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Painting

Holy Card

Date: 1900
Description: Holy card with watercolor of a wreath of white flowers encircling an open book resting on a cross and crown of thorns.
Print

Bird's-Eye View of Lyons

Date: 1909
Description: Illustration of town. Caption reads: "Bird's-eye View, Lyons, Wisconsin. A Village of natural environments, choice residence locations, desirable factory s...
Photograph

Train Wreck

Date: 1914
Description: Elevated view of the wreck of a Chicago and Northwestern Railroad train at Corliss. A large crowd of men are watching as a Bucyrus crane is lifting a car b...
Photograph

Door inside Hawks Tavern

Date: 1920
Description: Interior door in Hawks Tavern, also known as Hawks Inn.
Photograph

Clarence Sidesky's Tavern

Date: 04 10 1942
Description: Friday night, April 10th, 1942, at Clarence Sidesky's tavern, Route 3, Kenosha.
Photograph

Rock Prairie Barn

Date: 1955
Description: Barlass barn in Rock Prairie, built in 1861, thought to be the largest stone barn remaining in Wisconsin. The stone for this barn was hauled from Carver's...
Book or Pamphlet

First Pages of Preston Reynolds' Log Book

Date: 1903
Description: First interior pages of a log book kept by Preston Reynolds on his trip down the Wisconsin and Mississippi Rivers in 1903. The page lists the names of the ...
Photograph

Washburn Observatory Administration Building

Date: 1907
Description: View up sidewalk of building on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
Photograph

Primrose Cream Separator in Showroom

Date: 1922
Description: A Primrose cream separator standing on display in a showroom surrounded by a tractor, truck and farm equipment. The machinery may be on display at an Inter...
Print

Dairy Queen Cheese Food, Label

Date: 09 06 1944
Description: Label submitted to the State of Wisconsin for trademark registration. Features an image of a woman wearing a crown. Label is in blue with a cream backgroun...
Photograph

Photo Collage with Charlie Chaplin

Date: 11 1917
Description: In this photo-collage, part of a promotional still from Charlie Chaplin's film "The Adventurer" with an actor wearing a huge false beard and moustache clos...

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