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Milwaukee Downer College Library

Date: 02 1908
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...
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Milwaukee Downer College Library

Date: 02 1908
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...
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Offer of Receiver of Commutation Money

Date: 11 23 1863
Description: A receipt made out to Abraham Gilman for the $300 he paid to avoid serving his draft duty in the Civil War.
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Camp Washburn, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Date: 1860
Description: A soldier rides a horse with a military camp in the background. Caption below reads, "CAMP WASHBURN, MILWAUKEE - - WIS." Blue ink on beige envelope, image ...
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Head Quarters, 2nd Regiment Wisconsin Cavalry. Camp Washburn, Milwaukee.

Date: 1860
Description: A cavalry soldier on a horse appears on left, a military camp is seen in the background. To the right in fancy type: "Head Quarters, 2D REGT. WIS. CAVAL...
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Milwaukee Brewers Pocket Schedule

Date: 1970
Description: Unfolded, tri-fold, Milwaukee Brewers pocket schedule with Owgust, the "barrel man" logo, Pabst Beer ad, and County Stadium seating chart.
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Portrait of General Frederick C. Winkler

Date: 1895
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of General Frederick C. Winkler of Milwaukee from the 1895 Columbian Biographical Dictionary and Portrait Gallery of the Rep...
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Printer's Advertisement

Date: 1855
Description: An ad printed by Rufus King & Co. displaying many typefaces and describing "Printer's Stock, consisting of Type, Presses, Cases, Borders, Cuts, Stationary ...
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Badger State Tobacco Works Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Badger State Tobacco Works of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with a three-quarter view of the building, men working on boats moored near the water...
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Cudahy Brothers Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Cudahy Brothers Company, a meat packer from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with a color image of a package of meat hanging from a hook on a wall, ...
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Milwaukee Willow Works Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Milwaukee Willow Works, a manufacturer of children's carriages, willow ware, and toys, with a three-quarter view of the company building,...
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Wirth, Hammel & Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of Wirth, Hammel & Company, a dealer in horses and mules headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with a front view of the company building on the...
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Plankinton Packing Co. Memohead

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Description: Memohead of the Plankinton Packing Company, a pork and beef packer and provision dealer in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Includes an elevated view of the company b...
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Lincoln State Bank (Milwaukee, Wis.) Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of Lincoln State Bank, with a full-length statue of Abraham Lincoln standing, names of the bank officers, and "Capital $100,000".
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A. Gettelman Brewing Co. Memohead

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Description: Memohead of the A. Gettelman Brewing Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with the Gettelman name in a banner, the rest of the company name in a scroll-edged p...
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Schlitz Brewing Company Memohead

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Description: Memohead of the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with an elevated view of the brewery complex, including an elevator and other stora...
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Hammel, Newald & Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of Hammel, Newald & Company, a wholesale wine and liquor dealer and importer from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. On the left is a three-quarter view of t...
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Phillip Best Brewing Company Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Phillip Best Brewing Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with three separate proscenium views of the Empire Brewery, the South Side Brewery,...
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Milwaukee Malting Company Logo

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Description: Logo of the Milwaukee Malting Company from a memohead printed by the Wisconsin Bank Note Company, Milwaukee, with a golden sun emerging from grey clouds, a...
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Chas. Bigelow & Co. Billhead

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Description: Billhead of Chas. Bigelow & Company of Milwaukee, a manufacturer and dealer in boots, shoes, and leather, with an elephant wearing cuffed boots and a tasse...

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