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Examples of Figures Showing Radiation Pathways

Date: 07 1976
Description: Diagram showing environmental means by which humans can be exposed to radiation from nuclear power plants.
Drawing

Andrae Cycles Advertisement

Date: 09 1895
Description: Full page, engraved advertisement for Andrae Cycles. Depicts men and women bicycling on a path in a bucolic setting, in addition to text promoting bicycles...
Poster

"In the Year of the Pig"

Date: 1969
Description: Poster advertising screenings of Emile de Antonio's 1969 documentary "In the Year of the Pig," as promoted by the Committee on Vietnam in New Zealand. The ...
Drawing

Queen Finding Machine Cartoon

Date: 05 1964
Description: Black and white cartoon depicting two men in an apiary. One man is standing over a beehive with ridiculous electrical equipment strapped to his chest and h...
Poster

Free Southern Theater Poster

Date: 
Description: A flyer advertising Free Southern Theater show "Purlie Victorious" by Ossie Davis, and "Waiting For Godot."
Book or Pamphlet

Drew Freedom Fighter Cover

Date: 07 20 1964
Description: Cover art of the newsletter Drew Freedom Fighter.
Manuscript

Wisconsin State Fair Letterhead

Date: 1949
Description: Letterhead for the Wisconsin State Fair, with a landscape of red abstract shapes along the bottom and left-hand side of the page.
Print

Ben Bergor Letterhead

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Description: Ben Bergor letterhead, promoting Bergor as a theatrical agent and entertainment consultant, with a cartoon of a bird wearing a top hat and a bow tie, and c...
Manuscript

Ben Bergor Letterhead

Date: 
Description: Letterhead of Ben Bergor, with illustrations of theatrical masks, Bergor's head, his "Remember this bird!" symbol, and a cartoon of Bergor at the bottom of...
Drawing

Sketch of a Shell Gorget

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Description: A pencil sketch of a shell gorget made on stationary paper with the Clarence T. Olen Farms letterhead.
Drawing

Sketches of Artifacts

Date: 04 15 1911
Description: A sketch of artifacts, including pottery and a copper implement. There are notes written next to the drawings.
Book or Pamphlet

Program for Music by the Lake

Date: 1952
Description: The program for the summer series of concerts sponsored by George Williams College at their College Camp on Geneva Lake was designed by Edmund Elsner of Wi...
Manuscript

May Day Rally Flyer

Date: 1974
Description: Flyer advertising a May Day rally in support of public workers to be held at Library Mall on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Local public worke...
Magazine or Periodical

We The People: Hortonville Strike

Date: 1974
Description: Front page of the labor newspaper We The People. The issue is dedicated to the teachers strike in Hortonville and features a drawing of people march...
Poster

"Winter Soldier" Flyer

Date: 
Description: Flyer advertising the film "Winter Soldier," featuring six head shots of young men.
Photograph

Portrait of Governor William Dempster Hoard

Date: 
Description: Quarter-length engraved portrait of William D. Hoard. He is wearing a suit and tie, and has a full moustache and a slight beard. Hoard's signature is repro...
Document

Haddon H. Sundblom's Irma Harding Creation Contract

Date: 05 10 1948
Description: Haddon H. Sundblom's contract indicating the use of Ann Pfarr as model for his creation and depiction of IH home economist Irma Harding.
Magazine or Periodical

"We Got It!" Zine Cover

Date: 03 1976
Description: Front cover of We Got It!, a zine published by the Madison-based Lesbian Communications Collective from 1975-1976. The cover art parodies the Grant ...
Drawing

Heart-Shaped Woman's Face

Date: 02 14 1963
Description: Drawing of the face of a woman in a heart shape, with a written date of Valentine's Day. Text on bottom right reads: "A Woman's Virtue is Man's Imagination...
Drawing

Man Standing on Globe of Earth

Date: 
Description: Drawing of a man wearing a suit and a hat standing on the globe of the earth. The text: "You and Me" is written on the left, with an arrow below pointing t...

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