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Historical Object

Autochrome Lumiere Plate Box Cover

Date: 1907
Description: Autochrome Lumiere plate box cover that originally contained four plates (plaques).
Historical Object

The Photoart House Processing Envelope

Date: 
Description: The tattered remains of a processing envelope from The Photoart House. Handwritten on the envelope is "Ice Machine, 111, 893," "Schoelkopf, 210 E Wash Ave....
Historical Object

H.H. Bennett Advertising Envelope

Date: 1891
Description: H.H. Bennett advertising envelope addressed to William H. Metcalf of Milwaukee. The envelope bears an engraved image of people standing on top of Stand Roc...
Book or Pamphlet

Scrapbook Cover

Date: 1933
Description: Embossed image of the Hall of Science at the Century of Progress International Exposition (the 1933-34 Chicago World's Fair) decorates the leather cover of...
Book or Pamphlet

Scrapbook Cover

Date: 1950
Description: Two pandas "scrap" on the embossed leather cover of a scrapbook bearing the title "Snaps and Scraps." Metallic gold highlights the embossed areas. The scra...
Photograph

Buttonhole Camera

Date: 
Description: Buttonhole camera owned and used by Stanley C. Hanks, a Madison realtor. The Concealed Vest camera, manufactured by the Stirn brothers, was used between 18...
Historical Object

Case Cover for Governor William Barstow Daguerreotype

Date: 1853
Description: Case (opened to show front and back) for daguerreotype made to resemble a bound book. Mother-of-pearl decoration on front in the form of flowers, stems and...
Historical Object

J.J. Findorff & Sons

Date: 1914
Description: Twelve photographs and one letterhead are mounted on a board with captions. The photographs cover the time before and after a fire in 1909 when the company...

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