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Photograph

Shooting a Negative

Date: 03 02 1934
Description: A man in the camera room at the Wisconsin Engraving Co. plant, 109 S. Carroll Street, is making a halftone negative, the first step in making a photo engra...
Historical Object

Manchester Massacre Handkerchief

Date: 1819
Description: A commemorative handkerchief created by a wood engraving on white cotton fabric. The scene is the Manchester Reform Meeting, in England. A crowd of demonst...
Print

Plankinton House Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of Plankinton House in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with a three-quarter view of the hotel and traffic in the street, including people on foot, on hors...
Print

Stanley & Camp Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of Stanley & Camp, Jewelers, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Features a winged Father Time holding a large pocket watch in an extended hand, while a yo...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

"Gigantic Robots" Article

Date: 04 29 1934
Description: An illustrated, sensational article about giant robots replacing soldiers in fighting wars.
Map or Atlas

Carte Generale de la Terre ou Mappemonde: Avec les Quatre Principeaux Sistemes et les Figures des Sept Planetes

Date: 1760
Description: A map of the world in two hemispheres, with the borders of the continents hand-colored. This map contains 14 spherical diagrams of the cosmos, portraying t...
Map or Atlas

Theatrum Belli in America Septentrionali: II. Foliis Comprehensum

Date: 1755
Description: This map shows the eastern half of North America during the French and Indian war, including cities, borders, Native American Land, forts, and detailed geo...
Map or Atlas

Amérique Septentrionale: Dressée sur les Relations les Plus Modernes des Voyageurs et Navigateurs, ou se Remarquent les Etats Unis

Date: 1790
Description: An updated and corrected version of Robert de Vaugondy's 1750 map "Amérique Septentrionale: Dressée sur les Relations les Plus Modernes des Voyageurs et Na...
Photograph

Madison Newspapers New Photoengraving Lab

Date: 05 21 1957
Description: Rolland H. Fellers, superintendent of the engraving department, checks over the new Robertson half-tone color camera at Madison Newspapers new photoengravi...

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