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Front of Hillside Portfolio

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Description: The front of the portfolio envelope for views of Hillside Home School.
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Inside Portfolio of Hillside

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Description: Inside of the portfolio envelope for view of Hillside Home School.
Photograph

Side Altar at St. Joseph Chapel

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Description: Side altar in the chapel at St. Joseph Orphan Home. A large angel statue is on the right and a statue of the Virgin Mary is central.
Photograph

Side Altar at St. Joseph Chapel

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Description: A side altar in the chapel at St. Joseph Orphan Home. A large angel statue is on the left with several saints as the central image.
Photograph

Main Altar at St. Joseph Chapel

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Description: The main altar in the chapel at St. Joseph Orphan Home.
Book or Pamphlet

Petroglyph Designs

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Description: A variety of petroglyph designs originating on the Marquesas Islands.
Magazine or Periodical

Freemasons' Monthly Magazine

Date: 04 01 1851
Description: Cover of Freemasons' Monthly Magazine, Vol. X, No. VI. Highly decorated with scrollwork and Freemason symbols.
Photograph

Dane County Public Buildings

Date: 1911
Description: A decorative page featuring Dane County public buildings, including a court house, a jail, the poor farm building, and two views of an asylum.
Photograph

Verona and Vienna Schools

Date: 1911
Description: A decorative page with photographs of school buildings in the township of Verona and Vienna. Some of the photographs have groups of students with their tea...
Book or Pamphlet

Wisconsin Mushrooms

Date: 1937
Description: Cover of the book "Wisconsin Mushrooms" by the Federal Writers' Project in Wisconsin and bound by Milwaukee Handicraft Project. The cover features a woodcu...
Print

J.P.M. Olsen Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of J.P.M. Olsen, painter, paper-hanger, and decorator from Durholm, Wisconsin (previously of Milltown, Wisconsin). There is a profile image of a...
Print

Tried by Fire Advertising

Date: 1886
Description: Cover of an advertising pamphlet for Susan Frackelton's Tried by Fire. The ad features quotations from reviews and drawings of several medals won by...
Book or Pamphlet

Frackelton Design

Date: 1886
Description: Color plate number III from Susan Frackelton's Tried by Fire showing a Vinenna style of decoration.
Print

The Pet Bird

Date: 01 1852
Description: A colored engraving depicting a bird under a glass dome with flowers and plants on a decorative shelf.
Map or Atlas

Historical and Illustrated Map of Watertown Wisconsin

Date: 1940
Description: This map of Watertown pictorially shows historic buildings, locations, and events with dates. The map is printed in brown ink with the border printed in gr...
Postcard

Patriotic Shrine

Date: 1950
Description: View of the Patriotic Shrine on the grounds of the Dickeyville Grotto. The shrine, which was created by Father Matthias Wernerus in 1929-30, honors Columbu...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Hosiery Logo

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Description: An oval-shaped blue and white logo depicting a woman holding a stocking over her head. Buildings, the sun, and waves are behind her. The text reads: "Wear ...
Manuscript

Company B, 49th Reg. Wisconsin Infantry Roster

Date: 1865
Description: A Civil War roster commemorating the soldiers of Company B in the 49th Reg. Wisconsin Infantry. There is an eagle at center top with a banner that reads: "...

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