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Barman — Bill

Date: 1932
Description: Bill bartending at Jack and Charlie's.
Drawing

Barman — O'Leary

Date: 1932
Description: O'Leary the barman with crewcut, at O'Leary's on the Bowery. An "Erin Go Bragh" sign is in the background.
Drawing

Barman — Frank

Date: 1932
Description: Frank bartending at the Old Fashioned Club.
Drawing

Barman — Pete

Date: 1932
Description: Pete bartending at the Roxy Grill.
Drawing

Barman — Arnold

Date: 1932
Description: Arnold bartending at Gus's.
Drawing

Astor House

Date: 1835
Description: Rough sketch of the Astor house made from memory.
Print

Duncan's Coal Docks

Date: 1896
Description: View of W.E. Duncan's coal docks.
Drawing

Repair Boat — Gunboat Cincinnatti [sic] and Lexington

Date: 1863
Description: Four boats shown. One is a repair boat and the other two the gunboats "Cincinnatti" [sic] and "Lexington." There is a steamboat marked "Marie Denin"...
Drawing

Ferry "New Era"

Date: 
Description: "Ferry 'New Era' being transformed into a gunboat at St. Louis." Drawing includes workers building with lumber.
Print

Hamburger Joint

Date: 
Description: Woodblock print of an urban street scene with a clothesline strung between buildings, and a church and a hamburger joint.
Drawing

East Water Street

Date: 1923
Description: East Water Street at Mason, looking at the Morris E. Fox & Co. building.
Drawing

Wisconsin Turns Its Back on the Soup Kitchen

Date: 02 1932
Description: Engraving by Charles Silver to mark the passage of Wisconsin's Unemployment Compensation Law, the first in the nation.
Drawing

Midelfart Clinic

Date: 
Description: Architectural rendering. Chas A. Pear Architecture Service Co. Name of building is above the entrance.
Book or Pamphlet

Lost Camera Sign

Date: 1903
Description: Sign posted on a fence announcing a lost camera near the town of Prairie du Sac and requesting its return to Herbert Fowler.
Photograph

Berlin Library

Date: 
Description: Copy of an artist's rendering of an exterior view of the Berlin Public Library. Above the main entrance is carved: "Carnegie Public Library." The corner st...
Drawing

Blueprints for Copper Falls State Park

Date: 02 12 1946
Description: Blueprints details for Signs and Markers for Copper Falls State Park.
Drawing

Blueprints For Highway Signs For Devil's Lake

Date: 07 1957
Description: Blueprints for highway signs for Devil's Lake State Park.
Drawing

Blueprints for Signs and Markers

Date: 02 08 1936
Description: Blueprints for the Signs and Markers for Devil's Lake State Park.
Drawing

Gisholt Commercial Art

Date: 
Description: Text graphic on paper that reads: "Why Use Seven Men to do the work of ONE." Reproduction instructions are written in pencil underneath.
Drawing

"Any Openings in the 'Goof-Off' Dept?"

Date: 
Description: Satirical ink-on-paper cartoon about corporate culture. It shows a man in clownish attire carrying a pillow, satchel with gambling items (cards, poker chip...

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