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International Travelall Advertising Poster

Date: 1970
Description: Advertising poster for the International Travelall truck. Features a color photograph of two people in a Travelall pulling two campers and a boat. Includes...
Photograph

Milwaukee Road Railroad

Date: 08 1974
Description: View down double set of railroad tracks towards a Milwaukee Road train, with the engineer about to board. Other men are standing in the background.
Photograph

Man Tastes Wine in Vineyard

Date: 1975
Description: Color photograph of a man drinking from a glass of wine in a vineyard in France. In the background a vineyard worker is cultivating the field with an Inter...
Photograph

Tot Lot

Date: 11 28 1971
Description: Tot Lot, a play area for small children created from a vacant lot, funded by the Federal Urban Renewal Authority.
Photograph

Rock Terrace

Date: 10 07 1973
Description: A rock terrace in the yard of a house at 5606 Old Middleton Road.
Photograph

Joseph Statz Farmhouse

Date: 02 03 1974
Description: A vine-covered stone house, 3400 Tallyho Lane, built by Joseph Statz about 1855. Later owned by builder David Stephens and then by Forest & Leonore Middle...
Photograph

Tenney Park Bridge

Date: 04 14 1974
Description: View of the Tenney Park bridge casting a reflection in the water of the lagoon.
Photograph

Meditteranean-Influenced House

Date: 05 05 1974
Description: House with an apparent Mediterranean, "High Renaissance" influence, 1122 Sherman Ave., built by Joseph E. Messerschmidt in 1922.
Print

Keenan House

Date: 1973
Description: Keenan House at 28 East Gilman Street. The house was built in 1858 by Napoleon Bonaparte Van Slyke.
Print

Kendall House

Date: 1973
Description: The Kendall house at 104 East Gilman Street, built by J.E. Kendall in 1885.
Print

Pierce House

Date: 1973
Description: A sketch of the Pierce Residence at 424 North Pinckney Street. The house is sometimes referred to by the surnames of its other owners: McDonnell, Garnhardt...
Print

Breese Stevens House

Date: 1973
Description: A depiction of the Breese Stevens house at 401 North Carroll Street. Located in the Mansion Hill neighborhood, the house was built in 1863.
Poster

Inter-State Narcotic Association Marijuana Warning Poster

Date: 09 1971
Description: Enlarged version of a mocking "warning card" to be placed in railroad trains, buses, streetcars, and other public forums. Warning reads, "Beware! Young and...
Poster

Student Mobe Poster

Date: 10 1971
Description: Two-color poster created by members of the Student Mobilization Committee Against the War in Vietnam, a national organization formed in 1967. The poster, w...
Poster

Peace Now

Date: 02 25 1971
Description: Poster advertising the Model United Nations at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Features a dove with an olive branch as a symbol of peace.
Photograph

"The Mud King"

Date: 04 25 1970
Description: A bearded young man, Michael McCormick of Madison, was crowned "The Mud King." He is covered in dark mud from the banks of nearby Rowan Creek and holding a...
Photograph

"The Mud King"

Date: 04 25 1970
Description: A bearded young man, Michael McCormick of Madison, was crowned "The Mud King." He is covered in dark mud from the banks of nearby Rowan Creek and is standi...
Photograph

"The Mud King"

Date: 04 25 1970
Description: A bearded young man, Michael McCormick of Madison, was crowned the "The Mud King." He is covered in dark mud from the banks of nearby Rowan Creek holding a...
Photograph

Gordon Boardman

Date: 1970
Description: Candid portrait of Gordon Boardman, who is wearing a white shirt and a kerchief around his neck. There is a double exposure ghost image of him at the botto...
Postcard

The Lodge at Telemark

Date: 09 02 1975
Description: Color postcard of the interior of the Lodge at Telemark showing one of the largest stone fireplaces in the world. It is constructed out of 155 tons of nati...

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