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Dyers Shoe Store Political Window

Date: 10 07 1936
Description: Dyers Shoe Store, at 109 State Street, with a display window featuring men's shoes, and the words: "Comfortable shoes satisfy all parties," and "Give your ...
Photograph

H.S. Manchester, Inc., Toni Wave Display Window

Date: 06 19 1949
Description: H.S. Manchester Inc., Toni wave display window featuring boxes of Toni permanent wave product and a cartoon of a woman hanging over a tree branch with the ...
Photograph

Andy Gump Statue

Date: 1925
Description: The Andy Gump statue on the grounds of the late Sidney Smith, cartoonist, estate. The statue represents Smith's popular cartoon figure, and at the time of ...
Print

Andrew Wade House Bombing Comic Strip

Date: 1954
Description: Comic strip showing man bombing a house because it is being sold to an African-American man. A police officer arrests the seller of the home for inciting t...
Photograph

Wisconsin Centennial Parade

Date: 05 29 1948
Description: Wisconsin Centennial Parade. On the street is the University of Wisconsin Bands bass drum on wheels with a depiction of Paul Bunyan on the side. In the bac...
Poster

2nd Annual Miffland Party

Date: 09 05 1971
Description: Poster advertising the "Second Annual Day of Interdependence Comemerating [sic] the Declaration of Miffland." Features a caricatured Mifflin Co-op and two ...
Photograph

Cub Scouts Throw Balls at Japanese Caricature

Date: 08 15 1942
Description: Cub Scouts throw baseballs at a large caricature of a Japanese soldier during a Civilian Defense Rally. A man is sitting in a dunk tank on the left in a bo...
Photograph

North Vietnamese Propaganda

Date: 1967
Description: Dorothy Schoenbrun (far left) views an anti-American wall mural in the North Vietnamese village of Phu Xa. A man is standing next to her. Schoenbrun was tr...
Photograph

Parade with Raggedy Andy and Smokey the Bear Floats

Date: 11 25 1976
Description: Thanksgiving Day Parade, either Macy's Parade in Manhattan, New York, or Gimbels' Parade in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A red and white International Harve...
Photograph

Truck Pulling Thanksgiving Parade Float

Date: 11 25 1976
Description: Thanksgiving Day Parade, either Macy's Parade in Manhattan, New York, or Gimbels' Parade in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A yellow and brown International Ha...
Photograph

Truck Towing Motorcycle Daredevil Themed Parade Float

Date: 11 25 1976
Description: Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. The Macy's storefront can be seen in the background. A white and brown International Harvester Scout 4x4 is pulling a float...
Photograph

Workers with Parade Float Balloons Under Nets

Date: 11 25 1976
Description: People EW working with floats for a Thanksgiving Day Parade, either Macy's Parade in Manhattan, New York, or Gimbels' Parade in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania....
Photograph

Truck Towing Disney Castle Themed Float

Date: 11 25 1976
Description: Thanksgiving Day Parade, either Macy's Parade in Manhattan, New York, or Gimbels' Parade in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. An orange and white International H...
Map or Atlas

Wisconsin Illustrated Map

Date: 1974
Description: Map of Wisconsin with drawings illustrating historic places and events throughout the state. The Great Seal of the State of Wisconsin appears at the top ri...
Poster

The Hand That Threatens Our Industrial Life

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring a cartoon illustration of a monumental hand reaching out of the clouds and down towards a town. The town includes an Army Camp, The Home, ...
Poster

Agitation Which Delays Our War Industries is "Made In Germany"

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring a cartoon illustration of two men meeting in "Plot Alley." One or both men are saying: "You're all right!" One man is wearing a suit label...
Postcard

Madison: Never a Dull Moment

Date: 1991
Description: A pen and ink illustration. Text on back reads: "A whimsical glimpse of Madison as seen by illustrator Brian Strassburg. Designed exclusively for Madison M...
Photograph

Banner on South Boston Home

Date: 1975
Description: Hand-drawn banner hanging from the bay window of a home. The banner features a cartoon, rear view, of a boy holding an American flag, with his arm around a...
Book or Pamphlet

The Greenfield Trailer Camp Incident — Cover and Back Pages

Date: 1949
Description: Front cover and back pages of brochure. Includes photographs and a political cartoon from the Milwaukee Journal.
Postcard

Just Sawin' Wood

Date: 07 29 1905
Description: Text on front reads: "Im Saying Nothing, 'Just Sawin' Wood'. Sheboygan, Wis." This postcard is printed on a thin piece of wood. The image on the front is a...

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