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"Lake Geneva" Title Page

Date: 1904
Description: Title page of a picturesque and descriptive book about Lake Geneva showing two steamboats "Lady Of The Lake" and "Lucius Newberry."
Book or Pamphlet

Houses of Famous Madisonians

Date: 1900
Description: Composite of photographs of the houses of famous Madisonians including Attwood, Fairchild, Steensland, Fuller, Vilas, La Follette, and Spooner.
Book or Pamphlet

Building on Superior Street

Date: 1969
Description: Building on the west side of Superior Street where Joseph Ruelle was shot.
Book or Pamphlet

Bird's-Eye View of the Paine Lumber Company

Date: 1902
Description: Two panoramic bird's-eye views of the Paine Lumber Company, including the general plant, sawmill, and lumber yards. Heading at the top says: Home of Wiscon...
Book or Pamphlet

Northern Electrical Manufacturing Company

Date: 1902
Description: A bird's-eye view illustration of the Northern Electrical Manufacturing Company. The company was founded in 1895 by four Madison businessmen, Conrad M. Con...
Book or Pamphlet

Title Page of the "Atlas of Dane County"

Date: 1911
Description: The title page of the "Atlas of Dane County, Wisconsin."
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

Finchland Map

Date: 1937
Description: Map showing territory controlled by the Finches, a family of bandits who terrorized south central Wisconsin in the years prior to the Civil War. The map in...
Book or Pamphlet

Main Street

Date: 1915
Description: A view down Main Street looking east from the Y.M.C.A. building.
Book or Pamphlet

Hotel Lane

Date: 1915
Description: A view of Lake Street, looking West from Broad Street. Hotel Lane is on the right side, and several automobiles are parked backed-up to the curb in front.
Book or Pamphlet

Crowds at the Old Milwaukee Days Parade

Date: 07 04 1969
Description: View down sidewalk towards crowds of people sitting on the sidewalk along the street waiting for the start of the Old Milwaukee Days parade.
Book or Pamphlet

Brittingham Bay Panorama

Date: 1914
Description: Panoramic view of Brittingham Bay taken from the north west shore of Brittingham Park. The boathouse is on the left. On the right the railroad tracks cross...
Book or Pamphlet

Bus in Front of Wegner-Pirwitz Auto Dealership

Date: 1921
Description: View across unpaved street towards a bus parked in front of the Wegner-Pirwitz Auto Dealership. Snow is on the ground.
Book or Pamphlet

The Greenfield Trailer Camp Incident — Cover and Back Pages

Date: 1949
Description: Front cover and back pages of brochure. Includes photographs and a political cartoon from the Milwaukee Journal.
Book or Pamphlet

The Greenfield Trailer Camp Incident — Inside Pages

Date: 1949
Description: Inside pages with articles and photographs from the Milwaukee Journal and Milwaukee Sentinel.
Book or Pamphlet

Wisconsin State Fair Brochure

Date: 1958
Description: Cover of a Wisconsin State Fair brochure with a drawing of a family walking together above the slogan: "A Family Affair." The title at top reads: "Wisconsi...
Book or Pamphlet

Wisconsin State Fair Brochure

Date: 1955
Description: Brochure advertising the 1955 Wisconsin State Fair featuring images of several fair attractions.
Book or Pamphlet

Wisconsin State Fair Brochure

Date: 1986
Description: Brochure advertising the 1986 Wisconsin State Fair with cartoon images of a cow, a wheel of cheese, Ferris Wheel, musicians, and children with pie and crea...
Book or Pamphlet

Jackson County Fair Pamphlet

Date: 1963
Description: Pamphlet advertising the 1963 Jackson County Fair, which featured performances by country music stars Porter Wagoner, Del Woods, and Bonnie Sloan.
Book or Pamphlet

Wisconsin Granite Company — Crushed Granite

Date: 1910
Description: View across open field toward a large group of men posing on a large pile of granite. There is a large industrial building in the background on the right. ...

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