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Madison Fire Department

Date: 1870
Description: E.W. Keyes Steam Fire Engine Company Number 1, Madison Fire Department, organized in 1866.
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The Leap

Date: 1997
Description: A man leaps to Stand Rock as a crowd watches.
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Aerial View of Harbor Area

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

Protect Your Mail Use Zip Codes

Date: 11 30 1970
Description: A poster using the cartoon character Dick Tracy to advertise the use of zip codes. The United States Postal Service's cartoon character Mr. Zip appears on ...
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Portrait of George William Piernot

Date: 1970
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of George William Piernot (1922-2000). Piernot served as a member of the Madison Fire Department from about 1946 until his reti...
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International Truck Advertising Proof

Date: 05 06 1950
Description: Advertising proof for International trucks, featuring color illustrations of a flatbed truck carrying lumber and a pickup truck carrying plants. Includes t...
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International Metro Advertising Proof

Date: 02 1948
Description: Advertising proof for International trucks, featuring a color illustration of a delivery man and an International Metro truck. Includes the text: "Unchalle...
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International KB-8-1 Truck Advertising Proof

Date: 03 1948
Description: Advertising proof for International trucks, featuring a color illustration of a Model KB-8-1. Includes the text: "New Standard of the Highway The New Inter...
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...
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Karl Paul Gerhardt Link

Date: 03 18 1958
Description: Formal quarter-length studio portrait of Karl Paul Gerhardt Link with his pipe. He was a Professor of Biochemistry at the University of Wisconsin and helpe...
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Family Portrait

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a man, woman, and two children. The man in the center is wearing a watch fob on his vest and is standing ...
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Family Portrait

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a man, woman, and two children. The man in the center is wearing a watch fob on his vest and is standing ...
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Portrait of Unidentified Woman

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Description: Studio portrait of an unidentified woman wearing a full-length dark-colored dress with polka-dots, embellished with leaf patterned trim, ruffles and puffy ...
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"Tiger Woman"

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Description: A nude woman, with long hair, is standing and posing against a backdrop. Her body has been painted to look like the face of a tiger, with stripes on her ar...
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Henry Roe Cloud

Date: 1913
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Henry Roe Cloud.

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