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Imperial Hotel Brochure

Date: 1935
Description: English-language brochure advertising Frank Lloyd Wright's Imperial Hotel in Tokyo, Japan, with front cover illustration and back cover schedule of events.
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Imperial Hotel Brochure

Date: 1935
Description: Inside pages of English-language brochure advertising Frank Lloyd Wright's Imperial Hotel in Tokyo, Japan.
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McCormick End of the Century Catalog Cover, French Edition

Date: 1900
Description: Color lithograph cover illustration of the French edition of a McCormick catalog, showing a man driving a McCormick reaper through a parade at the 1900 Wor...
Poster

"Why The Bombing"

Date: 08 24 1971
Description: A special issue of the Madison Kaleidoscope which features poetry and an article about the bombing of the Army Mathematics Research Center located i...
Postcard

Hillside Home Building

Date: 
Description: The first building built for the Hillside Home School, 4 Miles from Spring Green. Exterior view of the Hillside Home Building, a Shingle Style building, de...
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Railroad Bridge

Date: 1907
Description: View over water towards a railroad bridge over a river. Trees and shrubs are along the banks of the river. There are buildings in the distance behind the b...
Map or Atlas

Official Map Wisconsin Centennial Exposition August 7-29

Date: 1948
Description: This map of the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition is oriented with north to the right. The right hand margin includes "Outstanding Events of the Grandstand P...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Crowd on Bascom Hill at Lincoln Monument

Date: 11 26 1963
Description: Original UPI Wirephoto transmission. Caption reads: "Even the statue of Abraham Lincoln on the University of Wisconsin campus seemed more somber 11/25 than...
Book or Pamphlet

Columbian Calendar Back Cover

Date: 1892
Description: Back cover of calendar, with the text: "Hail Columbia, Happy Land!" Features a bird's-eye illustration of the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition (World's Fa...
Postcard

Bird's Eye View of Clintonville

Date: 1910
Description: Black and white elevated view of town. Caption reads: "Bird's [sic] Eye View of Clintonville, Wis."
Postcard

Trees for Tomorrow Environmental Center

Date: 1960
Description: Aerial view of the Trees for Tomorrow Environmental Center, with buildings, grounds, roads, and the Eagle River. Founded in 1944.
Map or Atlas

Bird’s Eye View of Lake Geneva, Walworth Co., Wis.

Date: 1882
Description: This pictorial bird's-eye-view map shows buildings, streets, and railroads. Included are illustrations and an index to points of interest. The bottom of th...
Poster

"Die Hand in der Falle" (The Hand in the Trap) Film Poster

Date: 1966
Description: German film poster for the Argentine film, "La mano en la trampa." Black and white photographic image of a woman standing and wearing a dress with the rota...
Map or Atlas

Bird's Eye View of a Section of Greater Nakoma, Madison, Wisconsin

Date: 1920
Description: This hand-colored bird's-eye-view map shows roads, parks, golf club, schools, buildings, landscaping, and part of Lake Wingra.
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Christmas Card

Date: 
Description: Four-fold, copy art Christmas card made by Sid with two photographs of damaged commercial buildings after a fire. In one image, Sid stands on the slushy st...
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Appleton, Wis.

Date: 1874
Description: Birds-eye view of Appleton Wisconsin. In the foreground are people fishing, strolling, and looking over the canal towards the Fox River. Streets and buildi...
Postcard

Greetings . . . Gills Rock

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Description: A color aerial view of Gills Rock from Green Bay. Washington Island and Lake Michigan are along the horizon. An excursion boat is docked at the landing. Ca...
Book or Pamphlet

Henry Vilas Park Zoo Map

Date: 11 1964
Description: Fold-out map of the zoo inside a publication titled: "Henry Vilas Park Zoo: An Instructive Book on the Origin and Habits of Animals." Includes Lake Wingra,...
Postcard

La Crosse, Aerial View

Date: 1942
Description: Black and white aerial view of La Crosse and the Mississippi River, including Riverside Park, the Black River and La Crosse River.
Poster

There Are Some Things in War Worse than Bullets!

Date: 1918
Description: Poster with an illustration of soldiers marching toward a building. The building is marked "Army Y.M.C.A." Poster text reads: "There Are Some Things in War...

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