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Ralph Immell and Cartoonist, Hy Vogel

Date: 11 30 1937
Description: Adjutant General Ralph Immell, sitting at his desk, having his face drawn by cartoonist, Hy Vogel.
Drawing

Mr. Nnickeldick

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Description: Drawing of anthropomorphic animals at a formal dinner with the caption "Mr. Nnickeldick Gives a Coming Out Party for Mr. Skittels".
Drawing

The Teenie Weenies: An Unwelcome Guest

Date: 06 17 1916
Description: "An Unwelcome Guest." Three Teenie Weenie women walk into a bedroom surprised to see a mouse peacfully sleeping - in a Teenie Weenie bed!
Print

Hitching The Tractor To The Implement, Tractor Safety Cartoon

Date: 1958
Description: Cartoon from an International Harvester operator's manual. The cartoon is under the heading: "Hitching the Tractor to the Implement". The cartoon depicts a...
Print

Infernal Machine

Date: 1860
Description: On a desk with an inkwell, a long scroll hangs down, with the terms Compromise, Southern Rights, Crittenden, Vallandingham and Saulsbury on it. Refers to t...
Print

Uncle Sam, General Winfield Scott and That Cussed Varmint

Date: 1860
Description: Uncle Sam and General Winfield Scott discuss what to do with a Secession snake. Uncle Sam sits in a chair which is tipped back and his foot is resting on a...
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The Bursting of the Secession Bubbles

Date: 1860
Description: Jefferson Davis, seated on the floor, is blowing bubbles and General Winfield Scott, standing, is bursting them with his sword. The soap dish on a table in...
Photograph

Funny Papers and Alvin Steinkopf

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Description: Still wearing his pajamas, "Milwaukee Sentinel" editor Alvin Steinkopf reads the newspaper. The popular comic strip, "Gasoline Alley," can be seen on the ...
Print

German Style Beer, Label

Date: 1933
Description: Label submitted to the State of Wisconsin for trademark registration. "German Style Beer, Peter Bub Brewery." Pictured on the label are a group of gnomes d...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Political Cartoon Comparing Platforms

Date: 1884
Description: Political cartoon comparing the Democratic Platform with the Republican Platform. The cartoon (Democratic) on the left depicts a poor family wearing rags i...
Photograph

Carl Wetterburg

Date: 01 1991
Description: Carl Wetterberg, cartoonist, drew a cartoon for Ralph Widmer when he and his wife Helen were in Rochester, Minnesota.
Photograph

Esser Sisters, Julie and Jane

Date: 02 1962
Description: The Esser sisters, Julie and Jane, stand in a crib with their hands on the foot board. A lamb decal decorates the crib.
Drawing

Opening Day Fishing Season - The Reverse

Date: 1979
Description: Imaginative pen-and-ink drawing of a man dressed in fishing gear suspended above the fireplace in a living room from a nail in the wall. Below the man is a...
Photograph

Gisholt Machine Company Treasurer with Sid Boyum Art

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Description: The Gisholt Machine Company treasurer is standing and displaying a Sid Boyum drawing on top of a desk. The drawing was created for the treasurer in celebra...
Photograph

Gisholt Party at Restaurant

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Description: Slightly elevated view of the "Ice Chippers," an ice fishing club of Gisholt that are at a dinner in a restaurant. The men are wearing suits and ties, and ...
Photograph

After a Ducks Unlimited Meeting

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Description: Two men from Ducks Unlimited are playing cards at a table, while another man is looking at a poster created by Sid titled: "Secrets of a Sweater Girl." The...
Photograph

Ice Chippers Dinner

Date: 1961
Description: A woman sitting on the lap of a man at an Ice Chippers event. Several more men are sitting at the table. Posters are taped to the wall behind the group, an...
Photograph

Ice Chippers Ice Hole

Date: 1961
Description: At an Ice Chippers dinner, a man is presenting another man with a toilet seat, which has a cartoon with the message: "Try this on your ice hole." Behind th...
Photograph

Man Speaking at an Ice Chippers Dinner

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Description: View down table towards a man standing and speaking to the group at an Ice Chippers annual dinner. Behind the men, posters are taped to the wall and includ...
Drawing

"Strictly Business"

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Description: Cartoon of a man sitting behind the desk of an office in the Gisholt service department, talking to another man who is carrying a briefcase with the tag "G...

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