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Men and Women Posing with Canvas Cutout

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Description: A group portrait in a studio of four women and three men posing behind a canvas with comical drawings of characters with the faces cutout.
Poster

Peter Saul Visiting Artist Poster

Date: 1975
Description: Poster publicizing a lecture by Peter Saul, a visiting artist in the University of Wisconsin-Madison art department. Features a crude cartoon of a woman ho...
Photograph

Ken Ernest Sketching University of Wisconsin Co-eds

Date: 02 05 1947
Description: Cartoonist Ken Ernst and five University of Wisconsin Badger Beauties, one of whom he will select to be cast as one of the characters in his "Mary Worth" ...
Photograph

"Pollywoggles"

Date: 1911
Description: Several women and one man wade in Lake Flora Dell. Delia Drew King is second from left, in a white straw hat. A hand-drawn caption beneath the photograph r...
Postcard

Mader's Famous Restaurant

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Description: The postcard has a drawing of a woman looking through a lorgnette. Text on front reads, in part: "See for yourself, Lady . . . There are persons old enough...
Photograph

Gathering at Turner's Grove

Date: 07 04 1904
Description: A crowd of men, women and children have gathered in a clearing in a wooded area for a July 4 celebration. Sunlight passing through an American flag highlig...
Photograph

Ken Ernst Sketching Ruth Schmitt

Date: 02 05 1947
Description: Cartoonist Ken Ernst sketching Badger Beauty Ruth Schmitt whom he selected to represent a new character in his comic strip "Mary Worth".
Photograph

Group Photo of Harold Gauer's Friends

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Description: Large group of Harold Gauer's friends. In the front row from left to right are Bob Vail, Marion Bloch, Mary Jo Vonier, Angie Vail, an unidentified woman, a...
Print

Cartoon of Jefferson Davis

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Description: Carte-de-visite cartoon drawing of Jefferson Davis, being captured by Union troops while wearing a dress and escorted by other women. Titled "A So Called P...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Underground Newspaper Cover: The Madison Bugle-American

Date: 09 16 1970
Description: Cover of "The Madison Bugle-American," an underground newspaper, featuring a cartoon of a businessman holding a leashed dog, a woman in a lounge dress smok...
Photograph

Walt Kelly on Book Tour

Date: 09 26 1952
Description: Cartoonist Walt Kelly draws small sketches of Pogo and signs autographs for two fans.
Photograph

"Make America Hate Again" Political Poster

Date: 03 29 2016
Description: A young woman is holding a sign which reads: "Make America Hate Again," along with the hashtag: "#DumpTrump." It includes an image of Donald Trump breathin...
Photograph

"Gone"

Date: 02 04 1944
Description: A warplane with nose art depicting a reclining woman in the "pin-up style" with the text, "Gone," at an airbase near Port Moresby, New Guinea (present day ...
Print

Loyal to the Union, State of Wisconsin

Date: 1860
Description: Miss Columbia stands on the left, she holds the Wisconsin state seal in her left hand and a Union flag in her right. A liberty cap on a pole leans on the s...
Print

Wisconsin Loyal To The Union

Date: 1860
Description: Miss Columbia, seated on a platform, is holding a banner with stars and the text, "WISCONSIN LOYAL TO THE UNION." Behind her are an American eagle and fede...
Photograph

Warplane Nose Art

Date: 02 04 1944
Description: A warplane with nose art depicting a flying woman in the "pin-up style," at an airbase near Port Moresby, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). She is...
Photograph

"Windy City Kitty"

Date: 11 17 1943
Description: Mechanic Sergeant Raymond Smith of Ontario, Wisconsin, stands next to the nose art, "Windy City Kitty," depicting a naked woman in the "pin-up style" on th...
Photograph

Jaycettes' Fashion Show

Date: 04 19 1950
Description: Three of the models participating in the Jaycettes' fashion show admire a large-sized cartoon that will be used in the show, inspired by State Journal cart...
Photograph

Walt Kelly & Pogo on Book Tour

Date: 09 26 1952
Description: Walt Kelly posing with a Pogo impersonator (left), Jo Ingelfield (center), who was selected to be Pogo's first lady if he successfully won his campaign for...
Print

The Loyal States, Union, Wisconsin

Date: 1860
Description: Miss Columbia, holding a Union flag with a liberty cap on the pole is leaning on the Wisconsin state seal, with a Confederate flag under her foot. The tex...

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