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Teachers

Date: 1914
Description: A group of male and female Cook County teachers studying corn, preparatory to taking up this work in their rural schools.
Photograph

Governor Lucey and Alice in Dairyland

Date: 02 09 1972
Description: Group portrait of Governor Patrick Lucey, Alice in Dairyland Marsha Lindsay, and others at ceremonies proclaiming the Dairy Cow as Wisconsin's official "Do...
Photograph

Hugh Retirement

Date: 
Description: Portrait of a group of men attending a party in a basement. A poster with a drawing of a man is hanging on the back wall, with the title "Hugh Retirement."...
Postcard

Street Scene

Date: 1908
Description: View of a street with a lumber office and a church on the left, and dwellings on the right. A man and a dog are on the sidewalk. A tree-covered hill is in ...
Postcard

East Walnut Street and Opera House

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Description: Colorized postcard view across street towards the Opera House, with a sign in front over the sidewalk that reads, in reverse: "Theatre." A sign for the Cit...
Photograph

Mohawk Liqueurs Demonstration

Date: 06 02 1953
Description: Group of men and women watching two men demonstrate using Mohawk Liqueurs. The event is sponsored by General Beverage according to the poster behind the de...
Poster

Ruth Law Wants to Fly With U.S. Marines

Date: 1917
Description: Poster featuring a photograph of a woman in a flight suit, sitting in an airplane. She is surrounded by four men standing wearing dress uniforms, one of wh...
Photograph

Testing Paper Apparatus

Date: 1922
Description: View of an unidentified man sitting on a stool demonstrating delicate paper testing apparatus. A poster on the wall reads: "International Metric System."
Photograph

Tourist Information Booth

Date: 1942
Description: A young woman in a light-colored dress is standing behind a counter as an older man is writing in a notebook. He is holding a tourism brochure for Boulder ...
Photograph

Forest Poster

Date: 1943
Description: A photographic copy of a World War II era poster which extols the value of forest products in the American war effort. There are vignettes illustrating the...
Photograph

Bob Rogers and Yasser Arafat

Date: 07 1973
Description: NBC producer and writer Bob Rogers is sitting with Yasser Arafat.
Postcard

Street Scene

Date: 1908
Description: View down unpaved street with a few wooden commercial buildings. The building in the center background has a group of people gathered in front, and along t...
Photograph

Cinema Building Wall Covered with Posters

Date: 
Description: Soldiers posing in front of the cinema building in Antwerp.
Photograph

Sabac

Date: 
Description: Destroyed house in Sabac.
Photograph

Herman Otto Brumder

Date: 1948
Description: A quarter-length portrait of Herman Otto Brumder (1880-1950) seated at his desk, posed as if signing a document. There is a military poster on the wall beh...
Photograph

William Proxmire with Money Saving Graphic

Date: 1960
Description: Wisconsin Senator William Proxmire posing with a poster detailing money saving bills he has introduced and how the savings can be used.
Photograph

Our Lady Queen of Peace Church Harvest Dance

Date: 11 19 1957
Description: Our Lady Queen of Peace Parish holds a fall harvest dance in the church auditorium. Holding a poster for the dance are (left to right): James W. Gower, 625...
Photograph

Two Blacksmiths

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Description: Two men are standing in a blacksmith shop. One man is working at an anvil, the other stands with his hands on his hips. They are wearing leather aprons. Hu...
Poster

"Fifteen Hundred Little Pictures" Exhibit Poster

Date: 02 10 1986
Description: Silkscreen poster announcing the Fifteen Hundred Little Pictures Polaroid Photography show. The photographers names are Joann Jensen, Mark Porter and Mike ...
Photograph

Madison Junior Chamber of Commerce Dinner

Date: 06 12 1958
Description: Members of the Madison Junior Chamber of Commerce prompt their charcoal broiled chicken dinner held at the West Side Business Men's Club, Gilbert Road. Sho...

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