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Poster

"Fall Pow Wow" Poster

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Description: Poster promoting the Fall Pow Wow on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Includes a photograph of a group of people in the center. Produced by the ...
Photograph

Leo Lania

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Description: Dramatic waist-up portrait of an older Leo Lania (born Lazar Herrmann) holding a cigarette in a holder.
Photograph

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...
Drawing

Candle Burning on Both Ends

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Description: Drawing of a candle burning on both ends, with wax dripping from the bottom.
Magazine or Periodical

Cover of American Machinist

Date: 1951
Description: The cover of an issue of American Machinist (issued on August 20, 1951). A man is operating a machine.
Photograph

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 ...
Photograph

Family Portrait

Date: 
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 ...
Photograph

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 ...
Photograph

"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...
Photograph

Snowy Winter Scene

Date: 1930
Description: Winter scene of a residential area. There is ice on the branches of the trees. The sidewalk is shoveled and the road is plowed, and an automobile is moving...
Drawing

Brumder Properties

Date: 1929
Description: An unsigned, hand-drawn map of properties owned by members of the Brumder family on the northwest shore of Pine Lake in 1929. Named Villa Henrietta, the pr...
Poster

Army Reserve Advertisements

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Description: A collage of advertisements for the Army Reserve.
Photograph

Henry Roe Cloud

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

Thomas E. Dewey

Date: 10 29 1947
Description: Portrait of New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey. He is looking directly at the camera and is wearing a three piece suit with a white shirt and white handkerc...
Photograph

General George Kenney

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Description: Portrait of United States Army Air Force General George C. Kenney. He is wearing a dress uniform and cap. The handwritten inscription reads: "To Ed Sulliva...
Photograph

Preparations

Date: 07 1951
Description: A man preparing nets wound on large reels for fishing. A row of tubs are in the foreground and a shed is in the background.
Photograph

The Plotters

Date: 1955
Description: Elevated view of four women sitting, and one man standing, around a large map of northeast Wisconsin and Michigan's Upper Peninsula. The women are wearing ...
Document

Page from Rebecca Pressbook

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Description: A page from the pressbook for the re-release of the film Rebecca which starred Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine. The page encourages theaters to h...
Print

The Reaper Takes Form

Date: 1931
Description: Back cover of an advertisement sheet, with a front page that reads: "International Harvester Celebrates The Invention of the Reaper". The color illu...
Print

The International Motor Truck — 1931

Date: 1931
Description: Back cover of an advertisement sheet, with a front page that reads: "International Harvester and the Romance Of Transportation. The color illustra...

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