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  1. Bible - 1981.036.01

    Family History Bible, starting with Nathan Myrick and ending with Gail Hendry, born 1931.

    Record Type: Library

    Holy Bible
  2. Bible - 2008.043.05

    Salem Skaff's Arabic Bible. The bible contained family photos, hair curls, obituaries, family notes, and other loose pages in Arabic. Throughout the bible, printed religious plates of bibilical scenes have been taped in. Salem's name and the date is handwritten in the front of the bible. (Arabic is read from right to left.)

    Record Type: Library

    Holy Bible
  3. Bible - 2011.fic.493

    Family Bible; belonged to A. and L. Pettingill-engraved on cover. Between the Old and New Testament there is a section listing marriages, births, and deaths of the family.

    Record Type: Library

    Bible
  4. Book - 1984.100.06

    Small hardbound children's book, based on a radio show. Format consists of text on left page, and a black and white illustration opposite. In the upper right corner of each illustration is a small set-in picture of a bomber, so that flipping the pages quickly will produce an animated image of a bomber in action.

    Record Type: Library

    Captain Midnight and the Secret Squadron
  5. Book - 1987.054.02

    A large hardbound children's picture book. Text on left page and illustration on right page. Inside cover has text: Kaye from Audrey & Joe

    Record Type: Library

    The Tale of Peter Rabbit
  6. Book - 1994.036.032

    Picture book for young childen, illustrated with 4 full page color prints featuring kittens, and many black and white drawings. One story, in verse, about kittens.

    Record Type: Library

    My Pussies
  7. Book - 2011.fic.684

    First edition of Walter Brown and Abby Whitney Brown's "Mitylene" Signed by the Author.

    Record Type: Library

    Mitylene
  8. Book - 2011.fic.685

    First edition of Abby Whitney Brown's "Can She Atone?" Signed by the Author.

    Record Type: Library

    Can She Atone?
  9. Book - 2017.fic.1633

    A book of poetry by Mauree Applegate, who was a teacher in La Crosse. The poems include: "New England Dusk," "Fall," "Pedagogy," "Summer School 1951," "Fall Notes," "The Tree and Me," "November Etching," "Christmas 1951," and "Seasons Fleeting."

    Record Type: Library

    Year's End 1951 Year's Beginning 1952
  10. Book - 2018.016.16

    Bridal Souvenir book from the wedding of William S. Cargill and Mary S. MacMillan in 1892. Pasted in the front cover there is a marriage certificate signed by William S. and Mary Cargill, William W. Cargill, George MacMillan, and William Torrance.

    Record Type: Library

    Bridal Souvenir
  11. Book - 2018.024.06

    "Sun Shine" is an autobiography of the business career of William Doerflinger.

    Record Type: Library

    "Sun Shine"
  12. Book - 2021.006.02

    Promotional Christmas book from Doerflinger's

    Record Type: Library

    The Night Before Christmas
  13. Book - 2021.fic.005

    Advertising booklet about Billie Button, an anthropomorphic button, who explained the life of a Wisconsin Pearl Button Company button, from starting as a clamshell at the bottom of the Mississippi River to being sewed on to a little girl’s dress in Indiana.

    Record Type: Library

    The Story of My Life by Billie Button
  14. Book - 2022.017.02

    The story is set in the woods and rivers of the La Crosse area. The names of the main beaver characters are Haloka and Akella and their brood of 11. This copy is signed by La Crosse illustrator Ray Sherin.

    Record Type: Library

    A Beaver's Story
  15. Catalog - 2006.040.01

    5th volume of "American Decorator." A catalog of colored stencil designs available for sale for painters and decorators.

    Record Type: Library

    American Decorator
  16. Catalog - 2006.040.02

    Stencil catalog of American standard stencils, English, and Japanese stencils. Priced at $3.00. In the pages were 6 order forms that could be sent in to order stencils, and a page from The Master Builder magazine, dated November 1925.

    Record Type: Library

    Beauty in Color and Design as expressed by Stencilling
  17. Catalog - 2006.040.04

    Catalog of colored sketches for painters and decorators showing walls, ceilings, borders, and independent decorations.

    Record Type: Library

    American Decorator
  18. Catalog - 2021.fic.006

    Fall 1929 Salzer's Seeds Catalog

    Record Type: Library

    Catalog
  19. Catalog, Sales - 2007.020.05

    Catalog from V. Tausche Hardware Co. of La Crosse. Catalog number 39. Register Oct. 26, 1939 for the exclusive use of Gengler Lumber Company of Caledonia, MN.

    Record Type: Library

    V. Tausche Hardware Co.
  20. Catalog, Sales - 2018.042.03

    Paint sample colorizer booklet with removable paint sample cards and sample rooms with information about color schemes. Written in red ink on the front "Colorizer paint chips in center of book" "Mankes" "Mankes Hardare".

    Record Type: Library

    Give Your Home that Decorator Touch

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