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Postcard

"Buffalo Bill" Cody

Date: 
Description: Postcard reproduction of a portrait of William Frederick Cody from the T.B. Walker Collection.
Photograph

Two Men and a Woman Dressed for "Romance of the Reaper"

Date: 1929
Description: A production still for the Fox Hearst film "Romance of the Reaper." The film was produced by International Harvester at Walnut Grove to celebrate the Reape...
Poster

"The Last Poets and Black Haze"

Date: 1970
Description: A poster promoting an event which reads, "Afro Center Presents The Last Poets & *Black Haze." The event was held in the B-10 Commerce Building on Sunday, D...
Poster

"Matterplay"

Date: 01 26 1971
Description: Poster advertising Matterplay at 321 Gorham Street, Madison, Wisconsin. The poster features a combination of fantasy and realism in its representation of s...
Photograph

Portrait of a Ho-Chunk Group in Regalia

Date: 
Description: Copy print portrait of six Ho-Chunk men, two women, and a girl all dressed in regalia including bandoleers, jewelry, facial paint, and feathers in their ha...
Photograph

Grand Army of the Republic, Samuel Harrison Post No. 91

Date: 1896
Description: Portraits of the members of the Samuel Harrison Post No. 91 of De Pere, Wisconsin from 1883-1896.
Photograph

Automobile Club Members

Date: 10 10 1966
Description: Four auto club members work on a 1932 Ford Coupe. Rick Burkee (right, foreground) and Robin Friberg work on engine parts as Greg Beaster polishes the car h...
Photograph

Group with Deer in front of House

Date: 1905
Description: The family hunters and their deer in front of a house.
Photograph

Soldier and Indigenous Men Watch Planes on Airfield

Date: 08 15 1943
Description: A soldier and four indigenous men shade their eyes as they watch planes take off and land at the Kiriwina Airfield on Kiriwina Island in the Solomon Sea, N...
Photograph

Robert Doyle and Indigenous Man

Date: 01 07 1943
Description: Text attached to a print made from the negative reads, "This photo of me with a Papuan native carrier was made near Buna early in January. This fellow with...
Photograph

Indigenous Boys Help Soldiers

Date: 1942
Description: Indigenous men help 32nd Division soldiers from units, originally from Wisconsin, who paddle in collapsible canvas boats to small coastal vessels. The man ...
Photograph

Robert Doyle Interviews a Soldier

Date: 02 10 1943
Description: Robert Doyle interviews Private Floyd Flayter, (shirtless) of Milwaukee, Wisconsin at a training ground somewhere in Australia. A firearm is laying on the ...
Photograph

Carl Sandburg Poses with Two Guides

Date: 06 06 1953
Description: Carl Sandburg posing with two of the guides at Wade house during his visit to the restored stagecoach inn for its dedication as a historic site. Speaking a...
Photograph

Dorothy Knowles Hunting with Dogs

Date: 1968
Description: Former First Lady Dorothy Knowles hunting with two dogs. She is posed aiming her gun. There is snow on the ground and trees in the background.
Photograph

Richard Caddell

Date: 1864
Description: Carte-de-visite studio portrait of 1st Lieutenant Richard Cadell seated in a chair and wearing his military uniform. He holds a rifle in his right hand and...
Poster

"Winter Wind" Film Poster

Date: 1970
Description: Grove Press International Film Festival film poster for the French-Hungarian film, "Sirokkó." Illustrated image of the faces of two women and a man, with o...
Poster

"Antonio das Mortes" Film Poster

Date: 1970
Description: Grove Press International Film Festival film poster for the Brazilian film, "O Dragão da Maldade contra o Santo Guerreiro." Illustrated image in black and ...
Photograph

Assaying Gold in Alaska

Date: 1901
Description: Dr. A.N. Kittelsen (left) seated at the table, his brother Bernhardt Kittelsen (right) seated on a fur covered bed, both of Stoughton, Wis. and Norman Torr...
Photograph

Carl Peterson at his Desk

Date: 
Description: Carl Peterson relaxing in a rocking chair at his desk. He is smoking a pipe and gazing up at a pair of mounted deer horns holding a fishing pole and rifle....
Photograph

Leta with Rifle

Date: 1910
Description: Leta von der Sump posing outdoors holding a rifle. She is wearing a blouse with necktie, a long skirt and a hat. There is a fence and trees behind her.

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