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Northwest Orient Airlines Ticket

Date: 1948
Description: Passenger ticket and baggage check for Northwest Orient Airlines, illustrating their newly initiated around-the-globe routes to the Far East. This ticket w...
Photograph

Camp Randall Stadium and Field House

Date: 1948
Description: Aerial view of Camp Randall Stadium and Field House.
Map or Atlas

University of Wisconsin-Madison Campus

Date: 1948
Description: Colored map with black and white photographic images in wedges at right and left sides. Map extends from Camp Randal stadium at bottom left corner, to Lake...
Photograph

Aerial View of Camp Randall Stadium and Field House

Date: 1948
Description: Aerial view of Camp Randall Stadium and Field House looking north on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus with Lake Mendota in the background.
Photograph

Artist Sculpts Alice in Dairyland

Date: 1948
Description: An artist sculpts a bust from photographs of Margaret McGuire, the first Alice in Dairyland, most likely to be displayed at the Wisconsin Centennial Exposi...
Photograph

Library Stacks

Date: 1948
Description: Young man studying at a table in the library stacks of the Wisconsin Historical Society library.
Photograph

Aerial View of St. Norbert College

Date: 1948
Description: St. Norbert College campus on the Fox River.
Photograph

Aerial View of Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 1948
Description: Aerial view of the Wisconsin State Capitol and surrounding area looking south southeast towards Lake Monona.
Photograph

Aerial View of City

Date: 1948
Description: Aerial view of downtown area, with the Fox River and neighboring suburbs.
Print

Wisconsin Centennial Commemorative Stamp

Date: 1948
Description: Wisonsin Centennial Commemorative three cent stamp issued May 29, 1948. The stamp was designed by Victor McCloskey of the US Postal Service.
Photograph

Kimberly-Clark Paper Mill

Date: 1948
Description: The Kimberly-Clark paper mill on the Fox River.
Photograph

Kimberly-Clark Paper Mill

Date: 1948
Description: Aerial view of the Kimberly-Clark Paper Mill on the Fox River, just east of Appleton.
Photograph

Kohler Company Plant

Date: 1948
Description: Aerial view of the Kohler Company plant.
Postcard

Walter and Virginia Ross at Ross Teal Lake Lodge

Date: 1948
Description: Walter and Virginia Ross relaxing indoors by the fireplace at Ross Teal Lake Lodge. Caption reads: "Mr. & Mrs. W.R. Ross at Ross' Teal Lake Lodge on Teal L...
Photograph

Aerial View of Wisconsin Steel Works

Date: 1948
Description: Aerial view of International Harvester's Wisconsin Steel Works.
Photograph

Living Room at 121 East Gilman Street

Date: 1948
Description: The living room of Fred and Annie Storer Brown's home (built 1888), 121 East Gilman Street. Annie Hepworth Storer Brown sits by the fireplace.
Photograph

Josephine Harper

Date: 1948
Description: Dr. Josephine Harper, later Josephine Harper Darling, archivist at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, and editor of the guide to the papers of Lyma...
Photograph

Book Week

Date: 1948
Description: Four Madison authors are shown together holding books they have written. Seated are Francis F. Bowman and Prof. William Hesseltine. Standing are Miss Emil...
Photograph

Aerial View of Elizabeth Waters Dormitory on Shoreline

Date: 1948
Description: Aerial view of the Elizabeth Waters women's dormitory on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The dorm is also referred to as "Liz" or "The Rock". A...
Photograph

Processing Sisal Fiber at a Twine Mill

Date: 1948
Description: Factory worker standing behind a machine to process sisal fiber, possibly at the McCormick Twine Mill. There are safety posters on the back wall. Original ...

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