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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,...
Book or Pamphlet

Madison Water Cure Advertisement

Date: 1858
Description: Advertisement for the Madison Water Cure and Electro-Hydrogienic Institute, formerly the Lakeside Water-Cure.
Book or Pamphlet

Farwell Real Estate Ad

Date: 1855
Description: Advertisment of Leonard J. Farwell from the 1855 Madison City Directory for the real estate property he had for sale. At the time Farwell was the largest ...
Book or Pamphlet

Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 1874
Description: Wisconsin State Capitol.
Book or Pamphlet

State University in Madison

Date: 1874
Description: State University (University of Wisconsin), Madison.
Book or Pamphlet

Wisconsin State Hospital for the Insane

Date: 1874
Description: Wisconsin State Hospital for the Insane (Mendota Mental Health Institute) near Madison.
Book or Pamphlet

State Street as Proposed

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Description: Drawing of proposed State Street.
Book or Pamphlet

Proposed State Street Park

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Description: Drawing of proposed park on State Street at the corner of Broom and Gorham Streets.
Book or Pamphlet

Oshkosh Motor Trucks

Date: 1920
Description: Front cover of the Oshkosh 4-Wheel Drive Motor Truck catalog. Oshkosh Truck Corporation was founded in Oshkosh in 1917. Still headquartered in Oshkosh, t...
Book or Pamphlet

Nash Six Sport Model

Date: 1923
Description: A page from a Nash Motors Company catalog, showing a six-cylinder, four-passenger sport sedan which was available in deep maroon with a khaki-color mohair ...
Book or Pamphlet

Scenic Wisconsin Motorways

Date: 1924
Description: Front and back covers of Scenic Wisconsin Motorways, a guide to Wisconsin roads compiled by Victor F. Pettric and published by the Wisconsin Motorists Asso...
Book or Pamphlet

Call of the Open Road

Date: 1922
Description: Front and back cover of the Call of the Open Road, an annual publication of the Milwaukee Journal Tour Department based on its regular columns of mo...
Book or Pamphlet

Runaway Slave

Date: 1837
Description: Image of a runaway slave with stick and satchel.
Book or Pamphlet

Cover of a Pamphlet in Polish

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Description: Cover of a pamphlet in Polish by J. Hof, decorated with images of farm animals. It was intended to encourage immigrants to come to Wisconsin.
Book or Pamphlet

Felker Manufacturing Company Catalog

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Description: Catalog of the Felker Oil Equipment Company of Marshfield, featuring color illustration depicting a home heating oil delivery truck of their manufacture an...
Book or Pamphlet

Cream City Milk Cans

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Description: Catalog for the Cream City line of milk cans and other dairy supplies manufactured by Geuden, Paeschke & Frey of Milwaukee.
Book or Pamphlet

First Unitarian Meeting House Brochure

Date: 1951
Description: Front and back cover of the dedicatory brochure issued by the First Unitarian Society of Madison, "the church of tomorrow," a Frank Lloyd Wright design. Th...
Book or Pamphlet

McCarthy for President Pamphlet

Date: 1968
Description: Front cover of a campaign literature pamphlet for Eugene McCarthy's 1968 Presidential run. Beneath the portrait of McCarthy is a quotation from an editoria...
Book or Pamphlet

German Wisconsin Pamphlet Cover

Date: 1868
Description: Cover of a 31-page pamphlet promoting Wisconsin to German immigrants, which translates to read "Wisconsin. An Account of the Population, soil, climate, Com...
Book or Pamphlet

00 - Angora Album Cover

Date: 1943
Description: Cover of "Angora." The cover of the album is of woven rabbit wool bore. The two Sig Runes included on the cover were the insignia of the Schutzstaffel (SS)...

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