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University Campus

Date: 1947
Description: Aerial of University of Wisconsin-Madison campus with Camp Randall in the lower right corner and Lake Mendota, looking northeast to Maple Bluff.
Photograph

Statue of Liberty as Photographed Upon Arrival into the United States by Holocaust Survivor

Date: 1947
Description: The Statue of Liberty and New York Harbor as photographed by Holocaust survivor, Louis Koplin. Taken from the ship carrying him from Europe to the United S...
Photograph

Aerial View of University of Wisconsin-Madison

Date: 1947
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison, from Park Street to the men's dormitories. Part of Lake Mendota is in the top right corner.
Photograph

Aerial View of Elizabeth Waters Dormitory on Shoreline

Date: 1947
Description: Aerial view of the Elizabeth Waters women's dormitory on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. In the upper right corner is Camp Randall. A long pier...
Photograph

Truck Transporting Logs

Date: 1947
Description: An International K-model truck with logs piled on its trailer parked next to a dirt ramp or embankment leading to a river(?). Industrial buildings are to t...
Poster

New York Central Lines New England Poster

Date: 1947
Description: An original lithograph promoting New York Central Lines railway and the area of New England, deemed "America's Historic Summerland" in the poster. Featurin...
Poster

New York Central Lines Travel Poster: The Palisades of the Hudson

Date: 1947
Description: An original lithograph promoting "The Palisades of the Hudson," via the New York Central lines train system. The poster depicts a dramatic cliff overlookin...
Postcard

Greetings From Boulder Junction

Date: 1947
Description: Colorized postcard of a sailboat in the moonlight. Text below reads: "Greetings From Boulder Junction, Wisconsin."
Postcard

Pamperin Park

Date: 1947
Description: Elevated view of the bridge and main building on the opposite shoreline at Pamperin Park. Caption reads: "Pamperin Park, Green Bay, Wis."
Postcard

Echo Lodge, Echo Lake

Date: 1947
Description: View across lake towards cottages on the shoreline surrounded by pine trees. A rowboat and canoe are on the shore. Caption reads: "Echo Lodge, Echo Lake, M...
Photograph

Mary Sitting in Front of Canoe

Date: 1947
Description: Mary Griggs (Burke), wearing a patterned short-sleeve blouse, shorts, and a flower in her hair, is sitting in the front of a canoe on the Namakagon River i...
Postcard

Greetings

Date: 1947
Description: Text on front reads: "Greetings-Rice Lake, Wis." A country road curves into the distance next to a river. On the right, a rocky bluff was excavated for the...

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