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Photograph

Newsstand

Date: 01 21 1939
Description: Newsstand in the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific railway depot, 644 West Washington, displaying soft drinks, tobacco products, and reading materials...
Photograph

Herman Straus and Son

Date: 10 13 1937
Description: Herman Straus and son standing in front of printing press at Straus Printing Co., 214 East Washington Avenue.
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Wisconsin Argus Advertisement

Date: 1851
Description: Advertisment for the "Wisconsin Argus" newspaper published in Madison, Wisconsin by S.D. Carpenter and H.A. Tenney.
Photograph

Lorraine Gray and Frank Gray

Date: 01 11 1945
Description: Lorraine Gray, and her younger brother Frank are reading an RMR "help wanted" advertisement in the "Wisconsin State Journal." The RMR (Ruben-Mallory-Ray-O-...
Photograph

Advertisement for Abraham Lincoln School, Summer Institute

Date: 06 28 1945
Description: Advertisement, which originally appeared in "The New Masses," June 26, 1945, and was reproduced in the "Wisconsin State Journal," for the Abraham Lincoln S...
Photograph

Poster Promoting the Use of Newspaper Advertising

Date: 1935
Description: Poster or display board designed to convince International truck dealers of the value of newspaper advertising. Includes a collage of newspaper banners, ad...
Print

Advertisement for "The Times"

Date: 
Description: An advertisement for "The Times" from the 1892-1893 Madison City Directory.
Print

Wisconsin State Journal Advertisement

Date: 
Description: An advertisement for the Wisconsin State Journal, promoted as "the only Republican paper", from the 1898-1899 Madison City Directory.
Photograph

Men Reading Paper Outside Store

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Description: Two men reading a newspaper outside of a storefront. The store's sign, partially obstructed, reads, "Richards[on]'s Flour & Feed[?] Stor[e]. Coca-cola, R...
Photograph

The Milwaukee Journal Annex Building

Date: 1925
Description: Awnings stretch over the entrance and windows on the front facade.
Photograph

"Wisconsin State Journal" Staff

Date: 01 28 1949
Description: The Advertising Department of the "Wisconsin State Journal" has artists, copy writers, and technical experts to "help you shop."
Photograph

International Trucks Advertisement

Date: 04 23 1937
Description: A man in an armchair reads a newspaper featuring an advertisement for International trucks.
Photograph

Madison Newspapers, Inc.

Date: 08 06 1949
Description: Workmen move into the new advertising offices for Madison Newspapers, Inc. The section is part of a new addition to the Wisconsin State Journal building, 1...
Poster

"Madison Kaleidoscope Needs Hawkers"

Date: 1970
Description: The Madison Kaleidoscope, an Underground newspaper, calls for hawkers. Those interested were directed to call "and ask the Pretty Lady for further S...
Poster

Badger Herald Advertisement

Date: 01 04 1971
Description: Poster advertising the price of an individual issue of The Badger Herald student newspaper on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
Poster

Badger Herald Advertisement

Date: 04 06 1971
Description: Poster advertising "The Independent University of Wisconsin student newspaper," The Badger Herald, at five cents per copy. A note by J. Wesley Mille...
Photograph

"Harvester News" Illustration

Date: 1920
Description: Illustration of a news boy holding a blank copy of "Harvester News" over the caption: "Extra!"
Photograph

"McCarthyism is Treason"

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Description: Senator Joseph R. McCarthy, laughing for the camera, displays a newspaper advertisement that proclaims: "McCarthyism is Treason to America."
Print

Happy Holidays From Chappell's Ad Dept.

Date: 1930
Description: Holiday card from Chappell's Ad Dept. The card has seven consecutive panels accordion folded. The front panel shows a bell hanging by a ribbon surrounded b...
Book or Pamphlet

Snow Removal Advertising Catalog

Date: 1935
Description: Cover of an International Harvester advertising catalog for snow removal equipment. An illustration depicts a man operating an industrial tractor equipped ...

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