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High School

Date: 1869
Description: View of the Berlin High School, with children playing and people walking in the foreground.
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Treaty Rights Cartoon

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Description: A cartoon depicting a Native American Indian holding treaty rights and saying, "Great white fathers are sulking because we won't trade our heritage!". They...
Drawing

WSEU Strike Poster

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Description: Hand-drawn poster for the Wisconsin State Employees Union (WSEU), Local 171 and Local 2412, announcing "People vs State on Strike". Illustration depicts a ...
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Whistling Past the Graveyard after Dark

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Description: Cartoon drawn by Clare V. "Dwig" Dwiggins depicting a youthful August Derleth walking by a graveyard that is haunted by ghosts and spirits. Derleth was fo...
Drawing

Daddy's McCormick

Date: 1890
Description: Original pen and ink drawing of an illustration for a McCormick Company advertising catalog. Features a drawing of a school boy at a desk holding a chalk b...
Drawing

Artic Frozen Custard, Label

Date: 06 12 1935
Description: Label submitted to the State of Wisconsin for trademark registration. Features an Eskimo in a yellow coat and hat eating an ice cream cone. In the backgrou...
Drawing

Automobile Race

Date: 1948
Description: Pencil drawing depicting the first automobile race held in Wisconsin. The two vehicles each carry two men on a rural road. A handful of spectators, includ...
Drawing

Cecil's Sandals

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Description: Pen and ink drawing of a young girl wearing sandals with the caption: "In the Know • On the Go! in Cecil's Sandals."
Drawing

Commercial Art for Cecil's Sandals

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Description: Pen and ink drawing of the backside of a small, naked boy holding an ice cream cone while wearing Cecil's Sandals with the caption: "Beat the Heat in Cecil...
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"Poor Pickins"

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Description: A small boy is pointing at an overweight man, representing Lee Sherman Dreyfus (June 20, 1926 – January 2, 2008) who was an American politician and member ...

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