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Photograph

Dead for the Country

Date: 
Description: A cross with the inscription "Morts Pour La Patrie." Captioned "Dead for the Country," a familiar sign in the valley of the Marne.
Book or Pamphlet

Cover of a Pamphlet in Polish

Date: 
Description: Cover of a pamphlet in Polish by J. Hof, decorated with images of farm animals. It was intended to encourage immigrants to come to Wisconsin.
Print

Norwegian Advertisement for Land

Date: 
Description: Advertisement in Norwegian for land in Grand Falls, Ward County, Texas.
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Front Page of El Misisipi

Date: 10 12 1808
Description: Front page (page 1) of the newspaper El Misisipi. Earliest Spanish-language periodical published in the United States.
Map or Atlas

Map of Clark and Wood Counties with a portion of Marathon County, Wisconsin

Date: 
Description: Map shows roads, railroads, rivers, and improved farms. Includes text on lands for sale and exchange by B.W. Pulling, successor to Marshfield Land Company....
Poster

"In the Year of the Pig"

Date: 1970
Description: Poster advertising a German screening of Emile de Antonio's 1968 documentary film "In the Year of the Pig," about the Vietnam War. Poster is designed like ...
Print

Guey Sam Menu

Date: 
Description: Front cover and first two pages of Guey Sam menu, with the name of the restaurant in a red heart (characters) and a column-shaped decorative field (English...
Poster

Polish Movie Poster for "Old Yeller"

Date: 1957
Description: Polish movie poster advertising the exhibition of the 1957 Walt Disney film "Old Yeller." Poster includes a colored drawing of a dog. Poster text reads: ...
Book or Pamphlet

"Riot in Cell Block 11" Italian Program

Date: 
Description: A color program for the film "Riot in Cell Block 11" in Italian (Rivolta al Blocco 11). The cover shows two men attacking another man. An oversized image o...
Print

Sea Scallop

Date: 1856
Description: An etching, labeled Conchology Plate IV which depicts the exterior, Figure 1, and interior of the shell of the scallop identified as Pecten yesso...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Germania

Date: 06 18 1873
Description: Front page of the inaugural issue of Milwaukee German language newspaper Germania.
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Front Page of El Misisipi

Date: 10 12 1808
Description: Front page (page 1) of the newspaper El Misisipi. Earliest Spanish-language periodical published in the United States.
Poster

Warum Wir Krieg Führen

Date: 1917
Description: Poster with text in German. Reads, in part: "Warum Wir Krieg Führen. (Auf anordnung der Minnesotaer kommission fur offentliche sicherheit veroffentlieht.)"...
Poster

Comment ils écrivent L'Histoire

Date: 1918
Description: Poster depicting three soldiers resting on a battlefield. One soldier is smoking a pipe, one soldier is writing a letter, and the third soldier is looking ...
Print

German Passenger Ship Advertising

Date: 1858
Description: Advertisement printed in German for a ship from Bremen to New York with $24 fare. There is a woodcut of a sailing ship at the top.
Historical Object

So-Book (N. W.) Youth A. Flag

Date: 1948
Description: Flag with team symbol. Text is in English, Korean (Chosongul), and Chinese (Hanzi). Text reads: 親愛 [Qīn'ài, Dear] 하는 [hane...
Poster

La caricatura y la guerra

Date: 1936
Description: Reprint of caricatures from various publications. There are eight panels depicting the Spanish Civil War from publications such as "L'Œuvre," "El Noticiero...
Poster

La caricatura y la guerra

Date: 1936
Description: "La caricatura y la guerra. Graphic supplement to the «Servicio Español de Información»." Reprint of caricatures from various publications. There are seve...
Photograph

Abigail Disbrow Memorial Windows

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Description: View of a stained glass window trio, depicting women and girls. The memorial reads: "This window is erected in affectionate memory of Abigail Disbrow belov...
Photograph

Edward Alsworth Ross with Chinese Friends

Date: 1910
Description: UW-Madison sociology professor Edward Alsworth Ross poses between two men. Behind them is a building with a sign that reads: "[?]: ten thousand-year law/[?...

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