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Photograph

Chief Clerk's Force

Date: 1931
Description: Portrait outside the Wisconsin State Capitol of the Chief Clerk's Force, Wisconsin Assembly. In the front row from left to right are Femrite, West, Pinkert...
Print

Governor James T. Lewis

Date: 1865
Description: Engraved portrait of Wisconsin Governor James Lewis. Lewis' signature is below the engraving, and underneath the signature is printed: "Governor of Wiscons...
Manuscript

Business Stationery of George Peck

Date: 1882
Description: Business stationery of George B. Peck, editor of Peck's Sun, a Milwaukee newspaper. Peck was well-known for his humorous column, "Peck's Bad Boy," a...
Manuscript

Alvah Bessie Summons

Date: 09 18 1947
Description: A summons issued by the United States House of Representatives for Alvah Bessie to appear before the Un-American Activities Committee to testify.
Book or Pamphlet

Wisconsin Circus Lore

Date: 1937
Description: Cover of "Wisconsin Circus Lore" written by the Federal Writer's Project in Wisconsin and bound by the Milwaukee Handicraft Project. The cover features a d...
Manuscript

Aldo Leopold Letter

Date: 08 21 1929
Description: A letter written by Aldo Leopold addressed to M.B. Olbrich.
Photograph

Portrait of Harrison Ludington

Date: 
Description: Quarter-length vignetted portrait of Harrison Ludington. He has muttonchops, and is wearing a suit, necktie and high collar.
Historical Object

Presidental Political Campaign Ephemera

Date: 10 1992
Description: Cover of a presidential political campaign comic book. The writer is Larry Doyle, and the illustrator is Alan Kupperberg.
Photograph

Eugene McCarthy Supporters

Date: 03 30 1968
Description: Two people are sitting on a park bench, and two young adults are standing near them. Behind them are tree branches and a building with a dom in the distanc...

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