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Drawing

Plan and Detail Sketches of Unidentified Architectural Project

Date: 1941
Description: Unidentified drawing of a portion of a building including floor plan, elevation sketch, and detail sketches.
Photograph

Ronald Reagan and Ann Sheridan in "Kings Row"

Date: 1941
Description: Ronald Reagan and Ann Sheridan in a scene from the Warner Brothers' film "Kings Row."
Print

Here I Come!

Date: 1941
Description: Holiday card of a puppy wearing a sweater and scarf, rolling down a snow-covered hill inside of a giant snowball. In the background is the text of part of ...
Print

Twas the Night Before Christmas

Date: 1941
Description: Holiday card with a winter nighttime landscape. At the bottom half of the card is a snow-covered house with two pine trees. The roof of a second house is i...
Print

Greetings

Date: 1941
Description: Holiday card with man sitting in an easy chair in front of a fireplace. He is smoking a pipe and reading a book. There is a model sailing ship on the mantl...
Photograph

Houdini Award

Date: 1941
Description: Ben Bergor, a Madison magician, receiving the Houdini Award from the widow of Harry Houdini. Behind him is the trunk from which Bergor had escaped, and fou...
Map or Atlas

Indian Legend Map of Lake Mendota

Date: 1941
Description: Hand-drawn, watercolor and ink, map of Lake Mendota. Locations and many small figures appear around the shore with explanations referring to Indian legends...
Photograph

Cast of a Play

Date: 1941
Description: Female cast members of the play “How the Story Grew” performed during the Milwaukee Turners Winterfest.
Poster

Elect! Loomis

Date: 1941
Description: Campaign poster in red, white and blue that reads: "Wisconsin needs a Governor. Elect! Loomis." Includes a head and shoulders portrait of Orland Steen Loom...
Photograph

View of the 200 Block of State Street

Date: 1941
Description: Elevated view of the south side 200 block of State Street. A large sign announces the coming of a new Montgomery Ward's store on the site. Stores shown inc...
Map or Atlas

Tourist Map of Marinette County, Wisconsin

Date: 1941
Description: A tourist map of Marinette County, Wisconsin that includes indexes of the lakes and rivers in the county which also identify the fish present, a list of ra...
Manuscript

Neighborhood House Activities Scrapbook: Afghan for Red Cross

Date: 1941
Description: Image from a scrapbook kept by Neighborhood House, with women from the Good Times Club holding up an afghan they made for the Red Cross. A group of women, ...
Manuscript

Neighborhood House Activities Scrapbook: Character Studies

Date: 1941
Description: Page from a scrapbook kept by Neighborhood House, with two views each of four women, each posing in a chair, casting a shadow on the wall behind her.
Manuscript

Neighborhood House Activities Scrapbook: Easter Egg Hunt

Date: 1941
Description: Page from a scrapbook kept by Neighborhood House, with children crossing the street in front of the settlement house, gathering Easter eggs in the park, po...
Photograph

American Legion Convention Parade

Date: 1941
Description: Slightly elevated view of celebrants at an American Legion convention parade riding on a float made to represent Wisconsin fishing.
Photograph

Wind Storm Damage in Peninsula Park

Date: 1941
Description: This photograph of downed trees and branches is annotated, possibly by C.L. Harrington:

"A fire hazard at this date Feb 28 '41. I have salvaged all or ab...

Photograph

Civilian Conservation Corps Truck

Date: 1941
Description: A man in a uniform stands beside a Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) truck. The photograph is annotated as: "The Gravy Boat." There is a building in the ba...
Print

Wisconsin State Fair Letterhead

Date: 1941
Description: Letterhead for the ninety-first Wisconsin State Fair, held August 16-24, with a profile view of a badger set in a banded red semi-circle. Printed in red an...
Photograph

Outdoor Group Portrait of the McCormick Family

Date: 1941
Description: Outdoor group portrait of the McCormick Family. Original caption on the back reads: "Lake Forest 1941 or 1942. Aunt Lucy, Mr. & Mrs. McCormick, Hope and Br...
Photograph

Sister Bay

Date: 1941
Description: Three boats, including the Sea Skipper, are tied to a wooden pier near the beach at Sister Bay. Another craft, the Flussheim of Sister Bay, i...

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