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Bird's-Eye View of University of Wisconsin-Madison

Date: 1907
Description: Bird's-eye view of the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus looking northwest. Building at top of hill, to left of center is Bascom Hill (Main Hall) and...
Photograph

Winter on Picnic Point

Date: 1915
Description: Picnic Point from Observatory Hill in winter.
Print

View of Sturgeon Bay

Date: 1935
Description: View of Sturgeon Bay.
Print

Signal Oak, Ripon, Wisconsin

Date: 1956
Description: View of the Signal Oak taken from the original, which was the first in a series of Heritage Prints. The idea for the series was conceived by the First Nati...
Print

Watching the Dancers

Date: 1906
Description: The original caption reads: "A group of girls on the topmost roof of Walpi, looking down into the plaza." An informal group portrait of Hopi women.
Drawing

Proposed State Office Building

Date: 1930
Description: A chalk rendering of the proposed State Office Building by State Architect, Arthur Peabody. The Wisconsin State Capitol is visible in the background.
Drawing

Water Tower

Date: 1930
Description: Water Tower Park showing Milwaukee and the bay.
Photograph

Birds-Eye View of University of Wisconsin-Madison Campus

Date: 1917
Description: Bird's-eye view of the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
Poster

2nd Annual Miffland Party

Date: 09 05 1971
Description: Poster advertising the "Second Annual Day of Interdependence Comemerating [sic] the Declaration of Miffland." Features a caricatured Mifflin Co-op and two ...
Poster

New York Central Lines Chicago Poster

Date: 1935
Description: An original lithograph promoting New York Central Lines railway and the city of Chicago. Featuring the artist Leslie Ragan, the poster depicts the buildin...
Poster

Travel By Train, New York Travel Poster

Date: 1934
Description: An original lithograph promoting both New York City as "the wonder city of the world," and train travel. Featuring the artist Adolph Treidler, the poster d...
Poster

Travel By Train, Atlantic City Travel Poster

Date: 1932
Description: An original lithograph promoting Atlantic City as "the playground of the world," and to get there by way of train travel. The poster depicts the buildings ...
Poster

Travel By Train Travel Poster: Fifth Avenue, New York

Date: 1932
Description: An original lithograph promoting Fifth Avenue in New York as "The World's Greatest Shopping Street," and to get there by way of the train. The poster depic...
Poster

New Hampshire State Planning and Development Commission Travel Poster

Date: 1936
Description: An original lithograph promoting New Hampshire as the "Land of Scenic Splendor." The poster features the artist Maxwell Parrish's depiction of a New Hampsh...
Poster

Chemins de fer électriques de la Gruyère Travel Poster

Date: 1900
Description: An original colored lithograph advertising the Chemins de fer électriques de la Gruyèr railway in Switzerland. The poster features the artist Anton Reckzi...
Poster

Chemins de Fer électrique du Valais à Chamonix Travel Poster

Date: 1900
Description: An original colored lithograph advertising the Chemins de Fer électrique du Valais à Chamonix (Electric Railways of Valais in Chamonix) railway. The poster...
Poster

Underground Electric Railway Company: Motor Bus Travel Poster

Date: 1924
Description: An original colored lithograph advertising the "The Way to London's Country by Motor Bus" using the Underground Electric Railway Company's motor bus servic...
Poster

London and North Eastern Railway Travel Poster: Forth Bridge

Date: 1930
Description: An original colored lithograph advertising the London and North Eastern Railway of England and Scotland. The poster features the artist H.G. Gawthorn's dep...
Poster

Virginia Historical Pageant

Date: 1922
Description: An original colored lithograph advertising the Virginia Historical Pageant, held in Richmond, VA, May 22-28, 1922. Featuring the Henry Day Lowry Metropolit...
Print

American System-Built House Model A243

Date: 1916
Description: Black and red halftone print of an exterior perspective drawing of Model Home A243. Frank Lloyd Wright outlined his vision of affordable housing. He assert...

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