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Drawing

Barman — Jack

Date: 1932
Description: Jack bartending at The Dizzy Club.
Painting

Bark Shelter

Date: 1997
Description: A watercolor of a shelter made of bark with child inside of it.
Photograph

Aerial View of the Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 1930
Description: Aerial view of the Wisconsin State Capitol looking west south-west.
Print

McCormick Harvesting Machine Company Flyer

Date: 1882
Description: Report of field trial victories by McCormick harvesting machines. Headline reads: "Preliminary Skirmishing All Along the Southern Line."
Map or Atlas

Dairy Progress Map

Date: 1918
Description: Map illlustrates creameries, condenseries and cheese factories in Wisconsin, January, 1918, and value of products. Five smaller maps in margin show changes...
Photograph

Frank Weber

Date: 
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Frank Weber wearing a bow tie.
Manuscript

State of Georgia Secession Ordinance

Date: 01 22 1861
Description: "Republic of Georgia. Ordinance of Secession , passed Jan'ry 19, 1861. With the names of the signers. Decorative broadside.
Drawing

Dress Costume Design for "Hawaii"

Date: 1966
Description: Pencil and watercolor costume design sketch by Dorothy Jeakins for a cotton print dress for Jerusha Bromley in the film "Hawaii" (Mirisch 1966). A swatch o...
Drawing

"Artists and Models"

Date: 1955
Description: Sketch for a costume for Dean Martin in the film "Artists and Models" done by Edith Head. The costume is a painter's smock worn with pants and includes a l...
Poster

Dane County Fair Poster

Date: 1917
Description: Advertisement featuring a painting by artist Henry Mosler, dated 1915, titled "The Stars and Stripes Forever." In the painting a young man dressed in cut-o...
Poster

Havana La Palomas — Ed Hamman Baseball Clown

Date: 
Description: Promotional poster created by Globe Poster Corporation announcing a baseball game between the Havana La Palomas, of the Independent Negro League, and the W...
Poster

Verdugos de la Clase Obrera!

Date: 1989
Description: Poster identifying individuals as "executioners of the working class." The poster then says "We demand wage increases, no more demagogy or repression." The...
Poster

Represivos!

Date: 
Description: Poster identifying a list of people (and the Ministry of Work) as "repressive." The poster then promises "we will fight until we succeed." Original poster ...

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