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Photograph

Peony Blossom

Date: 06 2014
Description: Close-up view of a peony blossom in the sunshine.
Photograph

Wil-Kil Pest Control

Date: 1955
Description: Exterior view of the Wil-Kil Pest Control building at 705 Williamson Street. The sign above the entrance features a rat and a cockroach depicted in neon.
Print

L'Etoile Restaurant and Café Menu Template

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Description: Menu template for L'Etoile Restaurant and Café, with illustrations at the bottom of the page of encircled five-point interlaced stars, butterflied, birds, ...
Print

L'Etoile Restaurant and Café Dinner Menu

Date: 09 07
Description: One-page dinner menu for L'Etoile Restaurant and Café, with a handwritten menu listing and illustrations of encircled five-point interlaced stars, birds, b...
Photograph

Cecropia Moth

Date: 1905
Description: A profile view of a cecropia moth, Hylophora Cecropia, on a potted geranium.
Photograph

Cecropia Moth

Date: 1905
Description: A cecropia moth, Hylophora Cecropia, on a potted geranium.
Photograph

Charles Fluke and Insect Specimens

Date: 06 21 1934
Description: Charles Fluke, associate professor at the University of Wisconsin, examines a tray of insect specimens.
Photograph

Marquette School

Date: 10 16 1950
Description: Bob West has discovered that life in the underground ant colony consists of building homes, storing food and caring for babies. The ant colony has been a p...
Photograph

Washington School Hobby Show

Date: 04 27 1949
Description: At left, Billy Powers of 306 Norris Court shows his butterfly collection to classmate Dennis Rose, 1028 Clymer Place. The butterfly collection won first p...
Poster

Madison Tenant Union

Date: 1975
Description: Poster for the Madison Tenant Union, an organization created for tenants to improve housing conditions and offer guidance with tenant grievances against la...
Photograph

DDT Application

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Description: Men pumping DDT from a tank on the back of a truck to be sprayed into a field.
Photograph

DDT Application

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Description: Two men operating a hose to spray DDT into tall grass near water.
Postcard

Cecropia Moth

Date: 1905
Description: Photographic postcard of a cecropoia moth, Hylophora Cecropia, on a potted geranium. Caption reads: "Cecropia Moth."
Photograph

Red Caboose Day Care Mural

Date: 03 20 1977
Description: A mural painted on the side of the Red Caboose Day Care Center at 654 Williamson Street. Images in the mural include children playing, grasshoppers, a turt...
Postcard

Cecropia Moth

Date: 1905
Description: Photographic postcard of a profile view of a cecropia moth, Hylophora Cecropia, on a potted geranium. Caption reads: "Cecropia Moth."
Photograph

Pfc. Glen Lindsey and Fly Traps

Date: 07 26 1945
Description: Pfc. Glen Lindsey displays the fly traps he invented to trap thousands of flies in the Truax Field area.
Photograph

Meuer Photoart House "Shutterbug"

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Description: The Meuer Photoart House "Shutterbug," their mascot and/or logo. The Meuer Photoart House opened in 1916 on State Street in Madison.
Poster

"Science for the People"

Date: 06 06 1971
Description: Poster advertising the role of science in society. Features a butterfly, and a hand holding a flower, with text filling the interior of the design.
Historical Object

Wisconsin Historical Society Floor Mosaic

Date: 1899
Description: Mosaic in the north/central lobby floor of the Wisconsin Historical Society. This is the printer's mark for Jehan Frellon, a prominent printer in Lyons, Fr...
Photograph

We Saw You . . . at Insect Control Conference

Date: 01 07 1959
Description: Problems of insect and plant disease control are discussed at the 13th annual Insect Control Conference at the Hotel Loraine. Talks were delivered at morni...

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