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New Science Hall, Chemical Laboratory & Machine Shop

Date: 1887
Description: Engraving of an elevated view of Science Hall, Chemical Laboratory and Machine Shop on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
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Wisconsin Printmakers Exhibition

Date: 10 09 1957
Description: The 19th annual Wisconsin Printmakers Exhibition was held for the first time at the Memorial Union. Two works by Alfred Sessler, a professor of art educati...
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Wisconsin Engraving Co. Group of Men

Date: 03 02 1934
Description: Wisconsin Engraving Co., 109 S. Carroll Street. Group portrait of seven men.
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Peshtigo Congregational Church

Date: 1871
Description: Wood engraving of the Congregationalist Church in Peshtigo. From the book "Sketch Of The Great Fires In Wisconsin".
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Chauncey Stewart, Wisconsin Engraving Company Artist

Date: 03 02 1934
Description: Chauncey D. Stewart, commercial artist on the staff of Wisconsin Engraving Co., 109 S. Carroll Street. He is at work on an illustration from which an engra...
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Wisconsin Printmakers Exhibition

Date: 10 09 1957
Description: The 19th annual Wisconsin Printmakers Exhibition was held for the first time at the Memorial Union. Gibson Byrd (left), Ellen Colescott and Warrington Cole...
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Tea Pot Exhibit at Wisconsin Historical Society

Date: 10 17 1957
Description: The history of tea service was shown by a display of tea pots in the Wisconsin Historical Society women's auxiliary exhibit, "Tides of Taste." The image sh...
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Double Portrait of Charles B. Aubrey

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Description: Waist up carte-de-visite portrait of Charles B. "Doc" Aubrey, 6th Wisconsin Infantry ("Iron Brigade") after the war. An engraving of Aubrey from 1862 is pr...
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Stripping and Printing a Negative

Date: 03 02 1934
Description: A man exposing a negative onto a zinc plate, in preparation for making a zinc etching at Wisconsin Engraving Co., 109 S. Carroll Street.
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General Atkinson's Victory over Black Hawk

Date: 1845
Description: Engraving depicting the defeat of Black Hawk by General Henry Atkinson at the Battle of Bad Axe on August 2, 1832. The engraving depicts Federal Regulars a...
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Making a Copper Etching

Date: 03 02 1934
Description: A skilled copper etcher holding a photograph and comparing it to an etched copper halftone, adding additional detail at Wisconsin Engraving Co., 109 S. Car...
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Finishing and Proofing

Date: 03 02 1934
Description: At the Wisconsin Engraving Co., 109 S. Carroll Street, as part of the finishing and proofing process, a worker is checking a halftone flat against the copy...
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Shooting a Negative

Date: 03 02 1934
Description: A man in the camera room at the Wisconsin Engraving Co. plant, 109 S. Carroll Street, is making a halftone negative, the first step in making a photo engra...
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Old Abe on Perch

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Description: A wood engraving of Old Abe, Civil War eagle mascot of the 8th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry.
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Exterior of Wisconsin Pearl Button Company

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Description: Drawing showing the entire exterior of Pearl Button Company.
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Preparing a Negative for Stripping

Date: 03 02 1934
Description: A man in the camera room at the Wisconsin Engraving Company plant, 109 S. Carroll Street, is coating the wet plate negative with rubber and collodion to ma...
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Villiage of Southport

Date: 10 1844
Description: A variant of a wood engraving dated October, 1844. Incorporated as the villige of Southport in 1841 (so-named because it was the southern-most natural harb...
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Engraver Paul Hennie

Date: 08 08 1950
Description: Paul Hennie, wholesale metal engraver, working on a large trophy in his office at 23 North Pickney Street.
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Eben and Roseline Peck Cabin

Date: 1877
Description: Engraving of the Peck Cabin, after the painting by Mrs. E.E. Bailey. Caption at bottom reads: "First House in Madison. 1837."
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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.

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