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Postcard

Carson Gulley Catering Services

Date: 
Description: Carson Gulley, in chef's hat, is leaning out of the driver's side of his catering truck. The promotional card indicates that the chef specialized in large ...
Magazine or Periodical

Harper's Weekly Canal Drawing

Date: 08 02 1862
Description: Engraved view of several men in a long trench digging Grant's canal on the Mississippi River opposite Vicksburg.
Photograph

Tom Hayden

Date: 1964
Description: Tom Hayden, in the center wearing the dark shirt, looking at a police officer talking to four African-American men. Newark ERAP project. From the SDS colle...
Magazine or Periodical

The First Louisiana Native Guards

Date: 02 28 1863
Description: The First Regiment of the Louisiana Native Guards disembarking at Fort Macomb, Louisiana. The fort is adjacent to the Venetian Isles community, now legally...
Drawing

Tice and Grant Rescuing Dawson from the Raft

Date: 1857
Description: John Tice and Alexander Grant helping George W. Dawson from a floating piece of debris into a lifeboat after the sinking of the steamer Central America<...
Print

Merry Christmas

Date: 1978
Description: Holiday card showing four African Americans, two men and two women, sliding down a hill on a sled. More snow-covered hills are visible in the background. T...
Photograph

Sitting on a Sidewalk

Date: 1936
Description: Five people sitting on a sidewalk outside of a building. A woman stands on a stoop in the doorway.
Map or Atlas

Bohrod's America, Its History

Date: 1946
Description: This map shows scenes from America's history with names of historical events superimposed on a map of the United States.
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Front Page of Connections

Date: 1969
Description: Front page of Connections. Features a photograph of a group of people and two dogs walking down State Street, with the Wisconsin State Capitol in th...
Print

A Farm Family

Date: 1909
Description: A Southern African American family posing outdoors in front of their house. The children are in an oxcart in the foreground, and the parents are behind the...
Book or Pamphlet

The Greenfield Trailer Camp Incident — Cover and Back Pages

Date: 1949
Description: Front cover and back pages of brochure. Includes photographs and a political cartoon from the Milwaukee Journal.
Book or Pamphlet

The Greenfield Trailer Camp Incident — Inside Pages

Date: 1949
Description: Inside pages with articles and photographs from the Milwaukee Journal and Milwaukee Sentinel.

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