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Newspaper Article/Clipping

Underground Newspaper Cover: The Avatar

Date: 08 04 1967
Description: Cover of "The Avatar," an underground newspaper, featuring a charcoal drawing of a woman, facing away, with a pack over her shoulder and a white and red fl...
Poster

Poster for "Shore Acres"

Date: 1893
Description: Color lithograph on paper. "James A. Herne in his Great Play" upper left, title and director upper right. Scene from play with Martin and Nathaniel Berry c...
Print

"The Shadow Returns" Lobby Card

Date: 1946
Description: Lobby card for the Monogram film "The Shadow Returns," featuring several characters on a patio investigating a body that has just fallen from the roof.
Print

Blatz Malt Syrup, Label

Date: 1923
Description: Label submitted to the state of Wisconsin for trademark registration. The triangular shaped label for Blatz Malt Syrup is printed in black and red. At the ...
Print

Blatz Red Star Ginger Ale, Label

Date: 1924
Description: Label submitted to the state of Wisconsin for trademark registration. Bottle label for Blatz Red Star Ginger Ale. The label features the Blatz logo at the ...
Print

The American Soldier, Light Artillery Corp.

Date: 1976
Description: "The figure on foot in the right foreground shows a sergeant of light artillery in the all blue uniform trimmed with yellow prescribed in January 1812, whe...
Print

"Wild Rovers" Lobby Card

Date: 1971
Description: Lobby card for the 1971 MGM film "Wild Rovers" featuring two men attempting to rope a wild horse in a snowy field.
Newspaper Article/Clipping

President John F. Kennedy

Date: 11 23 1963
Description: Original UPI Wirephoto transmission. Caption reads: "Ft. Worth Tex.: Texas Gov. John Connally (L), President Lyndon B. Johnson (C), and the late President ...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

President John F. Kennedy at Airport

Date: 11 21 1963
Description: Original UPI Wirephoto transmission. Caption reads: "President John F. Kennedy greets a well wisher at airport shortly after his arrival here 11/22. In the...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Sen. Edward M. Kennedy and Mrs. Rose Kennedy

Date: 11 24 1963
Description: Original UPI Wirephoto transmission. Caption reads: "Sen. Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy, brother of the late president, escorts his mother, Mrs. Rose Kennedy fro...
Poster

"Šelma na svobodě" (The Tiger Attacks) Film Poster

Date: 1966
Description: Czechoslovakian film poster for the French film "Le fauve est lâché." Collage image of a black tiger with its mouth open. The tiger wears a tie and has a f...
Poster

"Čtyři pravdy" (Three Fables of Love) Film Poster

Date: 1965
Description: Czechoslovakian film poster for the French film "Les quatres vérités." Collage image of a black cat with green eyes. The cat is wearing a lace collar with ...
Poster

"Obraz lāsky" (Image of Love) Film Poster

Date: 1966
Description: Czechoslovakian film poster for the English film "Image of Love." Mona Lisa wears a pink wig, and a flower, lips, small hearts and a chart are pasted on to...
Poster

"Růžový Panther" (The Pink Panther) Film Poster

Date: 1966
Description: Czechoslovakian film poster for the American film. Photographic image of a smiling woman with an illustrated pink outfit in the form of a sphinx. She holds...
Poster

"Winter Wind" Film Poster

Date: 1970
Description: Grove Press International Film Festival film poster for the French-Hungarian film, "Sirokkó." Illustrated image of a group of people walking through woods....
Poster

"Winter Wind" Film Poster

Date: 1970
Description: Grove Press International Film Festival film poster for the French-Hungarian film, "Sirokkó." Illustrated image of the faces of two women and a man, with o...
Poster

"Cris et chuchotements" (Cries and Whispers) Film Poster

Date: 1973
Description: French film poster for the Swedish film, "Viskningar och rop." Photographic image of four women walking through a park under trees, with a lake in the back...
Book or Pamphlet

Briarwood Residence

Date: 
Description: Exterior view across lawn towards the John J. Williams Sr. and Jr. summer residence "Briarwood." The house has a large wrap-around porch.
Postcard

Vi Teeples and her Eden Point, by Lake Arbutus

Date: 1986
Description: Painting of a woman standing on a beach and holding a spear point in her hand. In the sand near her is a spear, several arrowheads, and a bag. She is weari...
Photograph

Northern Lights Greeting Card

Date: 1947
Description: Greeting card with a drawing of an outdoor scene of a snow-covered log-cabin in the woods, with the northern lights in the sky. Smoke is coming out of the ...

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