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Graduating Class

Date: 1894
Description: Eight men and women of a graduating class sit outdoors holding their diplomas. They are seated on the steps of the photographer's home at 131 East Montello...
Print

Fuller & Johnson Manufacturing Letterhead

Date: 1901
Description: Fuller & Johnson Manufacturing letterhead. Fuller & Johnson was run by John A. Johnson and was one of Madison's largest employers.
Drawing

Sketch of Trempealeau Mounds

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Description: Drawing of Trempealeau Mounds.
Photograph

Woman Reading Letter

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Description: Woman reading a letter by a table.
Photograph

Five Women Standing Together

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Description: Five women standing, two hold a letter.
Photograph

Three Madison Scouts

Date: 05 21 1947
Description: Three Madison Scout Drum and Bugle Corps members plan for the World Jamboree in Moisson, France. George Koehler, "Ike" Edmunds, and Bob Gesteland, read a l...
Photograph

Garrit J. Corscot

Date: 01 07 1948
Description: Garrit J. Corscot at his desk near a window, looking at papers in his office, at the Dane County Title Company, 109 South Fairchild Street.
Photograph

A.J. Taft, Maple Bluff Police Marshal

Date: 12 13 1948
Description: The street directory for Maple Bluff was delivered by Marshall A.J. Taft around the Christmas season. The contents of the directory reveal the growth of Ma...
Manuscript

Fortifications at Washington, D.C.

Date: 04 1862
Description: Stationery depicting the fortifications around Washington, D.C., during the second year of the Civil War: Arlington Heights, directly across the Potomac Ri...
Manuscript

Washington, D.C.

Date: 08 1861
Description: Large-format, illustrated stationery purchased by Rudolph Fine, a member of the 6th Wisconsin Infantry in August, 1861, showing the Capitol (in actuality, ...
Document

"Wisconsin. What It Offers to the Immigrant" Report

Date: 1879
Description: Blue cover design of an official report entitled "Wisconsin. What It Offers to the Immigrant".
Photograph

Campaign Photograph of Carter Wells

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Description: Carter Wells polling on the street, taken for a campaign booklet. He was running for 5th district congress.
Photograph

Specimens of Student Work

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Description: Books on display of students' school work. Teachers chose the best work of each student and compiled it into a "Specimen Book," which was returned to the c...
Poster

Kewaunee County Men in the Civil War

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Description: A poster with a list of names of Civil War soldiers arranged by military unit.
Poster

Fond Du Lac Badger Boys, of the First Regiment, State of Wisconsin

Date: 1861
Description: A hand-drawn poster, produced by S.W. Martin's Writing Academy of Madison, listing the officers and men of the 1st Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, ...
Manuscript

Products of Industry Schedule

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Description: Portion of a census showing the industrial schedule for Beloit, Wisconsin, in Rock County during the year ending June 1, 1850.
Photograph

Wautoma Teens Counter-Picketing Grape Boycott

Date: 1969
Description: Four young men sitting in front of a grocery store. The young man on the left is sitting beside a crate of corn, wearing sunglasses and holding a bag of gr...
Book or Pamphlet

Bayfield, Lake Superior Guide Book

Date: 1858
Description: Front cover of a guide book describing Bayfield and an account of a pleasure tour to Lake Superior. The title is surrounded by a decorative border with flo...
Photograph

Farmers' Petitions

Date: 06 1986
Description: Jerry Zarecki (in the hat), president of the Portage County Farmers Union, presents Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey with one folder of petitions collec...
Photograph

Bill Kinney's Highway 30 Liquor

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Description: William R. "Bill" Kinney (1912-1978) stands in front of the electric sign for the Hi Way 30 Liquor Store, located at 3340 Commercial Avenue. Kinney owned t...

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