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Tracteurs Deering

Date: 1929
Description: Advertising folder for Deering 10-20 and 15-30 tractors, showing an Arab man in the foreground and tractors at work in the background. Printed for Algiers,...
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McCormick Catalog Cover

Date: 1895
Description: Color lithograph cover illustration for the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company catalog. Shows a portrait of Cyrus Hall McCormick over an illustration of ...
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Santa and Children on a Coffee Advertisement

Date: 1890
Description: Advertising greeting card which reads "Handsome Christmas Card in Every package of Lion Coffee, November 5 to Christmas Day." The card depicts Santa Claus ...
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Holiday Greetings

Date: 1929
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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Merry Christmas

Date: 1937
Description: Holiday card of a silhouette of Santa Claus with a basket of toys and holding a lantern, walking towards a house, snow and trees. Below is the text "Merry ...
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Cheerio!

Date: 1943
Description: Holiday card with Santa Claus winking. He is wearing his traditional red hat with white trim and a bell. The word "Cheerio!" is made out of candy canes and...
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Twas the Night Before Christmas

Date: 1941
Description: Holiday card with a winter nighttime landscape. At the bottom half of the card is a snow-covered house with two pine trees. The roof of a second house is i...
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Greetings

Date: 1948
Description: Holiday card created by Wisconsin artist Alfred A. Sessler. The image is of Santa Claus (in the Sessler style) holding a bag of snow in one hand and a smal...
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Santa Claus with Candy Cane

Date: 1962
Description: Holiday card with Santa Claus holding a candy cane, surrounded by many symbols of the season: angels, stars, candles, birds, stockings, ornaments, gifts, b...
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Ticker Tape Celebration

Date: 1969
Description: Holiday card showing Santa Claus with his right arm around the neck of a black bull and holding holly in his left hand. Ticker tape is caught on the bull's...
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Holiday Card of Santa Claus at the Door

Date: 1930
Description: Holiday card of Santa Claus knocking on a door in a hall with a brick floor. He is wearing a brown coat and hood, with a sack of toys on his back, a basket...
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Seasons Greetings

Date: 1930
Description: Holiday card depicting Santa Claus riding a kangaroo. The kangaroo has a saddle and bridle, and Santa is wearing his traditional red suit and hat with whit...
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Holiday Card of an African American Family

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Description: Photographic holiday card of an African American family posed over "Merry Christmas" wrapping paper in the background. Holly and bells appear overhead. Eac...
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Season's Greetings, Let's Stamp Out the Dictators!

Date: 1942
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....
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Front of Cat and Mouse Trade Card

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Description: Front view of a trade card created by the Plano Manufacturing Company featuring an illustration of a cat climbing a screened window in pursuit of a mouse. ...
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John Gund Brewing Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the John Gund Brewing Company of La Crosse, Wisconsin, with an elevated view of the brewery complex on the left. On the right is the company ...
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National Blower Works Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of National Blower Works of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, manufacturers of "Steam Hot Blast Apparatus." On the left is an Uncle Sam figure pointing to a...
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Patriotic Letterhead

Date: 10 13 1864
Description: Colorfully decorated letter received in the office of Wisconsin Governor James Lewis from Isaac Joiner of the Veterans Reserve Corps stationed in Alexandri...
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Pulling Stumps with Cletrac Tractor

Date: 1920
Description: A man uses a Cletrac crawler tractor to clear land on a farm. The caption beneath the photograph reads: "Pulling stumps and clearing land are important job...
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The Presidential Candidates

Date: 1856
Description: Engravings of the Presidential and Vice-Presidential candidates from the Democratic, Republican and Know Nothing parties for the Tuesday, November 4th, 185...

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