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Painting

Marquette and Joliet

Date: 1921
Description: Painted scene of an Indian guide paddling, Jacques Marquette, a Jesuit missionary standing, and Louis Joliet, a fur trader paddling in a canoe exploring th...
Book or Pamphlet

William Deering & Company Catalog

Date: 1892
Description: Cover of a Swedish advertising catalog for William Deering and Company farm machinery. Features an illustration of a wizard(?) surrounded by male and femal...
Photograph

Father Groppi and Vel Phillips on Hood of Bus

Date: 
Description: Father James Groppi speaking through a megaphone from the hood of a bus. Groppi stands with Alderperson Vel Phillips. Several of the people in the assemble...
Photograph

Bishop O'Connor with Three Women

Date: 09 30 1947
Description: Jennie Conlin, Lilian Regan, and Irene O'Rowley, left to right, members of the Madison Business and Professional Women's Club, interviewing Bishop William ...
Photograph

Poster Celebrating "The International Safari"

Date: 02 05 1929
Description: Poster or display board describing an expedition across Africa with an International truck. The truck used for the expedition was later promoted by the com...
Postcard

Girl with Certificate

Date: 
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of young girl with a scroll on a table, probably a graduation diploma. She is wearing all white and has a fa...
Photograph

Wisconsin Council of Churches Dinner

Date: 01 20 1948
Description: Officers and speakers attending the annual dinner meeting of the Wisconsin Council of Churches: front row, Dr. Hermann Morse, administrator of the Presbyte...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Underground Newspaper Cover: The Chicago Seed

Date: 1968
Description: Cover of "The Chicago Seed," an underground newspaper, featuring Santa Claus crucified on a dollar sign. The landscape below is made from collaged advertis...
Photograph

Cornerstone Laying at Queen of Apostles Seminary

Date: 09 31 1948
Description: Cornerstone laying ceremony at the new Queen of Apostles seminary, 5810 Cottage Grove Road. Seated, left to right, are Rev. Edward Kinney, Madison, secreta...
Photograph

Cornerstone Laying at Queen of Apostles Seminary

Date: 10 31 1948
Description: Rt. Rev. Adaltbert Turowski, Vatican City, Rome, father general of the Catholic Pallottine Order which will operate the seminary, shown addressing the audi...
Photograph

Wisconsin Council of Churches Dinner Meeting

Date: 01 18 1949
Description: Guests at a Wisconsin Council of Churches dinner meeting.
Book or Pamphlet

Ku Klux Klan Pamphlet Cover

Date: 
Description: Cover of a pamphlet featuring a question mark and the text "Why How What Who And You, KKKK" with a drawing of a Ku Klux Klansman wearing a conical hat and ...
Photograph

Marquette University Dean at Celebration

Date: 1923
Description: Marquette University dean, Archibald J. Tallmadge, S.J. delivers a speech at the 250th anniversary celebration of the discovery of the Mississippi River by...
Print

Sincere Affection

Date: 1906
Description: Valentine's Day card with three hearts attached by ribbons. The top heart contains two cherubs with a cornucopia full of hearts. It has a gold, blue and wh...
Photograph

Reverend Wayne Dillabaugh and Jack McManus

Date: 06 27 1978
Description: Wayne Dillabaugh, left, poses with Jack McManus.
Photograph

Belfrage at Moscow Synagogue

Date: 1956
Description: Cedric Belfrage, co-editor and founder of the "National Guardian," visiting a Moscow synagogue after his deportation from the United States. Belfrage was d...
Print

Jeff and Beauregard on Their Last Ride

Date: 1860
Description: Jefferson Davis (J.D.) and General Beauregard (Gen. B) are carried by two running devils, the "Imps of Old Nick."
Below is the caption and verse,
"JE...
Print

Liberty or Death

Date: 1860
Description: A rattlesnake labeled "SECESSION," with an arrow through its neck, is in front of a federal shield. The shield is protecting the Constitution and the Holy ...
Print

The New Quaker Bonnet, 1861.

Date: 1861
Description: A Quaker bonnet made from the Union flag. It is unlikely that any practicing Quaker would have anything to do with a "Union bonnet" because of their belief...
Print

God Watches Over Them

Date: 1860
Description: An angel holding a Union flag is saying "GOD WATCHES OVER THEM." Under her gaze two children peacefully sleep under a Union flag. At the foot of the bed an...

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