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Women at IHC Agriculture Extension Lecture

Date: 1917
Description: Group of women, and a few children, seated in a meeting hall at an Agricultural Extension lecture on Home Economics. A woman at the front of the hall is po...
Photograph

Murals in Junior Red Cross Assembly Room

Date: 06 08 1953
Description: Water safety accident prevention and first aid are the themes of the mural being completed by East Junior High School pupils for the east wall of the Junio...
Postcard

Forest and Tootsie

Date: 1910
Description: Photographic postcard of Forest Middleton reading while lying on his bed with the family dog, Tootsie, beside him. There is a full bookcase behind the bed,...
Photograph

I Will Win

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Description: Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) poster with a drawing of a man standing with his sleeves rolled up and his arms crossed. There are industrial scenes ...
Photograph

Shorewood Corners Association

Date: 10 05 1953
Description: Portrait of Chester Bible, secretary-treasurer of the recently organized Shorewood Corners Association. He is the owner of Madison Mobile Homes, 3031 Unive...
Photograph

Shorewood Corners Association

Date: 10 05 1953
Description: Portrait of T.L. Graham, vice president of the recently organized Shorewood Corners Association. He is the owner of Graham's Books and Stationery, 3238 Uni...
Photograph

Lesson on Flies in Classroom

Date: 1915
Description: A student is using a pointer to direct the attention of seated students toward a poster labeled "Life Cycle of a Fly" during a lesson on the dangers of hou...
Photograph

Wallace Poster Advertising Company Truck

Date: 03 21 1925
Description: International Model S truck owned by the Wallace Poster Advertising Company is parked along the side of a road in front of two billboards. Two men on the r...
Photograph

B'nai B'rith Girls

Date: 02 11 1954
Description: Group portrait of the B'nai B'rith girls as they plan the organization's "Sweetheart Swirl." Left to right are: Gail Chechik, Bunny Epstein, Nancy Wagner, ...
Photograph

Peas and Chicken Fiesta Recipes

Date: 02 11 1954
Description: Three men hold booklets and a poster featuring "Peas and Chicken Fiesta" recipes, promoting the use of canned peas.
Photograph

Easter Seals Beneficiaries

Date: 03 15 1954
Description: Margaret Fliegel holds a book while sitting on her bed in front of an anatomy chart. She was a senior physical therapy student and a Easter Seal grant rec...
Photograph

Soroptimist Club Committee

Date: 03 30 1954
Description: Members of the Soroptimist Club style show committee admire a poster for the upcoming style show to benefit the YWCA Camp. Left to right, seated: Mrs. Fran...
Photograph

Dane County Medical Society Women's Auxiliary

Date: 04 06 1954
Description: Three members of the Dane County Medical Society Women's Auxiliary show a Nursing Career Book to Carolyn Mitchell, who will be entering nursing school. The...
Photograph

Green Lantern Eating Cooperative (Co-op)

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Description: A man walks towards the Green Lantern Eating Cooperative. There are posters in the large front window and several bicycles are parked in front of the co-op...
Photograph

Livestock in Waukesha Sales Pavilion

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Description: Either an auction or a judged show featuring dairy cattle at the Waukesha Sales Pavilion. Spectators are arranged on three sides of the stage. Poster on th...
Poster

Poster for Morris Brothers' Opera House Minstrels

Date: 1857
Description: Black and white lithograph on paper. Title over image of minstrel company. Inserts of Lon and Billy Morris, left and right. Large image of man papering sto...
Poster

Poster for "The Man, the Maid and the Money"

Date: 1911
Description: Color lithograph poster. Title runs across top and the poster features a portrait of Dan Russell, whose name runs across the bottom. The famous comedian...
Poster

Poster for "Secret Service"

Date: 1896
Description: Color lithograph poster. Title runs across top with author's name, William Gillette, under it in upper right corner. Scene depicts a well-dressed woman sta...
Poster

Poster for "Secret Service"

Date: 1896
Description: Color lithograph poster. Title runs across the top with the author's name just below it upper right. Scene from the drama shows a boy dressed in gray unifo...
Poster

Poster for "Mrs. Bridget O'Brien, esq"

Date: 1892
Description: Color lithograph poster. The caption running across the top is "Frank Sanger's Company supporting John F. Sheridan." The image shows Sheridan, cross-dresse...

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