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Surveying Fire Damage

Date: 1904
Description: Aftermath of the Wisconsin State Capitol fire of February 26-27. This image provides the best of only a few known photographs of the ornamentation of the w...
Drawing

Wisconsin Centennial Stamp Design with Flags

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Description: Design for the Wisconsin Centennial 3 cent stamp featuring United States flags in the order they joined the Union (Wisconsin was the 30th state to join).
Drawing

Wisconsin Postage Stamp Design

Date: 1948
Description: A green Wisconsin flag themed stamp design.
Photograph

Keyes Residence

Date: 1897
Description: Interior of the Keyes residence, home of political leader Elisha W. Keyes. According to Keyes' daughter, Mrs. John C. Gaveney of Whitehall, Wisconsin, the...
Photograph

State Seal

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Description: State Seal, in the Wisconsin State Capitol, painted on the ceiling of the first floor corridor, off of the rotunda running toward West Washington Avenue.
Map or Atlas

Map of Historic and Scenic Wisconsin

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Description: Map reads: "Historic and Scenic Wisconsin — Land of Gathering Waters." In an inset there is a hand-painted depiction of the Wisconsin State Seal. For some ...
Postcard

Miller Brewing Co.

Date: 1960
Description: Administration Building. A two-story building with an sign and a symbol of a tall beer of glass flanked by two stalks of a plant on the front entrance of t...
Map or Atlas

Manitowoc County Map

Date: 1878
Description: Outline map of Manitowoc County. Includes engraving of Wisconsin State Seal at bottom right.
Photograph

Lathrop Hall

Date: 1948
Description: Emblem design in plants, in front of the hall on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
Photograph

Fish Stocking Car

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Description: Exterior view of a fish stocking railroad car. Two men are standing at an open doorway of the car, and another man is standing on the ground on the right.
Photograph

Lewis Arms on a Motorcycle

Date: 09 1960
Description: View from behind of Lewis Arms riding his 1946 Harley-Davidson Flathead motorcycle on the sidewalk of the 1800 block of Beld Street. On the back of his ja...
Photograph

Schwabenhof Lounge & Hall

Date: 04 20 2001
Description: "Chris Schmidt, Milwaukee based photographer, is our guest when we visit the Schwabenhof Lounge & Hall at N56 W14750 Silver Spring Road, Menomonee Falls."
Photograph

Walker's Family Restaurant

Date: 01 04 2002
Description: "On this first Friday in the new year we visit Walker's Family Restaurant, 813 Park Avenue, Beaver Dam, WI."
Photograph

Displaced Persons

Date: 1945
Description: Foreign correspondent Alvin J. Steinkopf saying goodbye to Czechoslovakian children after interviewing them about their relief needs.
Print

Star Brewery Billhead

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Description: Billhead of Star Brewery of Appleton, Wisconsin, with an elevated three-quarter view of the brewery and surrounding streets and buildings. On the right sid...
Print

Chilton Branch of Falk Jung & Borchert Brewing Company Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Chilton Branch of the Falk Jung & Borchert Brewing Company, headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It includes, on the left, an elevated ...
Print

Henry Rahr Sons' Co. Memohead

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Description: Memohead of the Henry Rahr Sons' Company of Green Bay, Wisconsin, brewers and maltsters, with an elevated view of the main office at 1317-1323 Main St. on ...
Print

G. Heileman Brewing Co. Memohead

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Description: Memohead of the G. Heileman Brewing Company of La Crosse, Wisconsin, manufacturers of keg and bottled beer, with an elevated view of the brewery complex, i...
Print

John Gund Brewing Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the John Gund Brewing Company of La Crosse, Wisconsin, with an elevated view of the brewery complex on the left. On the right is the company ...
Print

A. Gettelman Brewing Co. Memohead

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Description: Memohead of the A. Gettelman Brewing Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with the Gettelman name in a banner, the rest of the company name in a scroll-edged p...

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