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Milwaukee Harvester Co. Catalog Covers

Date: 1897
Description: The left side (front cover) features a color illustration of a woman in a red dress who is holding up branches, and is wearing two gold colored bangles on ...
Print

7 oz. Holiday Beer Advertising Display Card

Date: 
Description: Die cut, scored advertising display card, of unfolded cardboard, with two pieces glued together. Includes an illustration of a woman pointing to a spot whi...
Poster

Secretaries of War

Date: 1943
Description: United States Army poster with an illustration of four women posing in front of a U.S. flag. The women are wearing Army identification badges on their shir...
Poster

"Das verbrecherische Leben des Archibaldo de la Cruz" (The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz) Film Poster

Date: 1964
Description: German poster for the Mexican film "Ensayo de un Crimen." Close-up photographic image of a hand gripping the illustration of a woman's neck against a white...
Poster

"Růžový Panther" (The Pink Panther) Film Poster

Date: 1966
Description: Czechoslovakian film poster for the American film. Photographic image of a smiling woman with an illustrated pink outfit in the form of a sphinx. She holds...
Poster

"Schade, dass du cine Kanaille bist" (Too Bad She's Bad) Film Poster

Date: 1964
Description: German film poster for the re-release of the Italian film, "Peccato che sia una canaglia." The top half of the poster of an illustration of a woman from he...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Mrs. Louise Lawrence Van Dyke

Date: 1937
Description: Newspaper halftone in Mrs. Louise Lawrence Van Dyke's obituary in the Milwaukee Sentinel. Portion of the text: "Liberal Donor to Charity. Mrs. Louis...
Print

Portrait of Irma Harding

Date: 1948
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Irma Harding, a fictitious person. This portrait was painted for International Harvester Company to be used by International...
Photograph

Freedom Fund Dinner Committee

Date: 1962
Description: The NAACP Milwaukee Branch's Freedom Fund Dinner Committee. The Freedom Fund Dinner is an annual NAACP fundraising event and awards ceremony for the organi...
Photograph

NAACP Milwaukee Branch Annual Dinner

Date: 12 11 1958
Description: Elevated view over people sitting at tables in front of the head table, at the NAACP Milwaukee Branch's 1958 Annual Dinner. Roy Wilkins, seated in the midd...
Photograph

NAACP Milwaukee Branch Annual Dinner

Date: 12 11 1958
Description: Slightly elevated group portrait of diners at the NAACP Milwaukee Branch's 1958 Annual Dinner.
Photograph

Wesley Scott, Geraldine Wilson, and Gwendolyn Gilbert

Date: 04 08 1974
Description: Group portrait of three people seated at a dining table. Wesley Scott, executive director of the Milwaukee Urban League, is facing Geraldine Wilson, who wa...
Photograph

Freddie Mae Hill

Date: 1928
Description: Quarter-length profile portrait of Freddie Mae Hill, the first African-American resident of Madison to graduate from the University of Wisconsin, Madison H...
Photograph

Tommy Thompson and Ernest Borgnine

Date: 07 28 1998
Description: Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson, on the left, and actor Ernest Borgnine, on the right, sitting together. Thompson is gesturing with his hand and Borgnine...
Print

School for the Oral Instruction of the Deaf

Date: 1885
Description: Formal group portrait of the students attending the Milwaukee Day School for the Oral Instruction of the Deaf. The first public day school for the deaf, es...
Postcard

Qua-bas-er-o-qua

Date: 1908
Description: Photographic postcard of Qua-bas-er-o-qua, an Ojibwa (Chippewa) woman. She is seated on the ground in a low woven chair, and is wearing traditional clothin...
Historical Object

Presidental Political Campaign Ephemera

Date: 11 02 1992
Description: The cover of a November 1992 edition of "The New Yorker" magazine. On the left side, down the spine, are jack-o-lanterns, bats, and ghosts with a torn loo...
Poster

Women! Help America's Sons Win the War

Date: 1917
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of a woman reaching her hands towards the viewer. Behind her is an American flag, and behind it are various battle scenes....
Poster

Buy United States Government War Savings Stamps

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of a line of people waiting to buy war savings stamps. The clothing and jewelry of the people suggests they are of varied ...
Poster

The Queen of Belgium Appealed to the Red Cross to Aid in Saving the Children

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of a woman and two children standing together. The woman is wearing a Red Cross hat. There Red Cross insignia is in the up...

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