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Spring Growth

Date: 03 17 1963
Description: A girl inspects the growth of potted seeds.
Photograph

Lab Work

Date: 1950
Description: Holding a dropper over racks of test tubes, a man in a lab coat aims to place drops in the receptacles.
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Bazaar Tree

Date: 04 03 1963
Description: Women replenishes handkerchiefs plucked from her wire tree at bazaar sale.
Photograph

Joseph McCarthy

Date: 1946
Description: Joseph McCarthy at the time of his election victory over Senator Robert M. La Follette, Jr., in the Republican primary.
Photograph

Carrie Chapman Catt

Date: 
Description: Portrait of Carrie Chapman Catt, a leader in the women's suffrage movement, peace advocate, and first president of the League of Women Voters.
Print

Hiawatha Brochure

Date: 1935
Description: Color brochure advertising the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Minneapolis Railroad's Hiawatha, the first streamlined steam locomotive. Hiawatha trains boas...
Photograph

Lincoln Terrace

Date: 1952
Description: Lincoln Terrace on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Unveiled in 1909, the Lincoln Statue was created by sculptor Adolf Weinman of Hodgenville, K...
Poster

Kehl's 100th Anniversary Poster

Date: 
Description: Promotional piece for the Kehl School of Dance 100th anniversary, showing three ballet dancers. The artwork was originally used by F.W. and Leo Kehl in ea...
Photograph

Adagio Duet

Date: 
Description: An unidentified couple, students of the Kehl School of Dance, in ballet Adagio. Their costumes were made by Genevieve Kehl.
Photograph

Indian Petroglyphs

Date: 1960
Description: Norb Bybee shoots a self-portrait with his camera of petroglyphs that are carved in the face of a rock shelter near Gullikson's Glen.
Photograph

Razing City Hall

Date: 08 1954
Description: Old City Hall being razed with a crane and wrecking ball.
Photograph

Congregational Church Exterior

Date: 1952
Description: The Congregational Church on the corner of University Avenue and Breese Terrace.
Photograph

Ellis Residence

Date: 1920
Description: The Ellis residence, the home of A. G. Ellis.
Photograph

S.C. Johnson Building

Date: 1936
Description: The S.C. Johnson and Son Wax Company building, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, 1936.
Photograph

Looking West over Washburn, Wisconsin

Date: 
Description: View from City Hall looking west over Washburn.
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Bank of Washburn

Date: 
Description: Exterior view of the Bank of Washburn.
Photograph

Man Dressed as an Old Woman

Date: 
Description: A man dressed as an old woman, possibly as part of a role playing activity.
Photograph

Weighing the Curd

Date: 11 07 1979
Description: Cheesemaker Laurel Ettien, measuring the weight of cheese curd after it was separated from the whey.
Book or Pamphlet

John Deere Model D Tractor Parts List

Date: 1926
Description: Front cover of the instructions and parts list booklet for the John Deere Model D tractor. An illustration of the tractor is covered by a label reading: "M...
Print

Auto-Tiller Advertisement

Date: 1917
Description: Two interior pages of a pamphlet produced by the World Harvester Corporation to advertise the auto-tiller. The advertisement features a photograph of a man...

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