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Aerial View of Midvale Neighborhood

Date: 06 07 1954
Description: Aerial view looking north from near the city's southwestern limits in 1954. Shows text indicating Midvale Boulevard, Odana Road, Tokay Boulevard, Mineral P...
Photograph

Minocqua

Date: 07 10 1949
Description: Aerial view of Minocqua showing the surrounding lakes.
Magazine or Periodical

"La Follette's Magazine" Memorial Edition

Date: 07 1925
Description: Front page of "La Follette's Magazine" Memorial Edition remembering the life and work of Robert M. La Follette, Sr. This magazine later became the Progres...
Photograph

Mineral Point

Date: 
Description: Aerial view of Mineral Point.
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...
Photograph

Aerial View of Harbor Area

Date: 1950
Description: Harbor area of Jones Island and garbage disposal plant, Stratton Grain Co., and more.
Poster

Tuschen & Hannibal Poem Book Poster

Date: 04 1971
Description: Poster for "Thighs, Sighs, and Other Things," by John Tuschen and "Belly Lint," by Hannibal. Includes list of various Madison bookstores where it was avail...
Photograph

Humphrey J. Desmond

Date: 
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Humphrey J. Desmond, Milwaukee lawyer, editor, and publisher.
Photograph

Benjamin Heinemann

Date: 09 24 1913
Description: Three-quarter length seated studio portrait of Benjamin Heinemann, Wausau lumberman and banker. He has papers in his lap, and holds a pair of eyeglasses an...
Poster

"Universal Education: A Baha'i Perspective"

Date: 11 1970
Description: Poster advertising a lecture by Dr. Dwight Allen, the Dean of the University of Massachusetts School of Education on the Baha'i perspective of universal ed...
Poster

"Poetry Reading"

Date: 11 1970
Description: A poster advertising a poetry reading in the Old Madison room in the Memorial Union on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The poet is Cid Corman, ...
Photograph

Michael Kruszka

Date: 04 16 1915
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Michael Kruszka, Milwaukee publisher.
Photograph

F.L. Mitchell

Date: 
Description: Waist-up seated studio portrait of F.L. Mitchell.
Poster

University of Wisconsin YMCA Photography Center

Date: 02 18 1971
Description: Poster advertising photograph classes at the University of Wisconsin YMCA. A camera case with a camera, light meter, film, and lens tissue is prominately d...
Poster

Black and White Photography Contest

Date: 02 12 1971
Description: Poster advertising a black and white photography contest sponsored by the Union Crafts Committee. Winning photographs would be exhibited in the Union Galle...
Manuscript

Samuel Marshall's Passport Page

Date: 11 15 1855
Description: The first, foldout page of Samuel Marshall's United States passport, which includes a physical description.
Print

Warning To Girls

Date: 
Description: Copy of broadside issued by Illinois Vigilance Association for use in railway stations and public buildings. It is a warning to girls that are traveling to...
Document

Milwaukee Circuit Court Decision, Wood vs. Boynton

Date: 06 1884
Description: Document recording the case and ruling in favor of Samuel Boynton in the case brought by Clarissa Wood regarding the sale of the Eagle diamond.
Print

Sun-n-Sand Motor Hotel Menu

Date: 03 30 1962
Description: Menu from the Sun-n-Sand Motor Hotel, with an illustration of an arch over an elevated, covered walkway, cars on the road beneath, and the motel in the yel...
Poster

"Who's Who Against America" Poster

Date: 
Description: A poster with the text, "'Who's Who Against America,' Read Samuel Hopkins Adams in the November 11th, New York Sunday Tribune." The poster has a dec...

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