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Photograph

International Harvester Tent at Iowa State Fair

Date: 1946
Description: International Harvester tent and exhibition at the Iowa State Fair. Includes workers filming Iowa's first television show and a high school brass band ente...
Drawing

Hillside Theater Firescreen Sketch

Date: 1935
Description: Pencil and ink plan and elevation sketch, drawn by Frank Lloyd Wright, for a firescreen for the Hillside Theater. The drawing includes a dimensioned plan a...
Drawing

Hillside Theater Firescreen Sketch

Date: 05 1935
Description: Pencil and ink plan and elevation sketch, drawn by Frank Lloyd Wright, for a firescreen for the Hillside Theater. The drawing includes a dimensioned plan a...
Drawing

Taliesin West Totem Pole Sketch

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Description: Sketch for Taliesin West private garden court totem pole, drawn by Frank Lloyd Wright. The sketch includes elevations, a plan, and details and are drawn on...
Drawing

Unitarian Meeting House Foyer Fireplace Sketch

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Description: Pencil sketch of the plan and elevation drawn by Frank Lloyd Wright, of the foyer fireplace for the First Unitarian Society Meeting House.
Drawing

Wisconsin Centennial Stamp Design

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Description: Design for a Wisconsin Centennial 3 cent postage stamp with a "America's Dairyland" theme.
Drawing

Wisconsin Centenary (Centennial) Stamp Design

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Description: Line drawing in black ink of a design for the Wisconsin Centennial 3 cent postage stamp, featuring Wisconsin State Capitol buildings. The artist used the w...
Print

Superior Harbor

Date: 01 04 1862
Description: Engraving of the city of Superior and Lake Superior, also depicting railroad piers, Minnesota Point, and the steamboat "Star". The engraving appears on a l...
Print

D-30 Truck Catalog

Date: 1940
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for the International D-30 truck, featuring an illustration of the truck with the text: "What's New in the D-30 for 1940."...
Book or Pamphlet

Bird Mortality in the Dutch Elm Disease Program

Date: 1961
Description: Front and back cover spread of Bird Mortality in the Dutch Elm Disease Program. The front cover has a drawing of a bird on a branch and impressions ...
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...
Drawing

Drawing of Men Making Moonshine

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Description: Drawing of two men outdoors making moonshine. Two men standing together on the left are dressed in suits, and one of them is carrying a briefcase. The text...
Drawing

War Mongers and Uncle Sam

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Description: A fat, bald headed man representing "War Mongers" is binding a cloth around the eyes of Uncle Sam, who is holding a U.S. Flag and is attempting to continue...
Drawing

Bartender with Customer

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Description: A bartender is serving a customer in a bar while standing with his pants halfway down his legs exposing his backside. The title above the drawing reads: "I...
Drawing

Two Men and Outhouse

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Description: Two barefoot men are standing and looking at a dilapidated outhouse, which has a sliding board for a seat extending out of the sides of the outhouse. The b...
Drawing

Man Brewing Cat Nip Tea

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Description: Drawing of a man wearing an apron making cat nip tea. The man is using one hand to drop something into a pot on the stove, and with the other hand holding ...
Drawing

Man Holding Shovel Behind Elephant

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Description: A man dressed in overalls is holding a spade behind a sweating elephant, waiting for the elephant to defecate. A caption below, very faint, reads: "Let's W...
Drawing

Fisherman and Fish

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Description: Drawing of a man standing and fishing in a lake. He has a pipe in his mouth, and is wearing a hat and waders, with a creel over his shoulder. His fishing p...
Drawing

Passenger Pigeon

Date: 04 05 1939
Description: Watercolor painting of a Passenger Pigeon.

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