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Winnipeg Industrial Exhibition Association Diploma

Date: 1910
Description: Winnipeg Industrial Exhibition Diploma awarded to International Harvester for Internal Combustion Engines.
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Cookout Celebration

Date: 07 07 1989
Description: Four men are standing and sitting at a picnic table while holding pieces of paper and talking. Behind them groups of people are relaxing. Caption reads: "C...
Manuscript

Termperance Traveling Card

Date: 1858
Description: A certificate declaring the admission of U. P. Olin into the Independent Order of Good Templars.
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Band of Hope Membership Certificate

Date: 1883
Description: A colorful certificate that acknowledges the membership of Willie Diederich of Waukesha, Wisconsin into Band of Hope, a temperance organization.
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Sons of Temperance Withdrawal

Date: 1857
Description: A certificate acknowledging the admission of Frederick Beermein to Sons of Temperance.
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Age and School Certificate: Parental Permission

Date: 09 08 1910
Description: Photograph of an "Age and School Certificate" completed by a mother giving her 13 years and 11 months old son permission to work. The form reads, in part: ...
Photograph

American Federation of Laundry Workers

Date: 07 02 1947
Description: Presentation of certificate, American Federation of Laundry Workers International Union, with two men and one woman, taken in the Colonial Room at the Hote...
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Wisconsin Academy Membership Certificate

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Description: A blank certificate of lifetime membership to the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters.
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Notice of Membership

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Description: A blank notice of election as a member of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters.
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Governor Vernon W. Thomson Named Honorary Chariman

Date: 04 26 1957
Description: Wisconsin Governor Vernon W. Thomson (right) is presented with a certificate naming him honorary chairman of the Wisconsin Savings Bond Division of the U.S...
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A.A. Rowley, State of Wisconsin Certificate

Date: 09 29 1870
Description: State of Wisconsin certificate for A.A. Rowley, signed by Lucius Fairchild, Governor, that appoints him as Second Lieutenant of the "Middleton Guards" with...
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Frances Ann Oiyotte Decorah with Certificate

Date: 1961
Description: Frances "Frenchie" Ann Oiyotte Decorah receiving her beauticians license at the age of 18 from the Green Bay Beauty School. The blond woman on the left is ...
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Indoor Portrait of Two European American Men

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Description: Indoor portrait of two unidentified men posing sitting in rocking chairs in a room. Behind them on the wall is a framed diploma from Black River Falls High...
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Nekoosa Lumbering Company Stock Certificate

Date: 09 09 1861
Description: Nekoosa Lumbering Company stock certificate for eighty shares made out to Moses M. Strong. Each share costs $50.00.
Manuscript

Certificate of American Citizenship

Date: 07 17 1860
Description: A certificate granting United States citizenship to Frederick Anneke.
Historical Object

League of American Wheelmen Membership Card

Date: 1885
Description: Stephen M. Babcock's membership card for the League of American Wheelmen, Geneva Bicycle Club of New York for the year 1885. The card is signed by Secretar...
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Certificate of Newly Elected Officers for Green Bay Football Club

Date: 09 18 1922
Description: Certificate naming the officers of the Green Bay Football Club: President, E.L. Lambeau (Earl "Curly" Lambeau); Vice President, Joseph M. Ordens; Treasurer...
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Register of Deeds Certificate for Green Bay Football Club

Date: 09 14 1922
Description: Document certifying that articles of incorporation for Green Bay Football Club were received by the Register of Deeds and filed with the Department of Stat...
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Century Ownership Certificate

Date: 10 1978
Description: "Ken & LaVerne Schoebel proudly display a Century Ownership Certificate. The Schoebel family purchased the land in 1869."
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Honoring Eugene Gerlach

Date: 1975
Description: "Eugene Gerlach is honored for his many years in the Fire Department. He is flanked by his grandson, Gene Koll, & Chief Bernard Adelmeyer."

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