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Photograph

Hospital Patient Watching Television

Date: 01 17 1958
Description: The installation of televisions in hospital rooms is a welcome addition to this patient at Misericordia Hospital.
Print

Frank Leslie Cartoon "Winning and Wearing"

Date: 05 23 1863
Description: Cartoon appearing in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, Page 144. During the American Civil War (1861-1865), the Copperheads nominally favored th...
Poster

Gay Dance

Date: 1972
Description: Poster promoting a gay dance to be held at the Memorial Union's Old Madison Room. Donation fee of .50 requested. Additional graffitti reads "No Union Scabs...
Poster

"Tayles and Tongue"

Date: 1970
Description: Poster advertising a concert by Tayles and Tongue, a benefit for the Community Rap Center.
Poster

Wisconsin Ballet Company Presents "Nutcracker"

Date: 11 27 1970
Description: Poster advertising the Wisconsin Ballet Company's performance of the Nutcracker, held at James Madison Memorial High School. Six dancing, abstract figures ...
Photograph

Art Reception at L'atelier Gallery

Date: 01 28 1971
Description: Poster advertising exhibitions at the L'atelier Gallery. On display are works by J.P. Schmelzer and Gina Larson Van Veghel.
Poster

"Alice's Restaurant"

Date: 02 24 1971
Description: Poster advertising a screening of Arthur Penn's film Alice's Restaurant on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The film is based on Arlo Guthrie's ...
Poster

Bethlehem Boogie Band

Date: 02 18 1971
Description: A Nitty Gritty poster promoting a performance by the Bethlehem Boogie Band. Features five caricatured figures of the band members.
Poster

Midge Miller for Assembly

Date: 1978
Description: Poster for Democrat Midge Miller. The poster features cartoons of ordinary people all shouting "Midge Miller for Assembly."
Print

American System-Built House Models A201, A202 and A203

Date: 1916
Description: Halftone print of the Model Homes A201, A202 and A203 floor plans and front elevations. Frank Lloyd Wright outlined his vision of affordable housing. He as...
Drawing

Ol' Brick Inn

Date: 
Description: Cartoon of a group of policemen waving nightsticks are crowded into a Model T. On the right is a sign pointing to the "Ol' Brick Inn." One of the men has f...
Historical Object

Ojibwe Pipe Bowl

Date: 
Description: Tay-che-gwi-au-nee, a member of an Ojibwe band from the south shore of Lake Superior, presented this pipe to Wisconsin's territorial governor James Duane D...
Poster

Anti-Communist Poster

Date: 1968
Description: Poster depicting a Communist hammer and sickle symbol piercing a dove. Distributed by Young Americans for Freedom in support of war in Vietnam.

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