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Beverly Jefferson

Date: 1900
Description: Portrait of Beverly Jefferson, 1/16th African American, published in Madison Past and Present, 1852-1902, a 1902 book published by the Wisconsin State Jour...
Book or Pamphlet

Jarius Cassius Fairchild

Date: 1862
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Jairus Cassius Fairchild, Madison's first mayor.
Book or Pamphlet

Chapman's Medical School Brochure

Date: 1852
Description: Circular and catalogue advertising Dr. Chandler B. Chapman's "Practical School for Anatomy and Surgery." Madison, 1852.
Book or Pamphlet

Wisconsin State Capitol

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

Thomas Lloyd Jones Portrait and Home

Date: 
Description: A page from the book Nakoma Tomahawk with a portrait and brief story about Nakoma resident Thomas Lloyd Jones. The page includes an image of the Jon...
Book or Pamphlet

Menus and Recipes for School Lunches

Date: 02 15 1946
Description: Front cover, frontispiece photograph, and page from a publication of the State Board of Health, with half silhouette views of three seated children with mi...
Book or Pamphlet

Ladies Municipal Bowling League

Date: 04 26 1960
Description: Group portrait of the officers of the Ladies Municipal Bowling League at their recent luncheon held at Stardust, 2725 Broadway Street. They include, seated...
Book or Pamphlet

Hillside Home School Brochure

Date: 1895
Description: Cover of a booklet about Hillside Home School for 1895-1896, the school's eighth year. Includes a circular framed photograph of the front of the school.
Book or Pamphlet

Neighborhood House Pamphlet

Date: 1923
Description: Pamphlet advertising classes for "foreigners" to learn English at the Neighborhood House. The Neighborhood House is pictured on the pamphlet with a U.S. fl...
Book or Pamphlet

Private Dormitories on University of Wisconsin Campus

Date: 09 10 1964
Description: In one of a series of photographs showing the luxurious features of private dormitories on campus, two grad students, Shirley Olsen, left, Milwaukee, and J...
Book or Pamphlet

Parlors at Hillside Home School

Date: 
Description: The parlors at Hillside Home School, featuring a fireplace, bookshelves, curtained doorways, and rocking chairs.
Book or Pamphlet

Steam Yacht Advertisement

Date: 1890
Description: Advertisement for The Steam Yacht "Mendota." At the top is an engraving of the steam yacht under way loaded with passengers, and below is text. Some of the...
Book or Pamphlet

Olds' Seeds Cover Design

Date: 1945
Description: A cover design of the Olds' Seeds catalog from the L.L. Olds Seed Co. The caption reads: "Victory Gardener by ???," and features a photograph of a woman we...
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Advertising Week Proclaimed in Madison

Date: 02 22 1961
Description: Mayor Harold E. Hanson, seated, displays a proclamation hailing the part played in American society by the advertising industry. Looking on are, left to ri...
Book or Pamphlet

Frances for Fitchburg

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Description: The front of a campaign pamphlet for the election of Frances Huntley-Cooper for mayor of Fitchburg.

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