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Dead for the Country

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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

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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.
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

"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 ...
Book or Pamphlet

"Riot in Cell Block 11" Italian Program

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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...
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

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 ...
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/[?...
Photograph

Sigrid Schultz's Press Pass

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Description: A press pass for Sigrid Schultz in Berlin with a photograph of her attached. Handwritten on the document is her signature, and The Chicago Tribune.

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