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A Sure-Fire Winner

Date: 06 17 1929
Description: Advertising placard for McCormick-Deering tractor service showing a cartoon of men playing baseball with onlookers peering over a fence. Dialog balloons co...
Drawing

Barman — Bob

Date: 1932
Description: Bob bartending at the Press Grill.
Drawing

Wisconsin Centennial Commemorative Coin Sketch

Date: 07 1947
Description: Pencil sketch submitted by Leon Pescheret of Whitewater, Wisconsin to the Wisconsin Centennial Committee to be considered for the Wisconsin Centennial Comm...
Photograph

Comparison of Tractor Farming and Horse Farming

Date: 1936
Description: A drawing titled: "The Life of Two Farmers" illustrating the difference in work loads between a horse farmer and a Farmall tractor farmer. According to the...
Photograph

Tractor Advertising Illustration

Date: 1915
Description: Advertising illustration showing a farmer using a horse and plow in a field while the image of a tractor and the word "kerosene" is floating above in the s...
Photograph

Tractor Advertising Illustration

Date: 1915
Description: Advertising illustration showing a man driving a Titan 10-20 tractor down a road with markers labeled: "Material Test, Factory Inspection, Brake Test, Draw...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Underground Newspaper Cover: The Madison Bugle-American

Date: 09 16 1970
Description: Cover of "The Madison Bugle-American," an underground newspaper, featuring a cartoon of a businessman holding a leashed dog, a woman in a lounge dress smok...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Underground Newspaper Cover: Strategic Hamlet

Date: 11 11 1970
Description: Cover of "Strategic Hamlet: An Isla Vista Street Journal," an underground newspaper, featuring a woman as Justice balancing the Bank of America and a group...
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Sport Page Comic Advertisement

Date: 1921
Description: Advertisement entitled "Sport Fun For Sport Fans!". It includes a photograph of comic artist Jay Orving and the character Bozo Blimp.
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Red Baby Truck Cartoon

Date: 03 1923
Description: Color cartoon from "Harvester World" magazine demonstrating the value of the Red Baby truck to International Harvester dealerships. The cartoon is titled "...
Poster

"Poetry Reading"

Date: 11 1970
Description: A poster advertising a poetry reading in the Old Madison room in the Memorial Union on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The poet is Cid Corman, ...
Poster

Wisconsin Ballet Company Presents "Nutcracker"

Date: 11 27 1970
Description: Poster advertising the Wisconsin Ballet Company's performance of the Nutcracker, held at James Madison Memorial High School. Six dancing, abstract figures ...
Poster

Nitty Gritty "Live Rock" Poster

Date: 12 08 1970
Description: Poster advertising live music at the Nitty Gritty. The noted bands are Capt. Billy's Whiz Bang and Spectre Inc. The text is in the shape of a hot air ballo...
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Victory Garden Seed Order Form

Date: 1943
Description: Front side of order blank for Aunt Jenny's Garden for Victory seeds featuring a drawing of a woman and several vegetables.
Drawing

Salzer's Happy Home Collection

Date: 1919
Description: Illustration advertising the Salzer Seed Company's Happy Home collection of 16 plants.
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Ne-rucha-ja Feast Program

Date: 1929
Description: Front cover of a program for a feast and pow-wow in support of the Lake Monona Wild Life Sanctuary group's attempt to preserve Frost's Woods (Ne-rucha-ja)....
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Bunde & Upmeyer Ad

Date: 1901
Description: Advertisement for Bunde & Upmeyer jewelers with a drawing of a butterfly-winged faerie holding a jeweled nacklace and hovering among several gemstones. The...
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Trademark Logo for Jack Penewell's Guitars

Date: 1930
Description: Logo submitted to the state of Wisconsin for trademark registration. "Jack Penewell's Original, Twin Six, Talking Steel Guitar." An image of a steel guitar...
Photograph

Advertising Shapes American Life

Date: 02 14 1956
Description: John Worden and Ralph Denu recently formed an art studio bearing both of their names. Advertising agencies often use such an art studio.
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Standard Cream Cans, Illustration

Date: 07 23 1940
Description: Drawing submitted to the state of Wisconsin for trademark registration. Swift & Company standard cream cans illustration. The shoulders of the cans are pai...

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