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Theodore Roosevelt with Art Smith

Date: 1915
Description: Former President Theodore Roosevelt with pilot Art Smith and his Curtiss Pusher at the Panama Pacific International Exposition.
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Tall-Tale Postcard: Santa on a Bi-Plane

Date: 1909
Description: Photomontage of Santa Claus and his reindeer riding on the top wing of a bi-plane. More sacks of toys and wrapped gifts are on the lower wing. Buildings an...
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Making a Toast

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Description: Group of men in a tavern making a toast. The bartender is behind the bar and the man at the right is in a wheelchair and smoking a pipe.
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A Merry Christmas

Date: 1910
Description: Holiday postcard showing Santa Claus behind the steering wheel of his motorized sleigh. Holly fills the front and pine boughs fill the back. He is wearing ...
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Holiday Card with Santa, His Sleigh and a Horse

Date: 1930
Description: Holiday postcard of Santa Claus loading his sleigh. A single white horse is hitched to the sleigh and is eating out of a nosebag. There is a gold bell on t...
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A Joyful Christmas

Date: 1930
Description: Holiday postcard with Santa Claus sledding down a snow-covered hill on a toboggan with a sack of toys on his back. He is wearing his traditional red hat wi...
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Boat Landing, Cliff House, Devil's Lake

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Description: Black and white postcard of the boat landing in front of Cliff House, a resort hotel, in Devil's Lake State Park. Two men show off their catch of seven fis...
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Man with Two Wheeled Hand Cart

Date: 1920
Description: John Virnig, Sr., harness maker, grips the handle of a two wheeled hand cart as he poses on the sidewalk in a neighborhood. He is wearing a hat, shirt and ...
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Santa and Girl in Sleigh

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Description: Photographic postcard of Santa and a young girl, Mary Jane Turner, in his sleigh. Her head is next to his and her arm is around his shoulders. Reindeer can...
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Men Outside a Tavern

Date: 1920
Description: A group of men standing on the sidewalk outside a local business. The sign on the far left of the image is for a restaurant, and the other buildings furthe...
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Logging

Date: 1908
Description: Colorized postcard of loggers posing with logs piled on horse-drawn sleds. Caption reads: "Logging, Athens, Wis."
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Man, Boy and Automobile

Date: 1915
Description: Man and small boy posing at the back of a Ford automobile in a farm yard.
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Montello Granite Works

Date: 1906
Description: Charles Richter, second from left, poses in front of a building at the top of the Montello granite quarry. His wife stands at the front of the group, weari...
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Plane Sidewalk

Date: 1917
Description: Man standing next to a Lawson Military Tractor 2 (MT2). The man is wearing a coverall worksuit and has a mustache and undercut haircut.
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Student Night Aboard S.S. Von Steuben

Date: 09 07 1932
Description: A group of mostly young people are sitting and standing around wooden tables, raising steins of beer while posing for a group portrait. Nearly all of the g...

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