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Photograph

Aunt Jen's Room

Date: 1898
Description: Interior view of Aunt Jen's room at Hillside Home School, an early progressive school operated by Ellen and Jane Lloyd Jones, aunts of Frank Lloyd Wright. ...
Print

McCormick Catalog Art

Date: 1890
Description: Lithograph illustration for the back cover of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company catalog. Shows a gentleman sitting in a Victorian parlor pointing to...
Print

John Adams

Date: 1862
Description: Engraving from a painting of John Adams. Inscription reads: "John Adams From a Painting by Chappel, in the possession of the Publishers. Johnson, Fry & C...
Print

John Adams

Date: 
Description: Engraving by R.E. Babson of painting of John Adams by G. Stuart, with inset of "Talleyrand Receiving the American Envoys, 1797."
Print

Thomas Jefferson Seated with Quill Pen

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Description: Engraving from a painting of Thomas Jefferson, seated with books and writing implements.
Print

Drafting the Declaration of Independence

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Description: An engraving of Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Philip Livingston, and Roger Sherman, drafters of the Declaration of Independence gathered...
Painting

George Washington

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Description: Full-length portrait engraving of George Washington seated with books and saber, from a painting by Chappel.
Postcard

Appleton Public Library

Date: 1905
Description: The interior of the Appleton Public Library. Caption reads: "Interior of Public Library, Appleton, Wis."
Book or Pamphlet

Wisconsin--de Haas Title Page

Date: 1848
Description: Title page for the book "Nord-Amerika, Wisconsin, Calumet," by Dr. Carl de Haas.
Book or Pamphlet

Title Page of Wisconsin: Geography and Topography

Date: 1846
Description: Title page of the book "Wisconsin: Geography and Topography".
Book or Pamphlet

Bascom Autograph

Date: 1885
Description: The cover of a book entitled "Hero-Worship" written by John Bascom, with his autograph to Breese Stevens in the upper righthand corner. The autograph reads...
Postcard

Walter and Virginia Ross at Ross Teal Lake Lodge

Date: 1948
Description: Walter and Virginia Ross relaxing indoors by the fireplace at Ross Teal Lake Lodge. Caption reads: "Mr. & Mrs. W.R. Ross at Ross' Teal Lake Lodge on Teal L...
Photograph

Richland Center Carnegie Library

Date: 1911
Description: Interior view of the Carnegie Library, Richland Center, WI. Two people are seated at a table reading at the far left. A frieze decorates the wall above a d...
Print

Communist Manifesto Brochure

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Description: Anti-Communist brochure printed and distributed by the Warner Electric Brake & Clutch Company of Beloit, Wisconsin.
Book or Pamphlet

Cover of The McCarthy Record

Date: 06 1952
Description: Cover of The McCarthy Record depicting the United States Capitol building and several government documents.
Print

Clare Briggs Book Cover

Date: 1922
Description: Front cover for a book version of the popular comic strip by Clare Briggs (1875-1930), who was raised in Reedsburg, Wisconsin.
Book or Pamphlet

The Emigrant's Hand Book and Guide To Wisconsin

Date: 1851
Description: First page of the Hand Book to Wisconsin.
Book or Pamphlet

"Ideals of the Ku Klux Klan" Cover

Date: 1926
Description: Cover art of a pamphlet called "Religious and Patriotic Ideals of the Ku Klux Klan" (KKK), author W. C. (Walter Carl) Wright, featuring an image of the Ame...
Poster

"The Last Poets and Black Haze"

Date: 1970
Description: A poster promoting an event which reads, "Afro Center Presents The Last Poets & *Black Haze." The event was held in the B-10 Commerce Building on Sunday, D...
Book or Pamphlet

German Immigration Brochure Cover

Date: 1868
Description: Cover of a brochure in German for Wisconsin immigration.

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