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Elderly Man and Children

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Description: A studio portrait, in front of a painted backdrop, of an elderly man with a beard sitting and holding a stuffed bird to attract the attention of two childr...
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Holiday Greetings

Date: 1929
Description: A combined holiday card and birth announcement with Santa Claus and a stork holding a banner between them that says "Holiday Greetings from the Knowltons i...
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Santa Claus with Candy Cane

Date: 1962
Description: Holiday card with Santa Claus holding a candy cane, surrounded by many symbols of the season: angels, stars, candles, birds, stockings, ornaments, gifts, b...
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Season's Greetings, Let's Stamp Out the Dictators!

Date: 1942
Description: Holiday card with a 10¢ War Stamp Album glued inside. The front of the card shows Uncle Sam's large shoe kicking Hitler, Mussolini and Hirohito into space....
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Red Star Line Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of Louis Auer & Son, Milwaukee passenger agents for the Red Star Line, with a bearded man in a cap and uniform steering a ship's wheel. The name...
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Pheasant Release

Date: 10 1981
Description: "Chuck Trauba releases pheasants on Warner Road."
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People and Buggies Posing in Front of a House

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Description: On the far left a man and woman are posing sitting in a buggy pulled by a single horse. Next to them is a man posing sitting in a buggy pulled by a team of...
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"S.O.B. Save Our Bartender"

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Description: Poster with a portrait of a man wearing a captain's style hat with the insignia of a bottle, and eyeglasses, with a beard and moustache, with a noose aroun...
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Man and Pigeon

Date: 1909
Description: An unidentified man is kneeling down and holding his hand out to a bird (probably a pigeon or a dove) in the town of Watersmeet.
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C.C. Lincoln

Date: 1903
Description: Ceylon Childs Lincoln standing near a bench in the Wisconsin Historical Society museum. He was the museum attendant and janitor. There are sculptures and p...

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