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Theodatus Garlick, Sculptor and Plastic Surgeon

Date: 1872
Description: Reproduction of a carte-de-visite portrait of Theodatus Garlick (1805-1884), American surgeon and sculptor. Based in Cleveland, Ohio, Garlick was one of th...
Magazine or Periodical

"International Harvester World: The Red Pylon... Symbol of Postwar Progress" Article Cover

Date: 03 1948
Description: The "International Harvester World" title page and cover image for the magazine edition and "International Harvester World: The red pylon... symbol of post...
Poster

"A Midsummer Night's Dream" Poster

Date: 04 1971
Description: Poster announcing a performance of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream," at Broom Street Theater in Madison, Wisconsin. Performed by the Broom Street ...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Painesville Memorial Chapel

Date: 07 20 1942
Description: Newspaper clipping giving information about the chapel. Above the article is a photograph of a meeting in progress.
Magazine or Periodical

Gaylord Nelson Newsletter

Date: 05 1970
Description: The front page of "The Gaylord Nelson Newsletter" announcing Earth Day 1970, with the headline: "Mass Movement Begins."
Poster

The Buffalo Shoppe Poster

Date: 08 1972
Description: Poster advertising The Buffalo Shoppe at 1348 Williamson Street, in Madison, Wisconsin. Featured antiques, and an old time photo studio, with photos taken ...
Poster

Boycott Polaroid

Date: 12 29 1970
Description: Poster advocating the boycott of Polaroid cameras due to the company's supposed involvement in South Africa's apartheid regime. A list of grievances and de...
Poster

Young Socialist Alliance Convention

Date: 12 15 1970
Description: Poster advertising a Young Socialist Alliance convention in New York. Topics such as "international report, anti-war, black struggle, women's liberation, a...
Poster

Black and White Photography Contest

Date: 02 12 1971
Description: Poster advertising a black and white photography contest sponsored by the Union Crafts Committee. Winning photographs would be exhibited in the Union Galle...
Print

A Vivid 1948

Date: 1948
Description: Holiday card that depicts a slide projector. The blue holder, which has a slide projector printed on it, has a die cut window that holds a transparent disk...
Postcard

Hayward Indian School Students

Date: 1889
Description: Three-quarter length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of five Hayward Indian School students, possibly a basketball team, from L to R: John C...
Print

How To Sit For Your Photograph

Date: 
Description: An advertisement on the back of a carte-de-visite that describes "How to sit for your Photograph."
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Final Daily Print Edition of "The Capital Times" Newspaper

Date: 04 26 2008
Description: The front page of the final daily print edition of "The Capital Times."
Photograph

Peter Schuster Family

Date: 1870
Description: A family portrait of the Peter Schuster Family in front of a painted backdrop.
Map or Atlas

Index to Color Photography, Madison, Wisconsin

Date: 1975
Description: This bird’s-eye-view map is a series of photographs compiled to show local streets and buildings.
Poster

"Černý Petr" (Black Peter) Film Poster

Date: 1964
Description: Czechoslovakian film poster with a white background and black lettering. Along the bottom is a photographic image of three young men and a woman talking, s...
Poster

"Milenka" (The Mistress) Film Poster

Date: 1963
Description: Czechoslovakian film poster for the Swedish film "Alskarinnan." At the top is a cutout heart framing the waist-up photographic image of a naked woman (face...
Poster

"Přisně tajné" (For Eyes Only) Film Poster

Date: 1963
Description: Czechoslovakian film poster for the German film "Streng Geheim." Features a grainy photographic image of a hand and a face. The hand is holding a black and...
Poster

"Vojandy" (The Camp Followers) Film Poster

Date: 1966
Description: Czechoslovakian film poster for the Italian film "Le Soldatesse." A small photographic cut-out image of a woman's legs, along with an equally small cut-out...
Poster

"Mamma Roma" Film Poster

Date: 1963
Description: Czechoslovakian film poster for an Italian film. Photographic close-up image of a woman holding her hand up to her face.

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