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Chippewa City Resort

Date: 1920
Description: Black and white postcard with three views of the cabins and guests at the Chippewa City Resort. Captions read: "Chippewa City Resort, Proprietor Prosper Le...
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Taxidermist Cart

Date: 1907
Description: A man in a suit and hat, and a ribbon on his lapel, poses in front of a cart with a sign that reads: "E.D. Ochsner, Taxidermist, Prairie du Sac, Wis." Bunt...
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James G. Dunn Grocery

Date: 1900
Description: Photographic postcard of the James G. Dunn Grocery, with William John Dunn standing on the left and Maggie (O'Hare) Dunn on the right.

Handwritten on the...

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Catherine Bartholomay

Date: 07 1901
Description: A standing, full-length studio portrait of Catherine Bartholomay forms the left half of a postcard. She is wearing a long dress with full sleeves. She is s...
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Henry Conrad Bartholomay

Date: 07 1901
Description: Standing full-length portrait of Henry Bartholomay forms the left half of a postcard. The message reads: "Love and Greetings from Your loving cousin Henry ...
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Presidental Political Campaign Ephemera

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Description: A presidential political campaign postcard with a photograph of George Bush (left) and Ronald Reagan (right) with their fists in the air. Printed on the ba...
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Presidental Political Campaign Ephemera

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Description: A presidential political campaign postcard with an aerial view of Rancho Del Cielo, or "The Western White House." In the upper left corner is a head and sh...
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"Chippewa [Ojibwa] Indian Squaw"

Date: 1934
Description: Full-length portrait of a Native American Woman (Ojibwa) wearing traditional dress. Caption reads: "Chippewa Indian Squaw, Hayward, Wis."
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Ani-wa-bia, the Medicine Man

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Description: Colorized postcard of a Lac du Flambeau medicine man in traditional dress holding a drum and a knife. Other people are standing behind him. Caption reads: ...
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"Big George"

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Description: Portrait of an old Ojibwa man smoking a cigar.
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F.R. Foster

Date: 1908
Description: A man is posing with his rifle and two killed deer hanging from a beam in a tree. In the background is a large house. Caption reads: "F.R. Foster and the t...
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M.W. Mc B.

Date: 02 1923
Description: A woman is standing and posing in front of a log cabin. She is wearing a dress with floral accents and puffed sleeves, and a fascinator with a lace veil. S...
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Four Scenes on Postcard

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Description: Four scenes of Trout Lake. The top left shows a man surveying on the shoreline of a lake. Handwritten text reads: "PA. MacDonald, Trout Lake 1910." The top...
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Gene Murray's Ox Team

Date: 1957
Description: Text on front reads: "Amos and Andy, Gene Murray's Ox Team, Reedsburg, Wis." Mr. Murray posing with his oxen team and covered wagon. Text on the wagon cove...
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A New Settler

Date: 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "A New Settler, L. Gervoin, Rusk Farm Settlement, Rusk Co., Wis." A farm couple and dog are posing in front of their clapboard house w...
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Awaiting Instructions

Date: 1917
Description: Hand-tinted photo postcard of two beautiful women, with their heads together, holding the receiver of a vintage telephone. They are wearing gowns and have ...
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Chief Jim Greenhill

Date: 02 1938
Description: Waist-up portrait of a man wearing a feathered headdress and holding a tomahawk. Caption on back reads: "Chief Greenhill, 'Jim Goose,' Chippewa Tribe, Cass...

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