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Photograph

McVicar Advertisement

Date: 12 17 1928
Description: McVicar Photo Service ad proclaims: "We Make Lantern Slides!" McVicar's business was located inside the University Floral Company, located at 723 Universit...
Print

State Fair Handbill

Date: 1929
Description: Printed color handbill that advertised the special events of the Wisconsin State Fair. The illustration shows a woman bearing a platter of produce.
Photograph

Library Booth at Wisconsin State Fair

Date: 1922
Description: Booth at the Wisconsin State Fair promoting the Wisconsin Free Library Commission.
Drawing

Design for Necklace

Date: 1920
Description: A highly detailed design for a necklace featuring a large green stone and two teardrop shape stones hanging below it.
Drawing

Designs for a Brooch

Date: 1920
Description: A drawing of a design for a buckle shaped brooch featuring blue square cut stones. The two halves of the design represent options III and IV to be offered ...
Drawing

Butterfly Brooch

Date: 1920
Description: Hand-colored drawing on black cardboard of a design for a brooch in the form of a butterfly. The materials are not specified but the drawing depicts multic...
Drawing

Design for Necklace

Date: 1920
Description: Hand-colored drawing on grey cardboard depicting a design for a necklace. Series of long and short links alternate with white or yellow stones throughout t...
Drawing

Design for Ring

Date: 1920
Description: Hand-colored drawing of a design for a ring, done on thin brown paper mounted on cardboard. The design depicts a black stone carved with initials mounted i...
Drawing

Design for a Pendant

Date: 1920
Description: Hand-colored drawing of an intricate design for a pendant. The design features multiple stones, possibly diamonds. There is a small hinge at the lower left...
Drawing

Design for Pearl Pendant

Date: 1920
Description: A drawing on beige paper of a design for a pendant. The design features two teardrop shaped pearls, each suspended from a foliate ring with one ring suspen...
Drawing

Design for Brooch

Date: 1920
Description: Hand-colored drawing, on paper, of a design for a brooch. The brooch features a central rectangular plaque with a colored floral design on black. There are...
Postcard

The Buckhorn

Date: 1925
Description: Text on front reads: "'The Buckhorn,' Rice Lake, Wis." The Buckhorn Tavern had an amazing display of taxidermy and curios, including some hoaxes: a shovel-...

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