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Map or Atlas

Vintage Census Map of Negro Population

Date: 1960
Description: A hand-drawn map showing the "Negro Percentage of Each County's Population" in Mississippi.
Photograph

Pupils of Rhine Center School

Date: 1931
Description: The students of the Rhine Center School, District No. 6, pose for their photograph in the schoolyard. The girls are wearing good dresses; the boys wear kni...
Photograph

Interior of a Catholic School Classroom

Date: 1910
Description: Interior of Koska Hall on the third floor of Campion Jesuit High School. This was used as a study hall.
Print

The French City Carcassonne

Date: 
Description: Reduced scale photocopy of a poster drawing of the medieval walled city of Carcassonne, France.
Photograph

Teacher and Student

Date: 1965
Description: A white volunteer teaches a young African-American boy at a desk in front of a bookcase. Used in a brochure with the title, 'SNCC Summer 1965.'
Photograph

Mississippi Student Perspective

Date: 1966
Description: View from behind of a man standing on railroad tracks surveying a row of dilapidated shanties. Used on the cover of brochure with the title, 'Mississippi 1...
Historical Object

Oscar Mayer Banjo-Ukulele

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Description: A banjo-ukulele with the words "Oh, I Wish I Were... An Oscar Mayer Wiener..." on the body of the instrument. It was used by Richard Trentlage in the first...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

African American Men Going To Vote

Date: 1963
Description: Nathaniel Smith and Ernest Morgan enter the St. Francisville courthouse to vote. Three white men are sitting on a porch railing outside of the courthouse.
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Page From The Student Voice

Date: 08 05 1964
Description: Page 4 of The Student Voice featuring the title "Shootings, Beatings, Bombings and Burnings," and a photograph of Fannie Lou Hamer.
Map or Atlas

Map of Adamsville, Iowa County, Wis.

Date: 1840
Description: This map shows local streets, numbered lots, and part of Blue Mounds Branch. The map reads: "NE 1/4 NW 1/4 Sect. 16 - T5 - R5E." under the title and is dat...
Historical Object

Polish Paper Cutting

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Description: This is a Polish paper cutting, an art form known as wycinanki, featuring a floral/flower design.
Historical Object

Copper Bird Object

Date: 
Description: A bird-shaped object made of copper.
Historical Object

Beaver Top Hat

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Description: Overhead view of a top hat made from beaver felt, worn by Green Bay resident Morgan L. Martin.
Historical Object

Beaver Top Hat Edge

Date: 
Description: The frayed edge of a top hat made from beaver felt, worn by Green Bay resident Morgan L. Martin.
Historical Object

Beaver Felt Top Hat

Date: 
Description: View of the inside of a top hat made from beaver felt, worn by Green Bay resident Morgan L. Martin. The maker's label reads: "Orel Cook, Rutland, Vt."
Photograph

Holly Springs Freedom School Volunteers

Date: 1964
Description: A large group of volunteers pose on the steps in front of the Holly Springs Freedom School.
Historical Object

Rountree's Militia Sword

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Description: A scabbard and officer's militia sword that once belonged to Major John Rountree (a founder of Platteville) during the Black Hawk War in the summer of 1832...
Photograph

Unitarian Meeting House Construction

Date: 1950
Description: View from snowy ground of men working on the roof. In the foreground are stacks of wood on sawhorses.
Photograph

Unitarian Meeting House Construction

Date: 1950
Description: Slightly elevated view of trusses on supports on the ground near the partially constructed Unitarian Meeting House.
Photograph

Unitarian Meeting House Construction

Date: 1950
Description: View from snowy ground of men working on the roof. In the foreground are stacks of wood on sawhorses.

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