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University of Wisconsin Farm and Home Week Exhibits

Date: 02 03 1958
Description: Mrs. Herman Erfurth (Verona), Mrs. Edgar Messer (Beaver Dam), and Mrs. LaVerne Johnson (Verona). There is a mannequin, (in the background) and women are vi...
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U.W. Farm and Home Week Exhibits

Date: 02 03 1958
Description: Farm and Home Week visitors Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Riek (Plain) are challenged to accessorize a basic black dress.
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UW Farm and Home Week Exhibits

Date: 02 03 1958
Description: Attendees look at displays of hand-loomed placemats and tablecloths at Farm and Home Week at the University of Wisconsin. They include, left to right: Mrs....
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UW Farm and Home Week Exhibits

Date: 02 03 1958
Description: Mary Jean Stoddard demonstrates the art of weaving at the UW Farm and Home Exhibit. Watching her work (left to right) are: Mrs. Theodore Herwig (North Free...
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Wisconsin Historical Society Indian Life Exhibit

Date: 01 31 1959
Description: Staff members Mary Bolgrien (left) and Kathy Martin view a miniature exhibit of Indian life at the Wisconsin Historical Society.
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U.S. Rubber Company Exhibit

Date: 01 30 1959
Description: Four men and one woman stand behind a table displaying rubber boots. They are each wearing a tall white hat with the words: "I'm A Butter Cook" and an apr...
Poster

Millhouse: A White Comedy

Date: 1974
Description: Poster advertising an Australian release of Emile de Antonio's 1971 documentary "Millhouse: A White Comedy," about the political career of Richard Nixon. T...
Poster

"In the Year of the Pig"

Date: 02 26 1969
Description: Poster advertising the premiere of Emile de Antonio's documentary film "In the Year of the Pig," at the Symphony II theater in Boston. Although the film wa...
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 413-420

Date: 
Description: Bring back somehow the big Hello
Prolong the noisiest day
The clapping hands are stilled too soon
And much too far away
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 750-757

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Description: Some towering hand-made genius had fighting words to sell
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Madison Public Library Art Display

Date: 09 21 1959
Description: Edith Johnson, left, and June Anderson preparing to hang their pictures as part of a display at the Madison Public Library, featuring the artwork of thirte...
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Outdoor Life Exhibits

Date: 1935
Description: Entrance to a building housing "Outdoor Life Exhibits" by the Wisconsin Conservation Department. A number of people are in front of the entrance, and more ...
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Interior of First Annual Conservation Show

Date: 01 1937
Description: Elevated view of the interior of Armory B, showing tables with displays, visitors, and an orchestra in the balcony at the First Annual Conservation Show. A...
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Wisconsin State Fair Exhibit

Date: 1926
Description: Demonstration booth in the Women's Building at the Wisconsin State Fair, showing electrical kitchen equipment.
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Oil Painting Demonstration

Date: 11 1984
Description: Doraine Priest gives a live oil painting demonstration at the Dodge County Extension Homemakers Holiday Fair.
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Maple Bluff Garden Club Flower Show

Date: 06 12 1960
Description: A Hawaiian garden is featured in the Maple Bluff Garden Club's flower show. Dorothy Gerhardt and Janet Roth are shown in the exhibit's "little grass shack....
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Flat-Top Haircuts-New Art Form

Date: 10 16 1960
Description: Persons attending the 34th annual state convention of the Associated Master Barbers, held at the Madison Holiday Inn, 4402 East Washington Avenue, observe ...
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Papermobile

Date: 11 28 1960
Description: A group of Van Hise school 7th graders watch a working model of a paper-making factory as they tour the Papermobile. The Papermobile is a 35-foot trailer h...
Book or Pamphlet

Aultman, Miller & Co. Calendar Page 3

Date: 1892
Description: Third page of calendar for May and June, 1892. Features two illustrations: the top one of a man using a team of horses to pull a Buckeye harvesting machine...
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We Saw You . . . Watching Dairy Caravan

Date: 02 01 1955
Description: School children from the Madison area are among the first visitors at the opening of the $100,000 Dairy Caravan at the State Capitol. Gov. Walter Kohler (r...

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