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Edward Burr Van Vleck

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Description: Edward Burr Van Vleck posing with a book in a studio portrait.
Photograph

Frank A. Hutchins

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Description: Formal portrait of Frank A. Hutchins.
Print

Pear's Soap

Date: 09 20 1899
Description: Advertisement for Pear's Soap featuring an illustration of an admiral washing his hands. Text reads: "The first step toward lightening the white man's burd...
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.
Poster

Karl Armstrong Freedom Party Poster

Date: 09 23 1973
Description: Poster for Karl Armstrong freedom party.
Print

Robert M. La Follette Political Cartoon

Date: 1908
Description: La Follette political cartoon. La Follette and presidential candidates Root, Shaw, Taft, and Fairbanks at a fish pond.
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...
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).
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...
Photograph

City Hall

Date: 1939
Description: Wells Street Bridge occupies the bottom center of the image, with City Hall in the center background. Three men are walking on the bridge.
Photograph

Eugene Debs and Victor Berger

Date: 1897
Description: Formal studio portrait of Eugene Debs and Victor Berger.
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.
Photograph

Campaign Rally for Thomas Edmund Dewey

Date: 1948
Description: Group of people, many holding signs, at a presidential rally for Thomas Edmund Dewey.
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.
Photograph

Humphrey J. Desmond

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

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