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Poster

International Harvester Refrigeration Advertisement

Date: 1953
Description: International Harvester Decorator Refrigerator advertisement featured in the Saturday Evening Post, Better Homes and Gardens, and Ladies' ...
Map or Atlas

Welcome to Madison and to the State Medical Society of Wisconsin : 330 East Lakeside Street, City Map, Medical Points of Interest

Date: 1953
Description: This map shows locations of State Medical Society, nine medical facilities, two University of Wisconsin buildings, four transportation centers, and five ho...
Photograph

Graffiti on a Wall in Europe

Date: 1953
Description: Graffiti on wall which reads: “RUS GO HOME, US stay here for liberty.” In Europe, probably France or Germany.
Photograph

Executives with Snapping Turtle

Date: 1953
Description: Two executives standing in a parking lot behind the Gisholt Machine Company. The man on the left is standing with his hands behind his back. The man on th...
Photograph

R-120 Truck with Pickup Body

Date: 1953
Description: R-120 truck with pickup body parked outdoors. A man is loading or unloading the truck in front of the open door. Above the door is a sign that reads: "Toll...
Photograph

L-120 Truck STD Model with Stake Body

Date: 1953
Description: Three-quarter view from front right of a man loading or unloading a L-120 STD model truck with stake body. The truck is backed into the open door of a bric...
Photograph

R-120 Truck with Panel Body

Date: 1953
Description: Slightly elevated view from street of an R-120 truck with panel body parked at the curb. A man is walking from the truck down the front walk of a house. He...
Photograph

R-Line Trucks

Date: 1953
Description: Elevated view of five R-Line trucks parked in a row outdoors. Five men are sitting in the driver's seats of each truck.
Photograph

R-110 Truck with Pickup Body

Date: 1953
Description: Three-quarter view from front of driver's side of R-110 Truck with pickup body traveling along a road. The bed has raised sides with gates, and two animals...
Photograph

RBA-140 Milk Delivery Truck

Date: 1953
Description: Three-quarter view from front of driver's side of a RBA-140 Milk Delivery Truck. A man, wearing a white uniform with a hat and a bow tie, is sitting in the...
Drawing

Santa Claus Riding a Turret Lathe

Date: 1953
Description: Composite drawing of Santa Claus riding a Gisholt Machine Company lathe as a sleigh and holding a starred whip in hand to guide a team of eight flying rein...
Print

Ice Chipper Annual Hookeree Invitation

Date: 1953
Description: Two-fold, imprinted invitation in gold ink on off-white card stock to the annual Ice Chipper event. The cover graphic is humorous play on the fisherman as ...
Print

Ice Chipper Annual Hookeree Invitation

Date: 1953
Description: Two-fold, imprinted invitation in black ink on off-white card stock to the annual Ice Chipper event. Inside text are the poetic details for the Hookeree fi...
Map or Atlas

Scenic Southwest Wisconsin

Date: 1953
Description: This map shows the locations of many scenic areas in La Crosse, Vernon, Crawford, Richland, Grant, and Iowa Counties. On the front side of the map, there i...
Photograph

Muir Locust

Date: 1953
Description: A man and three women standing at the base of a large tree, identified as the Muir Locust. The tree grew along Observatory Drive on the University of Wisco...
Postcard

Official Marker; The Old Wade House

Date: 1953
Description: The Historical Marker for the Old Wade House State Park. A man and woman are standing in front of the sign, and in the background are picnic tables on a la...
Postcard

Wade House; Barroom

Date: 1953
Description: Kodachrome postcard of the barroom, with two male mannequins in period dress standing at the bar. Text on reverse reads: "The Wade House is one of the f...
Photograph

"Run for the Hills" Publicity Still

Date: 1953
Description: Publicity still of Barbara Payton, Sonny Tufts, and another man in the film "Run for the Hills." Tufts is wearing a leopard print tunic, and Payton is wear...
Photograph

War Dance at Stand Rock Indian Ceremonial

Date: 1953
Description: A group of Native American Indians, dressed in ceremonial clothing, perform the War Dance at the Stand Rock Indian Ceremonial.
Postcard

Moonlight Silhouette — Conference Point Camp on Lake Geneva, Williams Bay

Date: 1953
Description: Nighttime elevated view of the lake through trees. Conference Point is on the far shoreline. Caption reads: "Moonlight Silhouette — Conference Point ...

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