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Photograph

Whaleback Steamer on the Great Lakes

Date: 
Description: An early whaleback freight steamship on the Great Lakes. The captain was William M. Bates.
Print

Fuller & Johnson Manufacturing Letterhead

Date: 1901
Description: Fuller & Johnson Manufacturing letterhead. Fuller & Johnson was run by John A. Johnson and was one of Madison's largest employers.
Photograph

Canal Locks

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Description: Men are standing at the Canal locks.
Photograph

Taliesin Photograph Album Title Page

Date: 1911
Description: Title page from a photograph album of images relating to Taliesin, the home of Frank Lloyd Wright. The word "Taliesin" is hand-lettered next to a red squar...
Photograph

Wisconsin Senate

Date: 1911
Description: Composite photograph of the Wisconsin Senate.
Photograph

All-American Girls Professional Baseball League

Date: 1947
Description: Collage of photographs of members of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, as seen in the Racine Belles annual yearbook of 1948. Clockwi...
Drawing

Fort Defiance

Date: 1994
Description: Drawing of Fort Defiance.
Poster

Register, Vote For A Voice!

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Description: A poster encouraging people to register and vote. At the top is a circle with a black hand and a white hand clasped in friendship. Below is the text, "Regi...
Book or Pamphlet

DDT in Avian Tissues

Date: 1961
Description: Table compiling data about the amount of DDT found in dead or diseased birds of several species found in areas treated with DDT.
Manuscript

Exhibition Hall Floor Plan

Date: 03 24 1964
Description: Floor plan of the Exhibition Hall of the Wisconsin Pavilion at the 1964 World's Fair. Plan shows tentative locations for exhibits by Aqua Chem, Pruden, Ham...
Photograph

Annuity Payment at La Pointe

Date: 1852
Description: Group portrait of members of the La Pointe Band (now known as the Bad River La Pointe Band) of the Ojibwe Nation awaiting annuity payment at La Pointe. Non...
Photograph

Portrait of Anthony S. Earl

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Description: Quarter-length portrait of Anthony Earl, Wisconsin's 41st governor. He is wearing a bow tie and blue suit. The photograph is autographed by the governor.
Photograph

Wesley Scott, Geraldine Wilson, and Gwendolyn Gilbert

Date: 04 08 1974
Description: Group portrait of three people seated at a dining table. Wesley Scott, executive director of the Milwaukee Urban League, is facing Geraldine Wilson, who wa...
Poster

Anti-Anita Bryant Bash Poster

Date: 1977
Description: Flyer promoting a party at the Great Hall in UW-Madison's Memorial Union. The party was a fund-raiser for organizations opposing anti-gay discrimination in...
Poster

Lawson Plant Advertisement

Date: 1919
Description: Advertisement for the Lawson plant in Green Bay. Includes a drawing from an aerial perspective of the plant and some of the surrounding area, under the wor...
Photograph

State Street in Winter

Date: 1915
Description: View across snowy street towards the 200 block of State Street, the north side. On the corner at number 235 is the Badger Cigar Pipes and Tobacco store. Mo...
Poster

Campaign Poster for Rev. John Cameron

Date: 1964
Description: A campaign poster for Reverend John Cameron, which includes voting information, a call for volunteers, and a portrait of Rev. Cameron.
Poster

Register To Vote Flier

Date: 
Description: A flier featuring the SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee) logo of two hands, one black, one white, grasped together. The text below reads: "Re...
Document

Methaqualone Purchases Chart

Date: 1975
Description: A graph showing the total purchases by pharmacies of grams of methaqualone.
Manuscript

Graph: Secobarbital Purchases

Date: 1977
Description: A graph showing Secobarbital purchases in Wisconsin per capita.

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