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| Date: | 08 05 1945 |
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| Description: | Display of German "war junk," including fire arms, clothing and a German Nazi flag, at the East Side Business Men's Festival. The souvenirs displayed were... |
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| Description: | A woman staffing a souvenir booth at a fair. Souvenirs being sold include pinwheels and flags. The booth has "NOVELTIES" and "SOUV" painted on its sides. ... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | A crowd gathered around two men standing in an open wagon at the Indiana State Fair. Many of the people in the crowd have their hands raised. A sign readin... |
| Date: | 1861 |
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| Description: | Carte-de-visite of Old Abe, the Wisconsin war eagle on a perch. The adolescent bird still has partially brown head feathers. The card appears to have a s... |
| Date: | 04 1865 |
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| Description: | Carte-de-visite portrait of Old Abe, eagle mascot of the 8th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. Bodtker often photographed Old Abe and on this occasion attempte... |
| Date: | 1865 |
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| Description: | Old Abe, eagle mascot of the 8th Wisconsin Regiment. Popular cards sold in great quantities as benefit items ($9 per 100), so great was this bird's fame. ... |
| Date: | 1865 |
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| Description: | Old Abe, eagle mascot of the 8th Wisconsin Regiment. Popular cards sold in great quantities as benefit items ($9 per 100), so great was this bird's fame. ... |
| Date: | 03 1865 |
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| Description: | Old Abe, eagle mascot of the 8th Wisconsin Regiment, 1865 or 1870. Popular cards sold in great quantities as benefit items ($9 per 100), so great was this... |
| Date: | 05 23 1865 |
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| Description: | Chromolithograph portrait of "Old Abe," eagle mascot of Company C, 8th Wisconsin Regiment (the Eau Claire Eagles). Old Abe is perched on a cannon with his ... |
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| Description: | Old Abe souvenir carte-de-visite sold by J.O. Barrett during the United States centennial, 1876. Old Abe is on a bird perch, facing forward, with his h... |
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| Description: | Old Abe covered glass bowl made by the Crystal Glass Company of Bridgeport, Ohio. Exhibited at the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia in 1876 where the ... |
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| Description: | Wood engraving advertisement of a souvenir teaspoon bearing the likeness of Old Abe, the Wisconsin Civil War eagle, on the handle. Text reads "For sale by... |
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| Description: | Holiday card from Jane M. Byrne, mayor of Chicago, 1979-1983. The card is a reproduction of a stained glass window with a string attached so it can be hung... |
| Date: | 1997 |
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| Description: | "When the turf at Lambeau Field was replaced, entrepreneurs boxed up the 'tundra' and sold it for $10 per box." |
| Date: | 02 1944 |
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| Description: | An autographed quarter-length portrait of General of the Army Douglas MacArthur seated on an airplane near a window. He is wearing his uniform with a jacke... |
| Date: | 11 30 1920 |
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| Description: | Front cover and menu listing for a "Breakfast in Honour of Senator Warren G. Harding President-Elect United States and Mrs. Harding" at the Myrtle Bank Hot... |
| Date: | 12 04 1920 |
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| Description: | Menu for dinner honoring President-Elect Warren G. Harding by the citizens of Newport News, Virginia, at the Hotel Warwick. On the cover is a framed quarte... |
| Date: | 12 03 1920 |
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| Description: | Menu for Captain's Dinner on board the S.S. Pastores, of the United Fruit Company Steamship Service, carrying President-Elect Warren G. Harding. On ... |
| Date: | 04 03 1903 |
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| Description: | Front cover, first page, and menu listing for a banquet given in honor of President Theodore Roosevelt by the Merchants and Manufacturers Association at Pl... |
| Date: | 06 23 1885 |
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| Description: | Menu card and satin overlay with the intertwined initials "M" and "A" for the Eighth Annual Banquet of the Merchants Association at Plankinton House. The f... |
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