Lake Tomahawk Post Office, with a woman and two young girls posed in front. A sign painted on the side of the building advertises "Sod... |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | A McCormick-Deering calendar with a pinup girl. Attached to the calendar is a label for the "Townsend Mercantile Co., Farm Implements and Hardware, Marion ... |
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| Description: | Front and back pages of a fake, humorous newsletter titled Dells Events. The front page includes a color picture of a man (John Trumble) wearing a s... |
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| Description: | Back side of a two-fold mailer and advertisement designed by the Dells Photo Service, owned and operated by John Trumble. The opposite side shows the front... |
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| Description: | Front page of the fake, humorous newsletter titled Dells Events. The front page includes a color picture of a man (John Trumble) wearing a straw-bri... |
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| Description: | Front page of the fake, humorous newsletter titled Dells Events. The front page includes a sepia-toned picture of a girl (Jessica Trumble) dressed a... |
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| Description: | Front page of the fake, humorous newsletter titled Dells Events. The front page includes a color picture of two girls (Katie and Jessica Trumble) po... |
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