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| Promotions on Paper, 1850s-1975 |
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| Custom-designed letterheads were a universal way of proclaiming who you were. Historical letterheads are prime examples of early branding. |
| A Brief Introduction |
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| Read about the Stockbridge-Munsee community in Wisconsin and learn more through links to the band's website and to visual materials in our collections. |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard view down center of unpaved street in the central business district of a small town. A group of people are gathered in front of the shop... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view across street towards the Herman Smith Saloon storefront, with a man and two dogs on the sidewalk in front. A horse and buggy ar... |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of an exterior view from street of a hotel on a snowy day. Caption reads: "Birnamwood, Wis." |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of a school with the students gathered on the board sidewalk. Adults are gathered near the front steps of the entrance to the school... |
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| Description: | Colorized photographic postcard view looking up to the dells of the Eau Claire River with trees in the background. Caption reads: "Dells of the Eau Claire ... |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard from the end of the public dock looking inland towards buildings on the shoreline. Caption reads: "Cecil from Public Dock." |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view of a road passing through the county park. Caption reads: "Shawano County Park, Cecil, Wis." |
| Date: | 1961 |
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| Description: | Exterior of a hotel, with bright metal siding in full sunlight. An elderly man is seated in a chair outside. Behind the hotel on the left is what appears t... |
| Date: | 1834 |
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| Description: | This map is pen, ink, and pencil on paper and shows plat of the town, local streets, mills, forts, hospitals, and parts of Devil River and Fox River. |
| Date: | 1975 |
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| Description: | This map shows streets, railroads, and Wolf Lake. An index of streets is also included. |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | This blue line print map shows lot and block numbers and dimensions, buildings, streets, railroads, and the Wolf River. |
| Date: | 06 1949 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of people examining display cases in a gymnasium containing objects from the French Gratitude Train. Two U.S. flags are hanging at the far en... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Waist-up seated studio portrait of Ernest Oshkosh (?1875-1929), grandson of Chief Oshkosh, son of Neopit. He is wearing a cap, bib overalls, and a striped ... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a street scene, with businesses on the left. A group of people are standing on the porch of the corner store. A man is standing near a hor... |
| Date: | 07 1936 |
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| Description: | Ray Weber standing next to a large white pine on a Menominee Indian reservation. |
| Date: | 07 1936 |
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| Description: | Two men are working together to cut down a large white pine tree on a Menominee Indian reservation. |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Two men and a woman are walking from a parked automobile toward the covered porch of the Oshkosh Trading Post, a low, log building on the Menominee Indian ... |
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