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| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | "Young Abe," Wisconsin's second war eagle, mascot of the 321st Glider Field Artillery Battalion of the 101st Airborne Division, U.S. Army. Closeup of two ... |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | "Young Abe," Wisconsin's second war eagle. Mascot of the 321st Glider Field Artillery Battalion of the 101st Airborne Division. Young Abe is on a perch o... |
| Date: | 1961 |
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| Description: | Basswood carving of an eagle, inspired by "Old Abe" of the Civil War 8th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, in the American Club Restaurant of the Kohler Compan... |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | A combined holiday card and birth announcement with Santa Claus and a stork holding a banner between them that says "Holiday Greetings from the Knowltons i... |
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| Description: | Holiday card with doves of peace holding flags from various countries over a metallic gold background. The Christmas star is overhead. The text on the insi... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Holiday card from the "Chemical Warfare Service, United States Army, Edgewood Arsenal, MD. December 25th, 1918." Their logo appears above the text. The Ame... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Holiday card with a soldier walking while carrying a child who is waving an American flag. The soldier is wearing a uniform and a campaign hat. Two childre... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Holiday card with the American Eagle, gripping lightening bolts, ribbons and holly in his talons. In the background are clouds and a map of the United Stat... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Holiday card with a 10¢ War Stamp Album glued inside. The front of the card shows Uncle Sam's large shoe kicking Hitler, Mussolini and Hirohito into space.... |
| Date: | 1965 |
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| Description: | Valentine's Day card of a Cupid with red, curly hair, dressed in pink, holding two white birds. His wings are blue and his arrow quiver is shaped like a he... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Valentine's Day card with a little girl in a red outfit gazing at at bird in a tree. She is standing on a path with grass all around. There is an ornate b... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Ornaments from a "Whitney's Valentine Material" kit. These were combined with the "folders" (cards) and paper lace to create personalized Valentine's Day c... |
| Date: | 1865 |
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| Description: | Title page of "The Soldier Bird!" — History of "Old Abe" the live war eagle. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Cover of an advertising brochure for International D-300 and DS-300 trucks, featuring the International Triple Diamond logo, and a photograph of a man with... |
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| Description: | Letterhead of the Racine Wire Cloth Works (previously named Chas. Goehner's Wire Works) of Racine, Wisconsin, a manufacturer of wire cloth and wire goods, ... |
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| Description: | Letterhead of the Post Office in Cazenovia, Wisconsin. On the left is an eagle resting on a pile of U.S. Mail bags. On the right is an image of a railroad ... |
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| Description: | Memohead of the Post Office in Hilbert, Wisconsin, with a center image of an eagle holding a banner, the ends of which read U.S. and Mail, in its beak, und... |
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| Description: | Letterhead of the Post Office in Prentice, Wisconsin, with a banner that reads "Post Office" in red letters, and an eagle perched on a shield with stars an... |
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| Description: | Letterhead of Louis Auer & Son, Milwaukee passenger agents for the Red Star Line, with a bearded man in a cap and uniform steering a ship's wheel. The name... |
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