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Map or Atlas

Ethnic Stocks Map

Date: 1940
Description: Map of the people of Wisconsin according to ethnic stocks.
Postcard

Singer Advertising Card - Norwegian Man

Date: 1892
Description: Chromolithograph card of a man from Norway in "native" Norwegian costume, posing next to a Singer sewing machine. Part of a "Costumes of All Nations," set ...
Postcard

Singer Advertising Card - Norwegian Woman

Date: 1892
Description: Chromolithograph card of a woman from Norway in "native" Norwegian costume, posing next to a Singer sewing machine. Part of a "Costumes of All Nations," se...
Postcard

Singer Advertising Card - Swedish Woman

Date: 1892
Description: Chromolithograph card of a woman from Sweden (Dalarne) in "native" Swedish costume, posing next to a Singer sewing machine. Part of a "Costumes of All Nati...
Map or Atlas

All Men Are Created Equal Map

Date: 06 29 1941
Description: A map showing the national roots of the people of Wisconsin, based on the ethnic stock research by University of Wisconsin-Madison sociologist Prof. George...
Print

Viking Lumber Company Memohead

Date: 
Description: Memohead of the Viking Lumber Company of Wittenberg, Wisconsin, with a circular trademark, printed in red ink, of a figure with a moustache and beard, wear...
Map or Atlas

Map of Nationalities in Wisconsin

Date: 1890
Description: A hand-colored map of Wisconsin showing distribution ethnic groups based on the 1885 state census. The various nationalities are color-coded and include: I...
Map or Atlas

Foreign-Born Scandinavians in Wisconsin

Date: 1905
Description: A map of showing the population density of foreign-born Scandinavians in Wisconsin based information from the 1905 census. The map also shows the county bo...
Poster

Hidden Valley Poster

Date: 1916
Description: Poster for the film Hidden Valley featuring Valkyrien (Baroness Dewitz). Features an image of a woman with long curly blonde hair wearing a laurel w...
Postcard

Norwegian Country Girl

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Description: An illustration of a Norwegian girl in a traditional dress. She has a decorated wooden box under her left arm, and a wooden pail in her right hand.
Map or Atlas

Scandinavia Township, Waupaca County, Wis.

Date: 1971
Description: This map is a photocopy of a plat created in 1966 by Malcolm Rosholt which shows the community as it appeared in 1856. The map includes land owned by Norwe...
Print

Gustavus Adolphus II (Full Figure in Armor)

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Description: Lithographic portrait of Swedish king Gustavus Adolphus II, depicted in full armor, with his sword drawn and his left hand on a book that reads: "Pro-Relig...
Print

Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden

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Description: Engraved portrait of Swedish king Gustavus Adolphus II.

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