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Photograph

Typesetters at International Harvester Press

Date: 1947
Description: Two men operating monotype keyboards at International Harvester Press. The paper-punched product later goes through a caster, which makes new type to print...
Photograph

Woman at Work

Date: 03 24 1969
Description: Young woman at work designing a magazine cover.
Photograph

Harvester Press Typesetting Room

Date: 1947
Description: Workers setting type inside the Harvester Press typesetting room.
Poster

"Poetry Reading"

Date: 11 1970
Description: A poster advertising a poetry reading in the Old Madison room in the Memorial Union on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The poet is Cid Corman, ...
Photograph

Mural Map of Madison

Date: 12 02 1949
Description: Artist Joan Holm, daughter of John and Harriet Holm of 2318 Rugby Row, painting a mural map of the city of Madison on a wall in the business offices of Mad...
Print

Banner Printing Company Memohead

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Description: Memohead of the Banner Printing Company of Jefferson, Wisconsin, which printed "The Jefferson Banner" newspaper. On the left is a banner hanging from a pos...
Print

"Wisconsin Demokrat" Memohead

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Description: Memohead of a newspaper originally published in Stockbridge as the "Union," but known as the "Wisconsin Demokrat" after its editor moved production to Chil...
Print

American Newspaper Publishers Association Menu

Date: 1957
Description: Exterior of menu for the Banshee Luncheon at the 1957 American Newspaper Publishers Association (ANPA) convention. Features a bearded figure in a green sui...
Print

American Newspaper Publishers Association Menu Interior

Date: 1957
Description: Interior of the menu for the Banshee Luncheon of the 1957 American Newspaper Publishers Association (ANPA) convention. Features a bearded figure in a green...
Magazine or Periodical

"We Got It!" Zine Cover

Date: 03 1976
Description: Front cover of We Got It!, a zine published by the Madison-based Lesbian Communications Collective from 1975-1976. The cover art parodies the Grant ...
Photograph

Madison Newspapers New Photoengraving Lab

Date: 05 21 1957
Description: George H. Beyler, engraving photographer, inspecting a negative on a viewer for the new ultra-modern photoengraving plant at Madison Newspapers.
Photograph

Madison Newspapers New Photoengraving Lab

Date: 05 21 1957
Description: Rolland H. Fellers, superintendent of the engraving department, checks over the new Robertson half-tone color camera at Madison Newspapers new photoengravi...
Photograph

Printing House Craftsmen Club Management Workshop

Date: 09 27 1958
Description: Welcomers for the club management workshop for the Printing House Craftsmen at the Blackhawk Country club. Left to right are: Mr. and Mrs. Gil LaVasser, Mi...
Print

Robert Aitken

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Description: Engraved lithographic portrait of Robert Aitken, a printer and the first to publish an English-language Bible in the United States, in 1782.

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