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Wisconsin State Fair Letterhead

Date: 1948
Description: Letterhead for the centennial exposition of the Wisconsin State Fair, with an illustration of the golden Daniel Chester French "Wisconsin" statue that ador...
Photograph

Linda Schiesser in a Mexican Jacket

Date: 1948
Description: Linda Schiesser (b. 1944) posing outdoors wearing trousers, a hat with her name on it, and a Mexican Tourist Jacket. Written at the bottom of the print: "L...
Photograph

Back View of Mexican Jacket

Date: 1948
Description: A back view of Linda Schiesser (b. 1944) posing outdoors wearing trousers, a hat, and a Mexican Tourist Jacket. Written at the bottom of the print: "Louise...
Photograph

Mexican Tourist Jacket and Hat for Child

Date: 1948
Description: Mexican Tourist Jacket and Hat. These garments were made in 1948 by Mrs. Louise Wild (1891-1980), a dairy farmer's wife, from Adams Township, Green County,...
Book or Pamphlet

Hull-House Booklet

Date: 1948
Description: The cover of a promotional brochure features a drawing of Hull-House, a Chicago social settlement founded in 1889 by Jane Addams. Mrs. W.F. (Alma Schmidt) ...
Map or Atlas

Map Showing Boundaries of Original Purchases (1835) Forming Nucleus of Present-Day Milwaukee

Date: 1948
Description: This map is ink on tracing paper and shows acreages, wards, streets, rivers, and Lake Michigan. Also included are editorial notes in pencil.
Photograph

Wiley with Cake

Date: 1948
Description: Congressman Alexander Wiley, at left, and another man on the right, holding a cake decorated with the Great Seal of the State of Wisconsin.
Photograph

Margaret McGuire Visiting Summer School

Date: 1948
Description: View from audience of Margaret McGuire visiting a Summer School Farm Classroom for music teachers taught by Fred Waring.
Photograph

Margaret McGuire, Alice in Dairyland at Local Centennial

Date: 1948
Description: Margaret McGuire, Alice in Dairyland, standing between a man and woman next to an automobile. The woman has her arm around Margaret's waist. Margaret is we...
Photograph

Margaret McGuire, Alice in Dairyland

Date: 1948
Description: Margaret McGuire, Alice in Dairyland, posing standing, with a woman sitting on a sofa at the Barclay Hotel. Between them they are displaying a round gift t...
Postcard

Totogatic Flowage at Leslies Landing

Date: 1948
Description: View of the flowage of the Totogatic, a designated wild river. Three rowboats are anchored just off shore.
Photograph

Overpass on U.S. Highway 2

Date: 1948
Description: The U.S. Highway 2 overpass spans two sets of railroad tracks that cross beneath at Ashland Junction. One railroad line belongs to the Northern Pacific Rai...
Photograph

Overpass on U.S. Highway 2

Date: 1948
Description: The U.S. Highway 2 overpass spans two sets of railroad tracks that cross beneath at Ashland Junction. One railroad line belongs to the Northern Pacific Rai...
Photograph

Boxing Match at University of Wisconsin Field House

Date: 1948
Description: Elevated view of a full crowd at the Field House, including people sitting on the floor in chairs watching the boxers in a boxing ring in the center of the...
Postcard

Rustic Log Lodge at State Park — Mellen, Wis.

Date: 1948
Description: Exterior view of a log structure with a stone chimney at Copper Falls State Park.
Historical Object

So-Book (N. W.) Youth A. Flag

Date: 1948
Description: Flag with team symbol. Text is in English, Korean (Chosongul), and Chinese (Hanzi). Text reads: 親愛 [Qīn'ài, Dear] 하는 [hane...
Photograph

Profile of Mary Griggs Wearing a Kerchief

Date: 1948
Description: Mary Griggs is outdoors wearing a kerchief and coat. Forest Lodge and the grounds are in the background.
Postcard

The Palms

Date: 1948
Description: Text on front reads: "The Palms... Pioneers of the Frog Leg Dinners in the Midwest." On the reverse text reads: "Northeast of St. Paul. Frog Leg, Steak and...
Photograph

Side Flower Garden at Main Lodge

Date: 1948
Description: Mown lawn edged by tall white and pink phlox with white alyssum along the edge. Main lodge and tall spruce trees are in the background.
Photograph

Rose Garden by Tennis Court

Date: 1948
Description: Large rose garden with pink roses and mown grass path, situated next to the tennis courts. Spruce forest is behind the garden.

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