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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

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

Elisha D. Smith Library

Date: 1899
Description: Copy of an artist's rendition of an exterior view of the Elisha D. Smith Library. Pen and ink drawing is signed: "G.J. de Gelleke, 1899." Bottom of drawing...
Book or Pamphlet

Hart-Parr Power Booklet

Date: 1929
Description: Back cover of a booklet advertising Hart-Parr farm machinery featuring a world map with the text: "The Sun Never Sets on Hart-Parr Power. Hart-Parr Company...
Manuscript

Thwaites' Diary of Fox River Trip

Date: 1887
Description: Opening spread of Reuben Gold Thwaites' diary of his 1887 trip on the Fox River.
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...
Print

American System-Built House Model J501

Date: 1916
Description: Halftone print of the Model Home J501 floor plan. Frank Lloyd Wright outlined his vision of affordable housing. He asserted that the home would have to go ...
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Invitation to Ice Chippers Farewell

Date: 1957
Description: Invitation for Ice Chippers, an ice fishing club of Gisholt Machine Company, to a farewell dinner for Albert LaGrille. The cartoon shows warmly dressed men...
Print

Ice Chipper's Annual Ball Invitation

Date: 
Description: Two-fold invitation to the Ice Chipper's annual ball. The front, with humorous text "Eugene Beckman Here's Lookin at Your Ice Hole," has a round hole cutou...
Print

"Wishing You 9 Lives" Birthday Card

Date: 
Description: Four-fold, copy art birthday card with a photograph of a cat on the front cover, with the caption: "Wishing You 9 Lives." Inside spread of a photograph of ...
Book or Pamphlet

Presque Isle River Journal Cover

Date: 1909
Description: A brown leather journal cover with the title "The Gang on the Presque Isle River 1909" stamped on in gold.
Drawing

Lizard Mound

Date: 06 30 1939
Description: A drawing of a lizard-shaped Indian mound at Hudson Park.
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Article About Anti-Semitic Crimes

Date: 09 17 1990
Description: An article appearing in the New York Times about a series of anti-Semitic crimes in Madison.

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