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| Date: | 1884 |
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| Description: | Cover of an advertising catalog for the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company showing a "reaper used by ancient Gauls, First Century." The "reaper" is frame... |
| Date: | 1881 |
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| Description: | Cover of an advertising catalog for Dennett twine binding harvesters, light mowers, and reapers manufactured by the Dennett Harvesting Machine Company. Fea... |
| Date: | 06 21 1934 |
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| Description: | Charles Fluke, associate professor at the University of Wisconsin, examines a tray of insect specimens. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Oil on paper painting of a butterfly. Bierstadt would apply oil paints directly to the paper to form one wing of a butterfly, then fold the paper in Rorsch... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Oil on paper painting of a black butterfly by Alfred Bierstadt. Bierstadt would apply oil paints directly to the paper to form one wing of a butterfly, the... |
| Date: | 03 20 1977 |
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| Description: | A mural painted on the side of the Red Caboose Day Care Center at 654 Williamson Street. Images in the mural include children playing, grasshoppers, a turt... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Back cover illustration for a William Deering and Company catalog. Deering was a manufacturer of agricultural machinery. The illustration includes an engra... |
| Date: | 07 26 1945 |
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| Description: | Pfc. Glen Lindsey displays the fly traps he invented to trap thousands of flies in the Truax Field area. |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Photomontage of a giant grasshopper lifting an anchored basket with a baby girl inside. The rope tethered to the basket has a large American flag attached ... |
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| Description: | Myles Horton doodling for doodle bugs outside the Highlander Library. |
| Date: | 04 27 1949 |
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| Description: | At left, Billy Powers of 306 Norris Court shows his butterfly collection to classmate Dennis Rose, 1028 Clymer Place. The butterfly collection won first p... |
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| Description: | A man seated in front of specimen drawers examines several varieties of moths and butterflies. On top of the cases are several taxidermy mounts including o... |
| Date: | 1975 |
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| Description: | Poster for the Madison Tenant Union, an organization created for tenants to improve housing conditions and offer guidance with tenant grievances against la... |
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| Description: | Two men operating a hose to spray DDT into tall grass near water. |
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| Description: | Men pumping DDT from a tank on the back of a truck to be sprayed into a field. |
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| Description: | A man wearing a hat sprays liquid from a canister hanging from his shoulder designed to kill mosquitoes. He is in a field and trees are in the background. |
| Date: | 1971 |
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| Description: | Cover illustration of a calendar promoting gay pride. The calendar features numerous photographs, illustrations and quotations for each month from March 19... |
| Date: | 06 06 1971 |
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| Description: | Poster advertising the role of science in society. Features a butterfly, and a hand holding a flower, with text filling the interior of the design. |
| Date: | 10 16 1950 |
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| Description: | Bob West has discovered that life in the underground ant colony consists of building homes, storing food and caring for babies. The ant colony has been a p... |
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