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Thomas Jefferson Seated with Quill Pen

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Description: Engraving from a painting of Thomas Jefferson, seated with books and writing implements.
Print

Drafting the Declaration of Independence

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Description: An engraving of Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Philip Livingston, and Roger Sherman, drafters of the Declaration of Independence gathered...
Historical Object

Memorandum and Account Book

Date: 1845
Description: Diary and account book kept by Nicolaus C. Duerst.
Book or Pamphlet

Cover of The McCarthy Record

Date: 06 1952
Description: Cover of The McCarthy Record depicting the United States Capitol building and several government documents.
Photograph

Legislative Reference Bureau Library

Date: 11 23 1947
Description: Mrs. Ann Johnson, senior clerk typist, filing clippings in the stacks of the Legislative Reference Bureau stacks.
Photograph

Madison Catholic Diocese Committee

Date: 01 23 1948
Description: Group portrait of the executive committee of the Holy Name Union for the Catholic diocese of Madison meeting to plan the activities for 1948. Left to right...
Photograph

Agricultural Extension Exhibit

Date: 1932
Description: Room with six tables containing what appears to be an informational display of literature created by International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Depar...
Photograph

Gov. Nelson Dewey Estate - Stonefield

Date: 08 04 1949
Description: Looking over Governor Nelson Dewey's account books at the governor's desk in his office at Stonefield are Raymond Sivesind, state supervisor of historic si...
Photograph

Evans and Novak

Date: 1977
Description: Journalists Robert Novak and Rowland Evans in their office.
Photograph

Druggist Office

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Description: A druggist sits at a desk in Havana, Cuba making notes in a ledger. Beside and behind him are bookshelves full of books and other drug related ephemera.
Photograph

J.M. Stearns Book & Stationary Store

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Description: Interior of J.M. Stearns Book & Stationary Store. Pens, books, and printing supplies are on display.
Print

Northwestern Lithographing Co. Memohead

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Description: Memohead of the Northwestern Lithographing Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, art lithographers, publishers, and engravers, with a standing female figure in ...
Manuscript

Lapham Handwritten Title Page

Date: 1844
Description: Increase Lapham's handwritten title page for A Geographical and Topographical Description of Wisconsin
Manuscript

First Page of Lapham's Gazetteer

Date: 1844
Description: Handwritten first page of Increase Lapham's unpublished gazetteer of Wisconsin.
Manuscript

Lapham Gazetteer Page

Date: 1844
Description: Handwritten page from Increase Lapham's unpublished gazetteer of Wisconsin. The page includes entries for Choaking Creek, Cincinnati, City of the Four Lak...
Document

Page from Stock Book

Date: 1925
Description: This page from a stock book from Ferdinand Hotz's Chicago based jewelry business shows his inventory of gemstones, his costs, and the clients who bought th...
Photograph

Signe Skott Cooper and Mary Herb

Date: 1955
Description: Mary Herb (left), the Wisconsin State Student Nursing Association President and Signe Skott Cooper (right), Wisconsin State Student Nursing Association Adv...
Photograph

Front and Back Cover of Bound German Document

Date: 1907
Description: Front and back cover of a bound German document. The bottom half of the front cover is torn off.
Photograph

Tattered Bound Document

Date: 08 09 1906
Description: Inside pages of a tattered bound document written in German, with handwritten notes filling in blanks on the left page, and handwriting near a stamp on the...
Photograph

Inside Pages of a Book

Date: 08 09 1906
Description: Handwriting filling in the blanks on two inside pages of a bound document. The document is in German. On the bottom of the left page is a signature that re...

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