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Map or Atlas

University of Wisconsin Historical Decorative Map

Date: 1949
Description: Color bird's-eye map of the University of Wisconsin-Madison as it was midcentury, with two co-eds, several photographs of campus landmarks around edges, an...
Print

Fire Company Invitation

Date: 02 04 1864
Description: Embossed invitation to the fourth masquerade ball of the Madison Fire Engine Company #2. The invitation depicts a fire fighter on a ladder carrying a woman...
Print

Invitation to Fourth Annual Ball

Date: 1876
Description: Invitation to the annual ball at Turner Hall, sponsored by Madison's Andrew Proudfit Steam Fire Engine Company #2. The company, which was organized in 1870...
Postcard

Capitol Park Entrance

Date: 1912
Description: This card which is postmarked 1912 shows the zinc statutes on the stone gateways near the sidewalk at Monona Avenue (now Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.). Ori...
Print

Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 1887
Description: View of the third Wisconsin State Capitol from the pages of the Wisconsin Blue Book.
Painting

Wisconsin State Capitol Mural

Date: 1910
Description: Hugo Ballin's "Spirit of Labor" mural from the Wisconsin State Capitol building. Caption reads: "Spirit of Labor, by Hugo Ballin. Mural Decoration. Capitol...
Postcard

Wisconsin State Capitol Mural

Date: 1910
Description: Hugo Ballin's mural in the Wisconsin State Capitol building depicting "Wisconsin" as a regal woman with a child standing at her knee. Caption reads: "'Wisc...
Print

Van Slyke House

Date: 1973
Description: Illustration of the Van Slyke house at 510 North Carroll Street built by Napoleon Bonaparte Van Slyke in 1863.
Painting

Wisconsin State Capitol Mural

Date: 1910
Description: Mural within the Wisconsin State Capitol depicting two women as "The seeker of knowledge at the shrine of wisdom".
Print

Governor Barstow Inset

Date: 1857
Description: Inset of an engraved portrait of Governor William Barstow.
Print

Coles Bashford Inset

Date: 1857
Description: Inset of an engraved portrait of Governor Coles Bashford.
Book or Pamphlet

Farwell's Madison Mills

Date: 1851
Description: Engraving of the five-story tall mill erected at the outlet of the Yahara Creek by Leonard J. Farwell. This engraving appears in Statistics of Dane County,...
Print

Wisconsin State Capitol (Second) Engraving

Date: 1854
Description: Engraving of the first capitol building built in Madison used as an illustration by the Madison Mutual Insurance Company, a first insurance company, the di...
Photograph

Band Concert at Tenney Park

Date: 1912
Description: A group of formally dressed people gather at Tenney Park to hear a band concert.
Postcard

Park Hotel

Date: 1885
Description: Elevated view of the Park Hotel, with city traffic in the streets in the foreground. "'Park Hotel' South Corner Capitol Park." The reverse side gives a des...
Print

Pierce House

Date: 1973
Description: A sketch of the Pierce Residence at 424 North Pinckney Street. The house is sometimes referred to by the surnames of its other owners: McDonnell, Garnhardt...
Poster

McCarthy for U.S. Senator

Date: 11 05 1946
Description: Campaign poster for Republican candidate Joseph R. McCarthy, for U.S. Senate from Wisconsin. His image is a painted portrait.
Poster

"Big Deal Art: An Open Discussion..."

Date: 11 25 1970
Description: Poster advertising "'Big Deal Art' an open discussion with slides and films by" Dante Leonelli, a visiting professor to the University of Wisconsin-Madison...
Poster

University Catholic Center: Programs, 1970-71

Date: 11 24 1970
Description: Poster collage advertising events occurring at the University of Wisconsin-Madison University Catholic Center. Includes sermons, discussions and gathering...
Poster

Tayles and Strophe Concert Poster

Date: 11 03 1970
Description: Poster for a "Tayles and Strophe" concert, hosted by the Madison Musicians Co-Op, November 7, 1970, at the Great Hall in the University of Wisconsin-Madiso...

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