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| Description: | Illustration of the Milwaukee Light Guard depicting four men, including captain J.C. Starkweather. This is a cover from sheet music "Milwaukee Light Guard ... |
| Date: | 1933 |
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| Description: | Pass issued by the Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company for the week of December 17-23, 1933. |
| Date: | 01 12 1844 |
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| Description: | Letter from Thomas Steel, Waukesha County physician and farmer, to his father, James Steel, in London, England. It includes a hand-drawn map of Milwaukee C... |
| Date: | 02 22 1860 |
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| Description: | Menu for the Newhall House hotel in Milwaukee, extensively illustrated with an engraving of the hotel and prices. The Newhall House, during its day one of ... |
| Date: | 05 02 1882 |
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| Description: | Illustrated invitation to a May Party at Liederkranz Hall given by the Makers and Sawyers of Milwaukee. The invitation is illustrated in color with a hors... |
| Date: | 04 29 1882 |
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| Description: | Printed invitation to the 2nd annual military ball of the Light Horse Squadron of Milwaukee. The invitation is printed in blue and gold and features illust... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | License from the City of Milwaukee granting Arthur Gerth permission to sell alcohol at 1222 12th Street. |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Carte-de-visite portrait of William H. Canfield (1819-1913), a Wisconsin civil engineer and surveyor who is best known for his studies of Sauk County's nat... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Professor Davenport Fisher (1832-1911), Milwaukee chemist. After earning his Ph.D. in Chemistry from Heidelberg Unive... |
| Date: | 09 14 1970 |
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| Description: | Cover of "Kaleidoscope," an underground newspaper, featuring a photograph of Native American Chief Sitting Bull, highlighted with red. |
| Date: | 1857 |
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| Description: | Letter on stationery featuring an engraving of an exterior view of the Milwaukee House showing horse-drawn vehicles and people standing on the sidewalk in ... |
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| Description: | Newspaper clipping featuring a drawing by Fernekes. The house has four fluted columns on the front porch. |
| Date: | 07 20 1942 |
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| Description: | Newspaper clipping giving information about the chapel. Above the article is a photograph of a meeting in progress. |
| Date: | 02 22 1899 |
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| Description: | The facade of the John Pritzlaff Hardware Co., on the back cover of the Old Settlers' Club Banquet Menu. |
| Date: | 1883 |
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| Description: | Letterhead stationery of the Milwaukee Industrial Exposition Association, with an engraving of the building constructed for that event. |
| Date: | 12 30 1856 |
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| Description: | A Marshall & Isley, Bankers, check in the amount of $12,500.00 written to J. Alder Ellis from Samuel Marshall. |
| Date: | 02 1908 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Greene Memorial Library of Milwaukee-Downer College (now the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee). The image is part of a 14-page pamphl... |
| Date: | 02 1908 |
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| Description: | Interior view of the Greene Memorial Library of Milwaukee-Downer College (now the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee). The image is part of a 14-page pamphl... |
| Date: | 11 23 1863 |
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| Description: | A receipt made out to Abraham Gilman for the $300 he paid to avoid serving his draft duty in the Civil War. |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | The state seal of Wisconsin appears in the upper left corner. To the right reads: "Head Quarters 18th Reg. Wis. Vol, Camp Trowbridge, Milwaukee" On t... |
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