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Battling Butler Lobby Display

Date: 1926
Description: A boxing ring lobby display at the Empire Theatre for Battling Butler with Buster Keaton. The lobby cards read, "It's a knockout. Buster Keaton in '...
Photograph

Low Cost Drugs

Date: 06 27 1980
Description: Exterior view of a pharmacy advertising "Low Cost Drugs." The building also has a painted advertisement for Pabst Blue Ribbon beer.
Photograph

Flipping Pancakes

Date: 06 11 1989
Description: Man flipping pancakes at "farm breakfast" as part of "June is Dairy Month" promotion in Washington County.
Photograph

Catalog Shopper

Date: 11 20 1988
Description: Mail-order shopper with too many choices ponders her next purchase.
Print

Earhart Endorsement

Date: 1928
Description: A newspaper advertisement prepared by the Foote, Cone and Belding agency for the American Tobacco Co. The ad features a product endorsement for Lucky Stri...
Print

The House That Home Built

Date: 1957
Description: Cover image of an NBC promotional folder for the show "House That Home Built".
Print

House That Home Built House

Date: 1957
Description: Illustration of a model home in the "House That Home Built" promotional folder.
Photograph

The Big Parade Marquee

Date: 1927
Description: A crowd is gathered around MGM's "trackless train" outside the Astor Theater where "The Big Parade" is showing. Also visible is a gigantic advertisement fo...
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King Kong Car

Date: 10 30 1984
Description: A five-story tall inflatable gorilla attracted potential buyers to a special sale at the Uptown Lincoln-Mercury dealership in Wauwatosa. Although the pres...
Poster

D. W. Griffith "Intolerance" Poster

Date: 02 1971
Description: Poster advertising a screening of D. W. Griffith's Intolerance, held at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Wisconsin Union Theater, February 18, 19...
Poster

"The Astonished Heart" Poster

Date: 1949
Description: Poster design (14 x 36 inches) for "The Astonished Heart" (Gainsborough Pictures, 1949).
Poster

"The Astonished Heart" Window Card

Date: 1949
Description: Window card for "The Astonished Heart" (Gainsborough Pictures, 1949).
Poster

"The Astonished Heart" Poster

Date: 1949
Description: Poster design (22 x 28 inches) for "The Astonished Heart" (Gainsborough Pictures, 1949).
Print

"Shock Corridor" Poster

Date: 1963
Description: Mock-up ad graphic for "Shock Corridor" (Allied Artists, 1963).
Print

John Emerson — Anita Loos: Productions for Paramount

Date: 1918
Description: Full page display ad for the husband and wife filmmaking team of John Emerson and Anita Loos in the 1918 edition of Wid's Yearbook, a motion picture trade ...
Photograph

Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman in "Casablanca"

Date: 1942
Description: Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman in a poster still for the Warner production "Casablanca" (Warner 1942).
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"If It's Brewdated-It's Blatz," Beer Label

Date: 04 10 1934
Description: Label submitted to the state of Wisconsin for trademark registration. Brew-Date label for a bottle of Blatz beer. The label features two cartoon gnomes hol...
Print

Blatz, Hops Products Label

Date: 1922
Description: Label submitted to the state of Wisconsin for trademark registration. The label has the traditional Blatz logo, and was used for the sale of hops syrups an...
Print

Blatz Malt Syrup, Label

Date: 1923
Description: Label submitted to the state of Wisconsin for trademark registration. The triangular shaped label for Blatz Malt Syrup is printed in black and red. At the ...
Print

Blatz Red Star Ginger Ale, Label

Date: 1924
Description: Label submitted to the state of Wisconsin for trademark registration. Bottle label for Blatz Red Star Ginger Ale. The label features the Blatz logo at the ...

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