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| Information on over 7,000 photographers who were active in Wisconsin from about 1840 to 1976. |
| Learn about the history of Christmas cards and their various uses during World War I and II, and in postwar America. |
| 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. |
| 1850-2009 |
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| Photographs of political campaign techniques of the past. |
| View this beautiful collection of Valentine's Day greeting cards collected from 1840 through 1980. |
| View these images shot by an early female war correspondent, Dickey Chapelle from Wisconsin. |
| View a large gallery of Wisconsin residents playing: bowling, dancing, curling, sailing, skateboarding, skating, skiing and snowmobiling. |
| View these 19th-century panoramic, detailed maps of Wisconsin communities. |
| View a pictorial review of the Wisconsin State Fair from 1851 when it began. |
| View the collection of images of Wisconsin women in a variety of activities: farm work, canning, suffragism, photography, war work and civil rights. |
| View this image collection of the Wisconsin Democratic Senator William Proxmire. |
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