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Drawing

Engineering Building

Date: 1948
Description: Model of the new Engineering Building at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Designed by the State Bureau of Architecture.
Photograph

Lincoln Statue

Date: 1948
Description: Close-up of Lincoln Statue in front of Bascom Hall on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
Photograph

Lincoln Monument

Date: 1948
Description: Lincoln Monument in front of Bascom Hall on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. A stone bench curves around the statue, which sits in a paved walk ...
Photograph

Memorial Union Terrace

Date: 1948
Description: Memorial Union Terrace on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Railing in foreground, with the boathouse tower in the background, with boats tethere...
Photograph

Memorial Union Terrace

Date: 1948
Description: View towards Lake Mendota from the Memorial Union terrace on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
Photograph

Memorial Union Theater

Date: 1948
Description: Exterior of the Memorial Union Theater on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. There is a railing with steps in the foreground, leading to a paved w...
Photograph

Memorial Union

Date: 1948
Description: Exterior, oif Memorial Union showing steps leading up to the main entrance on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
Photograph

Memorial Union Theater

Date: 1948
Description: View from Bascom Hill of Memorial Union Theater on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Park Street is on the right, and in the background is Lake M...
Photograph

Men's Dormitories

Date: 1948
Description: View of dormitories on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. A man in a light-colored sweater is leaning with his arm against a tree on the right, lo...
Photograph

Identifying Union Activists

Date: 1948
Description: James Newman, public relations director of the Rath packing company, takes photographs of striking workers from a window of the company's factory.
Photograph

Cedric Belfrage

Date: 1948
Description: Journalist Cedric Belfrage, a co-founder of the "National Guardian," a weekly progressive newspaper. Belfrage, a British national, was later deported for h...
Photograph

Sigurd Olson

Date: 1948
Description: Sigurd Olson, center, probably during the 1948 Trail Riders trip to the Quetico-Superior region. The identity of the man to his right is not known.
Photograph

Daisy and L.C. Bates with Henry Wallace

Date: 1948
Description: A candid group portrait of well-dressed people featuring Henry Wallace and Daisy Bates. L.C. Bates stands to the left of Daisy.
Photograph

Trimpey Collection Exhibit

Date: 1948
Description: John Jenkins, museum director, and Ruth K. Harris, museum curator, of the (then) State Historical Society of Wisconsin museum prepare a display case for an...
Photograph

Trimpey Collection Exhibit

Date: 1948
Description: John Jenkins, museum director of the (then) State Historical Society of Wisconsin museum, examines a pitcher in preparation for an exhibit of English luste...
Historical Object

MacArthur for President Tag

Date: 1948
Description: Small button tag on a string promoting "Republican, General Douglas MacArthur for President."
Photograph

Ruby Hurley

Date: 1948
Description: Studio portrait of Ruby Hurley, Youth Secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
Photograph

Bee Hives on Bennett Marsh

Date: 1948
Description: Bee hives near the Bennett cranberry marshes.
Photograph

James Groppi with Small Boy

Date: 1948
Description: Father James Groppi, as a young man, and his nephew Jerry Bontempo, posing on the running board of a 1920's era vehicle. Groppi holds a basketball.
Photograph

Lyman Draper's Barn

Date: 1948
Description: Barn on the property of Lyman Copeland Draper on West Washington Avenue. Books which formed the basis for the State Historical Library collections were kep...

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