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Magda Herzberger with Plaque

Date: 11 06 1980
Description: Magda Herzberger stands in front of a map of the United States holding a wooden plaque carved with a Star of David and the inscription, "In Gratitude to Ma...
Photograph

Chicago & Northwestern Railway Poster

Date: 1853
Description: Poster advertising Chicago & Northwestern Railway featuring a map of the route, and an image of an eagle with a banner in its beak and an American flag.
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...
Book or Pamphlet

Fox Indian Wars Map

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Description: Hand-drawn map of the location of the Fox Indian Wars.
Photograph

Fund Raising Poster

Date: 1942
Description: Photographic copy of a poster made by International Harvester's advertising department to solicit funds for the International Harvester Company's World War...
Photograph

Soldiers Studying Map

Date: 1942
Description: Three uniformed men study a map placed on a desk. The original caption reads: "STUDYING THE BATTALION'S NEXT HOME. Lt. Col. D.L. Van Syckle (right), comman...
Photograph

International Harvester Wartime Display

Date: 1944
Description: Men and women look at an International Harvester Company display featuring illustrations, posters, and machinery parts used in wartime work. The text in th...
Photograph

Men at Harvester Exhibit

Date: 1944
Description: Charles E. Wilson, Executive Vice Chairman of the War Production Board and formerly president of General Electric Company, and Lieutenant General William S...
Photograph

Elroy Public Library

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Description: Interior view of the Elroy Public Library. The library opened in 1908 and was funded by Andrew Carnegie with $10,000. On the lower right the cardboard back...
Photograph

League of Women Voters

Date: 02 20 1950
Description: League of Women Voters members Elizabeth Antonius (left), 221 South Owen Drive, and Josephine Jenkins, 2805 Sylvan Avenue, study a map in preparation for a...
Photograph

Madison Housing Authority Survey of Substandard Housing

Date: 03 16 1950
Description: Map of areas surveyed by block number as part of the Madison Housing Authority Survey of Substandard Housing.
Photograph

Madison Housing Authority Survey of Substandard Housing

Date: 03 16 1950
Description: Map of locations by block of dwellings rated as blighted as part of the Madison Housing Authority Survey of Substandard Housing.
Photograph

Madison Housing Authority Survey of Substandard Housing

Date: 03 16 1950
Description: Map of locations of blocks of dwellings rated as slums, as part of the Madison Housing Authority Survey of Substandard Housing.
Photograph

Madison Housing Authority Survey of Substandard Housing

Date: 03 16 1950
Description: Map of locations by blocks or areas of dwelling units in which violations of ordinance were apparent as part of the Madison Housing Authority Survey of Sub...
Photograph

Madison Housing Authority Survey of Substandard Housing

Date: 03 16 1950
Description: A chart showing distribution of 1,148 substandard dwelling units found in the survey area, by basic type of fault, as part of the Madison Housing Authority...
Drawing

Birds-Eye Drawing of "Folly Farm"

Date: 
Description: A pen drawing, in the style of a birds-eye map, of Frank and Delia King's estate Folly Farm in Kissimee, Florida.
Print

Back of 1960's Wisconsin Dells Brochure

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Description: Back fold of a Wisconsin Dells promotional brochure featuring a simplified Wisconsin highway map with directions to the Dells, and a drawing of a family dr...
Photograph

European Tour Group

Date: 05 02 1950
Description: Group portrait of young people from the Madison area who will travel together in Europe this summer. Standing, left to right: Helen Olson, Charles Sharpe, ...
Photograph

Morris H. Rubin

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Description: Portrait of Morris H. Rubin, editor of the Progressive Magazine. This photograph is thought to have been taken during the 1950s when Rubin was one o...
Photograph

Classroom at State School for the Deaf

Date: 1893
Description: Male and female students sitting in desks while writing on what appear to be slates. A group sitting in a circle at the back of the room are possibly pract...

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