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Willson Sunglasses Paste-up

Date: 03 04 1957
Description: Advertising paste-up of three women wearing three different types of Willson Sunglasses: J25D, J26D, J27D.
Poster

Wisconsin State Fair Poster

Date: 1879
Description: Advertisement for the 1879 Wisconsin State Fair held at Camp Randall in Madison. The poster features a drawing of a hot air balloon and boasts of special ...
Print

Kehl Recital Advertisement

Date: 
Description: Eleven portraits of young costumed students appear in an advertisement reading "Leo Kehl Dancers To Appear In Recital."
Poster

Kehl's 100th Anniversary Poster

Date: 
Description: Promotional piece for the Kehl School of Dance 100th anniversary, showing three ballet dancers. The artwork was originally used by F.W. and Leo Kehl in ea...
Photograph

Fishing Pole Carrier for Automobiles

Date: 03 24 1947
Description: Prototype of "Sure Grip" fishing pole holder for carrying fishing poles on the top or sides of a car. Shows device with an advertising card attached that i...
Photograph

Manchester's Sun Dresses Window Display

Date: 04 07 1949
Description: Manchester's Incorporated, 2 East Mifflin Street, "Petti" sun dresses display window, "Petite sun separates, and Indianhead fabric." Behind the mannequins ...
Photograph

Borden's Ice Cream Display Case

Date: 09 16 1953
Description: Borden's ice cream in display case, with a person (hand and arm only showing) lifting a carton of ice cream from case, taken for a TV ad.
Photograph

N.L. Dahl

Date: 
Description: Photograph of N.L. Dahl in front of a horse-drawn hearse. Photograph is mounted on an advertising card reading: "For Coffins, Caskets, and Trimmings at rea...
Poster

Elmside Addition to Madison

Date: 
Description: Poster advertising the Elmside lots for summer homes by Lake Monona.
Photograph

Ray-O-Vac & RMR Promotion

Date: 03 03 1945
Description: Ray-O-Vac & RMR promotional exhibit set up at the Capitol Theatre. "This battery is the heart of the Handie Talkie seen in the Warner hit 'Objective Bur...
Photograph

Joe's Liquor Store

Date: 1960
Description: Front exterior view of Joe's Liquor Store at 702 West Washington Avenue in the Greenbush neighborhood.
Print

Capital City Mills

Date: 1895
Description: A Capital City Mills advertisement from the 1894-1895 Madison City Directory.
Print

Capital House Hotel

Date: 1859
Description: An illustration of the Capital House, from the 1858-1859 Madison City Directory. The first-class hotel opened in 1853, was later bought by L.B. Vilas and c...
Photograph

Three Men looking at Advertisements

Date: 08 02 1958
Description: Three men looking at Baltimore Federal Savings Bank advertisements.
Photograph

Duncan Hines Advertisement

Date: 01 16 1953
Description: Six people are standing in front of a railroad car with a Duncan Hines advertisement on the side, two boxes of cake mix and a large cake with the sign: "An...
Photograph

Interior of Harry's Food Shop

Date: 01 13 1955
Description: Interior of Harry's Food Shop, 1122 Chandler Street, owned by Harry and Loretta Blodau, with customer Mary Huth with her children. Patricia Huth is sitting...
Photograph

Flour and Feed Store

Date: 1899
Description: The Smith M. Jacobs Flour and Feed Store (left) and residence (right), 301 and 303 Monroe Street. The address renumbered within the next five years to 1701...
Print

Jones Hardware Advertisement

Date: 1873
Description: An advertisement for John N. Jones, Dealer in Hardware, which appeared in the 1873 Madison City Directory.
Print

A.H. Kayser Lumber Yard Advertisement

Date: 1901
Description: An advertisement for the A.H. Kayser lumberyard at 204 East Washington Avenue.
Book or Pamphlet

Farwell's Madison Mills

Date: 1851
Description: Engraving of the five-story tall mill erected at the outlet of the Yahara Creek by Leonard J. Farwell. This engraving appears in Statistics of Dane County,...

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