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Atlas Paper Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Atlas Paper Company of Appleton, Wisconsin, a paper company established in 1878. On the left is a scroll embellished with a spray of flow...
Book or Pamphlet

Ames Plow Co. Catalog Cover

Date: 1900
Description: Front cover of the Ames Plow Co. catalog and price list. Paper is pink in color. Text says: "Contractors' supplies, Ice tools of every description. Harness...
Book or Pamphlet

Deering Catalog Illustration

Date: 1889
Description: Back cover illustration for a William Deering and Company catalog showing a woman and three children examining a paper with the title: "The Deering All-Ste...
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T.F. Mackmiller Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of T.F. Mackmiller, a wholesale liquor dealer from Iron River, Wisconsin, with a plaque that reads "Wholesale Liquor Dealer." On the left is a c...
Photograph

Service Station with Vending Machine

Date: 09 04 1967
Description: A service station decorated with a flowers in a window box. On the left is a Pepsi-Cola vending machine.
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Council of Administrative Women in Education Dinner Menu

Date: 04 21 1919
Description: Front cover, menu, and back cover of program ("Conferring the Service Stripes") for a dinner at the Medford Hotel, with a deep rose hand-colored border wit...
Historical Object

Aloha Dinner Menu

Date: 05 03 1937
Description: Menu for an Aloha Dinner on the Japanese passenger ship, M.S. Chichibu Maru, printed on a folding paper and bamboo hand fan, with painted blue irise...
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Sailors in a Bar

Date: 1942
Description: Two sailors and two women are seated at a table smoking cigarettes and drinking beer, while another woman stands playing an accordion for them. Around the ...
Photograph

Knudson Cheese Co.

Date: 1930
Description: Exterior of the Knudson Cheese Company. The lawn is covered with flowers. A man sits on the porch. A railroad car is on the left.
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Wisconsin Bank Note and Lithographing Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Wisconsin Bank Note and Lithographing Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with a child writing on a tablet and perching on a banner bearing ...
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Frank Wedding

Date: 1924
Description: Studio wedding portrait of the Franks in front of a painted backdrop.
Photograph

Creamery

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Description: View from road of the exterior of the creamery. The main building features a gable roof, a cupola, two chimneys, as well as a garden in front. There are th...
Photograph

Scene at Riverdale on Lucky 13

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Description: Log cabin with a stone chimney and screened-in porch among tall grass at Riverdale Resort.
Photograph

Cottage at Schofield Hotel

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Description: The small "Rest-a-Wee" cottage surrounded by trees at the Schofield Hotel.
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Hattie Fels Owen in Men's Suit

Date: 1908
Description: Hattie Fels Owen sitting in a wicker rocking chair. She is wearing a man's suit and hat and posing with a cigar.
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Buckstaff-Edwards Co. Memohead

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Description: Memohead of the Buckstaff-Edwards Company of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, manufacturers of coffins and caskets and wholesale dealers in caskets and undertaking supp...
Photograph

Wedding Party

Date: 1924
Description: Studio group portrait of four unidentified members of a wedding party. A man and woman sit in front of a man and woman standing.
Photograph

Breezy Hill Cottage

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Description: Duplex cottage with automobiles parked in the back and on the left. Flowers are in window boxes.
Photograph

Frederick Pabst

Date: 1890
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Frederick Pabst (1836-1904). He is wearing a suit with white tie and a carnation boutonnierre.
Photograph

Margaret McGuire, Alice in Dairyland on a Float

Date: 08 1948
Description: Margaret McGuire, Alice in Dairyland, sitting in chair decorated with fabric and flower on a float in a parade. She is wearing a light-colored, full-length...

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