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Madison Housing Authority Survey of Substandard Housing

Date: 03 16 1950
Description: A chart showing distribution of 1,148 substandard dwelling units found in the survey area, by basic type of fault, as part of the Madison Housing Authority...
Drawing

Birds-Eye Drawing of "Folly Farm"

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Description: A pen drawing, in the style of a birds-eye map, of Frank and Delia King's estate Folly Farm in Kissimee, Florida.
Print

Back of 1960's Wisconsin Dells Brochure

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Description: Back fold of a Wisconsin Dells promotional brochure featuring a simplified Wisconsin highway map with directions to the Dells, and a drawing of a family dr...
Photograph

European Tour Group

Date: 05 02 1950
Description: Group portrait of young people from the Madison area who will travel together in Europe this summer. Standing, left to right: Helen Olson, Charles Sharpe, ...
Photograph

Morris H. Rubin

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Description: Portrait of Morris H. Rubin, editor of the Progressive Magazine. This photograph is thought to have been taken during the 1950s when Rubin was one o...
Photograph

Classroom at State School for the Deaf

Date: 1893
Description: Male and female students sitting in desks while writing on what appear to be slates. A group sitting in a circle at the back of the room are possibly pract...
Photograph

Educational Exhibit at the Big Badger Fair

Date: 1913
Description: Exhibit featuring pressed flowers, maps, drawings, and written compositions.
Photograph

Educational Exhibit at the Big Badger Fair

Date: 1913
Description: Exhibit featuring maps, drawings, photographs, and compositions.
Photograph

Exhibit of Student Work

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Description: Display of student work, including maps, drawings, and essays.
Photograph

Exhibit of Student Work

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Description: Display of student work including drawings, maps, and essays.
Photograph

Landaal Brothers Office

Date: 07 16 1937
Description: George J. Landaal sits at a large wooden desk and examines a piece of paper taken from a box in the Landaal Brothers office while Alfred Faller looks on ov...
Manuscript

Superior--The City of Destiny

Date: 1890
Description: Letterhead for Moulton, Moran & Co. The logo shows North America and depicts Superior as the center of a hub with spokes going to Russia, to China and Japa...
Manuscript

Superior as Hub

Date: 1890
Description: Rand, McNally map of North America enhanced to show Superior as the center of a wheel. The image was used on the back of stationery from City Improvement C...
Photograph

Voter Registration Volunteers

Date: 08 10 1950
Description: Volunteers who will staff five special voters registration centers during "Register and Vote week" are shown being sworn in by City Clerk Al W. Bareis at l...
Photograph

Belgian Criminal Investigator

Date: 10 03 1950
Description: Madison police chief Bruce Weatherly (left) explains how Madison police fight crimes to visiting internationally-famous Belgian criminal investigator Flour...
Photograph

Traffic Interchange US Highways 12 And 14

Date: 10 11 1950
Description: Display illustrating the Highway Department's plan for separating highway traffic on Highways 13 and 14 (the Oregon Road) and Highway 12 (the new South Mad...
Magazine or Periodical

Telegraphic Systems Map

Date: 08 12 1865
Description: A map of the world showing telegraphic systems for encircling the globe.
Poster

Chemins de Fer électrique du Valais à Chamonix Travel Poster

Date: 1900
Description: An original colored lithograph advertising the Chemins de Fer électrique du Valais à Chamonix (Electric Railways of Valais in Chamonix) railway. The poster...
Poster

Underground Electric Railway Company: Motor Bus Travel Poster

Date: 1924
Description: An original colored lithograph advertising the "The Way to London's Country by Motor Bus" using the Underground Electric Railway Company's motor bus servic...
Manuscript

Clinch River and Mountain Range

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Description: Hand-drawn map including the Clinch River and Clinch mountain range. The Clinch River rises in Southwest Virginia near Tazewell, VA and flows southwest thr...

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