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Lillian Sholes

Date: 1872
Description: Lillian Sholes, demonstrating a prototype typewriter invented by her father, Christopher Latham Sholes.
Photograph

Young Girl in Dress and Bonnet

Date: 1900
Description: Young girl in dress and bonnet posing with wood crate. The photograph was likely used by the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company's advertising department ...
Photograph

Young Girl in Overalls and Straw Hat

Date: 1900
Description: Advertising photograph of young girl in overalls and straw hat pointing to spot on a blank poster.
Photograph

Woman Posing as if Drinking from Cup

Date: 1900
Description: Waist-up portrait of a woman dressed as a "dairy maid"(?) posing as if holding an imaginary cup or glass. The image was most likely used as a model for a c...
Photograph

Sidell Sisters

Date: 1927
Description: The Sidell Sisters, Billie and Pierre, posed as a Latin couple. The Sidell Sisters were from Madison, Wisconsin. They were students of Leo T. Kehl and th...
Photograph

Chapelle with Soldiers and Woman

Date: 1958
Description: Dickey Chapelle posing in Cuba with Major Antonio Lusson, and a group of male and female soldiers.
Print

International School Bus Advertising Proof

Date: 05 1948
Description: Advertising proof created by Young and Rubicam for the International Harvester Company. Features illustrations of an International school bus and an Intern...
Print

International Truck Advertising Proof

Date: 04 1956
Description: Advertising proof created by Young and Rubicam for the International Harvester Company. Features color photographs of men loading and unloading a variety o...
Drawing

Western Costume Design for "Hud"

Date: 1963
Description: Western ensemble of jeans, shirt, boots, and cowboy hat designed by Edith Head for Paul Newman in the film "Hud" (Paramount, 1963).
Drawing

Edith Head Costume Design

Date: 1958
Description: Black dress, fitted at the waist, designed by Edith Head for "Vertigo" (Paramount 1958).
Drawing

Edith Head Costume Design

Date: 1958
Description: Black two-piece suit with shawl and hat. Edith Head design for the film "Vertigo" (Paramount 1958).
Drawing

Edith Head Costume Design

Date: 1954
Description: Green wrap-around dress, fitted at the waist, shown with grey shoes. Edith Head design for Grace Kelly in "The Country Girl" (Paramount 1954).
Photograph

D.F. Barry with Chief Rain-In-The-Face

Date: 
Description: Studio portrait of photographer David Frances Barry and Chief Rain-In-The-Face.
Photograph

The Leap

Date: 1997
Description: A man leaps to Stand Rock as a crowd watches.
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Underground Newspaper Cover: The Chicago Seed

Date: 1968
Description: Cover of "The Chicago Seed," an underground newspaper, featuring Santa Claus crucified on a dollar sign. The landscape below is made from collaged advertis...
Magazine or Periodical

The Democratic Convention at Cincinnati

Date: 07 10 1880
Description: Large crowd of people in ter hall for the Democratic Convention at Cincinnati.
Magazine or Periodical

"Victory" for the Republican Party

Date: 11 20 1880
Description: The United States presidential election of 1880 was largely seen as a referendum on the Republicans' relaxation of Reconstruction efforts in the southern s...
Photograph

Jacob J. Blumenfeld

Date: 03 20 1915
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Jacob J. Blumenfeld, Milwaukee merchant.
Photograph

Hans Bruening

Date: 04 25 1915
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Hans Bruening, Milwaukee, Wisconsin College of Music director.
Photograph

M. E. Burke

Date: 08 21 1915
Description: Quarter-length portrait of M. E. Burke, Beaver Dam attorney.

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