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Prison Industries

Date: 1961
Description: Punch press equipment at one of the Wisconsin prisons used for the manufacture of license plates and traffic signs. This photograph appeared in a 1961 publ...
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Robert Bloch at Typewriter

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Description: Robert Albert Bloch, author of Psycho, surrounded by tall bookshelves full of books, is sitting in front of a typewriter with an open cigarette case...
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Thurston Good Luck Card

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Description: Two-sided playing card used for advertising by magician Howard Thurston (d. 1936), arguably the greatest magician of his day. The reverse side of the card ...
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Fuller Clover Machine

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Description: Front and back of advertising card. The front features a color illustration of a man and woman standing in a field of red flowers. The back of the card fea...
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Group Portrait of Three Men and a Woman

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Description: Group portrait of three men, one standing, posing around a woman who is sitting in the center in front of a painted backdrop. The group is formally dressed...
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Dr. Henry William Abraham

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Description: Vignetted waist-up portrait of Dr. Henry William Abraham, a German immigrant, physician, and president of the Fox River Valley Medical Society.

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