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Poster

Genesis IV Film Poster

Date: 1971
Description: Poster advertising for Genesis IV, a showcase of short films presented at the Madison Art Center. Features a colorful pop comic image of figures from movie...
Book or Pamphlet

Pabst Grand Circle

Date: 1907
Description: Exterior view of the Pabst Grand Circle Hotel and Majestic Theater. Streetcars, automobiles, carriages, horses and pedestrians line the streets. The marqui...
Photograph

Street Scene

Date: 1895
Description: Promotional card created to advertize land in northern Wisconsin

Caption: STREET SCENE IN MEDFORD, TAYLOR COUNTY, WISCONSIN. - This view of one of the bu...

Postcard

Main Street, looking North from Sheboygan Street

Date: 
Description: View of Main Street with the Retlaw Theater on the right. Automobiles and street car tracks are in the center of the street. Caption reads: "Main Street, l...
Postcard

Hotel Monterey

Date: 1930
Description: Colorized postcard view of a six-story corner hotel. Automobiles are parked at the curb. The cinema next door is showing Richard Arlen in "Burning Up." Cap...
Postcard

The New Kenosha Theatre

Date: 1927
Description: Illustration of the New Kenosha Theatre. The marquee is advertising "Swim, Girl, Swim" with Bebe Daniels. An advertisement is painted on the left side of t...
Postcard

Main Street, Looking West

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of a central business district. The Majestic theater is on the left, and a furniture store is on the right. A street car, pedestrians and aut...
Postcard

State Street

Date: 1980
Description: Elevated view of State Street from Fairchild Street to Bascom Hill. The Orpheum and the Civic Center are in the foreground.
Postcard

Ascher's Capitol Theatre and South Eighth Street

Date: 1932
Description: View across street toward the Capitol Theatre on the left side of the street, with a marquee that reads: "Within the Law" starring Norma Talmadge. Caption ...
Postcard

Hotel Racine

Date: 1938
Description: View of the Hotel Racine with a yellow and red side bar on the right. Lake Michigan is in the background. Text reads: "Hotel Racine, Overlooking Lake Michi...
Postcard

Dairy Milk Parade

Date: 1930
Description: Text on front reads: "North Eighth Street, Sheboygan, Wis." There is also a Verifine Food Products logo with the text: "Equal to Any-Better than Many" in t...
Postcard

North Eighth Street

Date: 1958
Description: Text on reverse reads: "North 8th Street, Sheboygan, Wisconsin." View down center of a busy street lined with commercial buildings. Automobiles are parked ...

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