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Marlboro Billboard

Date: 04 1973
Description: A Marlboro cigarette billboard advertisement looms over King Street.
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Carvers at the Wisconsin Historical Society

Date: 1899
Description: Three stone cutters (probably Italian) working on decorative details over the east entrance of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin (Wisconsin Histori...
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Jacksons at Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 1900
Description: Russell Jackson (?), Joseph W. Jackson, and Dr. James A. Jackson, Sr., (with cigar), in front of the Wisconsin State Capitol.
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Army Recruiting Office

Date: 03 1966
Description: Army recruiting office. The picture was probably taken by a member of the staff of the National Coordinating Committee Against the War in Vietnam, which wa...
Poster

Frank Zappa Concert Poster

Date: 05 1971
Description: Poster advertising a concert by Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Field House, May 27, 1971. Features a negat...
Poster

Dana Beal Liberation Poster

Date: 09 1971
Description: Poster advocating the liberation of Dana Beal, a marijuana legalization advocate who had been recently apprehended in Madison. Poster features a stylized i...
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1st Annual Marijuana Harvest Festival

Date: 09 1971
Description: Poster publicizing the 1st Annual Marijuana Harvest Festival, in Madison's Brittingham Park, September 25, 1971. Event followed by a Dana Beal Memorial An...
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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...
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"The Man Who Came to Dinner" Poster

Date: 07 1973
Description: Poster publicizing a performance of "The Man Who Came to Dinner," a comedy by Moss Hart and George Kaufman, held at the Robert Gard Theater in Spring Green...
Poster

"Miffland Deed"

Date: 07 17 1970
Description: A deed solidifying an agreement between J. Wesley Miller and the Miffland Cooperative. Features a photograph of "Jes' Folks," portraits of a young child, a...
Poster

Sock Hop

Date: 03 26 1971
Description: Poster promoting a sock hop held on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus at Gordon Commons. Features a man and woman on a motorcycle.
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Billy Hughes at Schott's Landing

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Description: Billy Hughes in a long coat and hat and smoking a cigar stands with five other men in front of a boat at Schott's Landing.
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Bob Allen in Wisconsin National Guard Uniform

Date: 1922
Description: Journalist Robert S. Allen, center, in military uniform, poses with the staff of the "Wisconsin State Journal". A graduate of the Wisconsin Journalism Scho...
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Lewis Arms and Jerome WIlliams

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Description: Lewis Arms peeks from behind Jerome Williams, who is holding a cigarette. They are standing outdoors near a street.
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Lewis Arms Goofing Off with Curtis Taliaferro

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Description: Lewis Arms sits on the back of his friend Curtis Taliaferro, goofing around at Brittingham Park Beach.
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Leslie H. Fishel, Jr.

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Description: Studio portrait of Leslie H. Fishel, Jr., holding a pipe. He was the Director of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin from 1959 until 1969.
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Board of Regents Meeting

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Description: View from across room of John A. Lavine, a member of the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents, during a board meeting. Lavine, a newspaper publisher fr...
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William Best Hesseltine

Date: 1960
Description: Informal portrait of William Hesseltine, University of Wisconsin History Professor (1932-1963) and President of the Wisconsin State Historical Society (19...
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Griggs Album: Mothers Day at Camp Anna Vilas

Date: 05 1924
Description: Mothers and small children standing and posing in Vilas Park, with other mothers and older children lying prone, propping themselves up with their elbows, ...
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Thwaites, Welsh, and Foster

Date: 01 30 1912
Description: Ruben Gold Thwaites, Iva Welsh, and Mary Foster dressed as "Box and Cox" and Mrs. Bouncer from the 1840's comedy Box and Cox. They are at a costume ...

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