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Photograph

The Riesen Family

Date: 05 28 1955
Description: The Riesen family, John, Jeanne, Linda and Jon, playing in their home.
Photograph

One-Armed Woodworker

Date: 02 14 1958
Description: Elmer J. Schmidt makes furniture and toys in his woodshop even though he has only one arm to work with.
Photograph

Flour and Feed Store

Date: 1899
Description: The Smith M. Jacobs Flour and Feed Store (left) and residence (right), 301 and 303 Monroe Street. The address renumbered within the next five years to 1701...
Print

McCormick Improved Advance Reaper Flyer

Date: 1877
Description: "The 'Improved Advance' as a Self-Raker." Flyer advertising the McCormick Improved Advance Reaper and Mower. Features a large illustration of the machine b...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Underground Newspaper Cover: The Conscience

Date: 01 1970
Description: Cover of "The Conscience," an underground newspaper, depicting a psychedelic drawing of three men, one standing naked, one leaning and carrying a gun, and ...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Underground Newspaper Cover: Spokane Natural

Date: 11 22 1968
Description: Cover of "Spokane Natural," an underground newspaper, depicting lightbulb form, comprised of a man's face, a landscape, and other elements. "lns, ups" in u...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Underground Newspaper Cover: Berkeley Tribe

Date: 08 15 1969
Description: Cover of "Berkeley Tribe," an underground newspaper, depicting a couple with a baby. Both the man and the woman are carrying a firearm. The newspaper logo ...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Underground Newspaper Cover: Berkeley Barb

Date: 07 19 1968
Description: Cover of "Berkeley Barb," an underground newspaper, featuring a photomontage of politically charged images, mostly relating to the Civil Rights movement. C...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Underground Newspaper Cover: The Black Panther

Date: 02 17 1970
Description: Cover of "The Black Panther: Black Community News Service," an underground newspaper, commemorating the birthday of Black Panther Party co-founder Huey New...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Underground Newspaper Cover: It Ain't Me Babe

Date: 04 07 1970
Description: Cover of "It Ain't Me Babe," an underground comic newspaper, featuring hippie scientists in a lab having just brought to life the bride of Frankenstein. Ma...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Underground Newspaper Cover: The Madison Bugle-American

Date: 09 16 1970
Description: Cover of "The Madison Bugle-American," an underground newspaper, featuring a cartoon of a businessman holding a leashed dog, a woman in a lounge dress smok...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Underground Newspaper Cover: Liberated Guardian

Date: 05 01 1970
Description: Cover of "Liberated Guardian," an underground newspaper, featuring black rebel soldiers carrying firearms. The central figure has a button with a photograp...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Underground Newspaper Cover: Strategic Hamlet

Date: 11 11 1970
Description: Cover of "Strategic Hamlet: An Isla Vista Street Journal," an underground newspaper, featuring a woman as Justice balancing the Bank of America and a group...
Poster

Those Gay Boys are Takin' Over

Date: 1971
Description: Poster produced by the Madison Gay Liberation Front promoting their weekly meeting at the St. Francis House, located at 1001 University Avenue. A young man...
Drawing

Blue Funkshun at the Nitty Gritty

Date: 
Description: Poster advertising a set of performances by musical group Blue Funkshun. Features a hand-drawn illustration of a man with a guitar case smoking a cigarett...
Poster

Luther Allison New Years Eve

Date: 
Description: Poster publicizing a New Year's Eve concert with Luther Allison at the Nitty Gritty bar in Madison, Wisconsin. Features text of an interview with Luther Al...
Poster

Blooziana Concert Poster

Date: 
Description: Poster publicizing a concert by the group Blooziana at the Nitty Gritty in Madison, Wisconsin.
Poster

"The Last Poets and Black Haze"

Date: 1970
Description: A poster promoting an event which reads, "Afro Center Presents The Last Poets & *Black Haze." The event was held in the B-10 Commerce Building on Sunday, D...
Poster

"Homecoming for the G.I.s"

Date: 10 28 1970
Description: Poster advertising a weekend-long rally held October 30-November 1, 1970 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. An illustrated soldier rests with h...
Poster

Revolutionary People's Constitutional Convention Poster

Date: 11 1970
Description: A poster announcing an informational meeting on the Revolutionary People's Constitutional Convention. The convention was held September 7, 1970 by The Blac...

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