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Lulu Glaser

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Description: Lulu Glaser (1874-1958), renowned Victorian/Edwardian comedic actress and singer.
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Queenie Vassar

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Description: Queenie Vassar (1870-1960) Scottish-born stage and motion picture actress of the 1930s and 1940s.
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Miss Batchelor

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Description: Miss Batchelor, aspiring actress around the turn of the 19th century.
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Jennie Goldthwaite

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Description: Jennie Goldthwaite, a performer from around the turn of the century.
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Anna Neagle

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Description: Anna Neagle [Florence Marjorie Robertson] (1904-1986), started as a dancer and became a popular film actress.
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Mrs. Stuart Robson

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Description: Mrs. Stuart Robson (1861-1924), actress, started her career as Miss May Waldron.
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Helen Bertram

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Description: Helen Bertram, actress of stage and screen.
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Hummingbird

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Description: The hummingbird is a small New World bird of the family Trochilidae. It has iridescent plumage, a long, slender beak, and rapidly beating wings, which ena...
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Red Shed Promotional Music Poster

Date: 12 07 1970
Description: Poster promoting music performances at the Red Shed bar, Frances Street.
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Miles Davis Quintet & Keith Jarrett Poster

Date: 02 1971
Description: Screen printed poster announcing a performance by Miles Davis Quintet and Keith Jarrett, occurring Thursday, March 18, 1971, at the Union Theater in the Un...
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William Kay Shrine Circus Poster

Date: 02 1971
Description: Poster for a William Kay Shrine Circus at Memorial Coliseum in Madison, Wisconsin, held Saturday February 27 and Sunday February 28, 1971. Presented by the...
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"Grateful Dead" Concert Poster

Date: 03 1971
Description: Poster for a "Grateful Dead" concert held on March 14, 1971 (3/14/71), at the Camp Randall Field House, Madison, Wisconsin. Features Jerry Garcia with a ma...
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Broom Street Theater: Two Plays, Two Films

Date: 04 1971
Description: Poster for Broom Street Theater presentation of "April Fool," including "Everything You've Always Wanted to Know About Sex," by Dr. Reuben, "The Difficult ...
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Tuschen & Hannibal Poem Book Poster

Date: 04 1971
Description: Poster for "Thighs, Sighs, and Other Things," by John Tuschen and "Belly Lint," by Hannibal. Includes list of various Madison bookstores where it was avail...
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"Poetry Reading"

Date: 11 1970
Description: A poster advertising a poetry reading in the Old Madison room in the Memorial Union on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The poet is Cid Corman, ...
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Marion Williams Concert Poster

Date: 11 1970
Description: Poster advertising a Marion Williams concert held at the Wisconsin Union Theatre on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Marion Williams was a promi...
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Miffland Co-op Benefit Poster

Date: 12 16 1970
Description: Poster advertising the Miffland Coop Benefit, held at Hillel on the University Wisconsin-Madison campus. Event presented by Parthenogenesis Ltd.
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Cyrus McCormick

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Description: Letterpress print of Cyrus McCormick printed on a 219 Vandercook Proof Press, from a wood block carving.
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Crimean War Themed Advertising Broadside

Date: 05 1854
Description: This yellow and black wood block print broadside ties England and France's declaration of war against Russia during the Crimean War into a war against high...
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"Who's Who Against America" Poster

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Description: A poster with the text, "'Who's Who Against America,' Read Samuel Hopkins Adams in the November 11th, New York Sunday Tribune." The poster has a dec...

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