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Old Abe Memorial Day

Date: 05 30 1904
Description: Chromolithograph of Old Abe, Wisconsin War Eagle. The title reads: "Memorial Day in Wisconsin Schools."
Postcard

Streetcar Viaduct

Date: 1911
Description: Elevated view across valley toward a streetcar viaduct on the Waukesha Interurban Line, near Milwaukee. Caption reads: "Street Car Bridge on Waukesha Inter...
Drawing

Wisconsin Postage Stamp Design

Date: 1948
Description: 3 cent stamp design with a Wisconsin theme in blue.
Drawing

Winning Wisconsin Centennial Stamp Design

Date: 12 16 1947
Description: First place winning design in blue for a 3 cent Wisconsin centennial stamp, which features a farming theme, including a tractor with the word "Forward" on ...
Drawing

Wisconsin Centennial Stamp Design

Date: 1948
Description: Design in pencil for the Wisconsin Centennial 3 cent stamp featuring a cow's head and an arm holding a hammer.
Drawing

Wisconsin Centennial Postage Stamp Design with Badger

Date: 12 13 1947
Description: Design in blue for Wisconsin Centennial 3 cent postage stamp featuring a badger in a subtle "W" design.
Drawing

Wisconsin Postage Stamp Design

Date: 1948
Description: A red Wisconsin themed stamp design.
Drawing

Wisconsin Postage Stamp Design

Date: 1948
Description: A green Wisconsin flag themed stamp design.
Drawing

Wisconsin Postage Stamp Design

Date: 1948
Description: A reddish Wisconsin America's Dairyland themed stamp design.
Drawing

Buttles Farm House, Town Milwaukee

Date: 1952
Description: Ink drawing of a cabin in the woods. Cabin has one door and one window visible, as well as a stone chimney.
Drawing

Lake Park Lutheran Church

Date: 1940
Description: Lake Park Lutheran Church, with three bare trees in front. The long nave is on the left, with a bell tower in the center, and additional building sections ...
Drawing

East Water Street

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

Wisconsin State Spiritualist Association, Inc., Emblem

Date: 04 11 1935
Description: Drawing submitted to the state of Wisconsin for trademark registration. Button design with a drawing of a flower and the statement: "Certified W.S.S.A."
Drawing

Polar Frozen Custard Label

Date: 07 02 1935
Description: Label submitted to the State of Wisconsin for trademark registration. Features a polar bear licking a large ice cream cone. There are floating blocks of ic...
Print

General Jeep, Label

Date: 09 20 1943
Description: Drawing submitted to the State of Wisconsin for trademark registration. "A Sturdy, Timely Toy For Your Youngster. General Jeep." Features a drawing of four...
Map or Atlas

Street Car System : T.M.E.R.&L.Co. Milwaukee and Suburbs

Date: 1910
Description: This ink on paper blue line print base map consists of eight separate pieces and shows city limits, The Milwaukee Electric Railroad & Light Company lines, ...
Map or Atlas

Map Showing Boundaries of Original Purchases (1835) Forming Nucleus of Present-Day Milwaukee

Date: 1948
Description: This map is ink on tracing paper and shows acreages, wards, streets, rivers, and Lake Michigan. Also included are editorial notes in pencil.
Drawing

"Alice in Dairyland" Costume Sketch

Date: 1948
Description: Sketch of an "Alice in Dairyland" costume for the 10-foot mechanical mannequin of Alice to be displayed at the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition. A contest w...
Painting

Wienermobile Airbrush Rendering

Date: 02 16 1956
Description: Airbrush rendering of Brooks Stevens' vision for a redesign of the Oscar Mayer promotional wiener vehicle. The view is an elevated, three-quarter view from...
Painting

Wienermobile Airbrush Rendering

Date: 03 13 1956
Description: Airbrush rendering of Brooks Stevens' vision for a redesign of the Oscar Mayer promotional wiener vehicle. The view is of the left side, and the sign on th...

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