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"Up Against the Wall"

Date: 11 20 1970
Description: A uniquely-cut advertising for the People's Radio Station that reads "Up Against the Wall."
Print

McCormick's Prize Harvesters

Date: 1868
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for C.H. McCormick and Brothers, featuring an engraved illustration of man operating a horse-drawn mower. Includes the text...
Photograph

Gauer Photomontage

Date: 
Description: A photomontage made by Harold Gauer featuring his face added onto the body of a child, juxtaposed with the text: "victim of a man-made disaster," and "Anta...
Photograph

Before and After

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Description: A before and after depiction, perhaps a collage, where the "before" is a man wearing boxing gear, including a helmet and a jockstrap, and the "after" is a ...
Print

Women for a Peaceful Christmas Bumper Sticker

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Description: Bumper sticker bearing a Christmas tree logo and the slogan "No more shopping days 'til peace."
Historical Object

Women for a Peaceful Christmas Button

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Description: Button bearing a Christmas tree logo and the slogan "No more shopping days 'til peace."
Print

Women for a Peaceful Christmas Stamps

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Description: Sheet of twenty-four stamps bearing a Christmas tree logo and the slogan "No More Shopping Days 'til Peace."
Print

Women Uniting To End the War Logo

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Description: Logo for Women Uniting To End the War consisting of a shopping cart with an X over it.
Manuscript

Superior as Hub

Date: 1890
Description: Rand, McNally map of North America enhanced to show Superior as the center of a wheel. The image was used on the back of stationery from City Improvement C...
Book or Pamphlet

Petroglyph Designs

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Description: A variety of petroglyph designs originating on the Marquesas Islands.
Magazine or Periodical

Freemasons' Monthly Magazine

Date: 04 01 1851
Description: Cover of Freemasons' Monthly Magazine, Vol. X, No. VI. Highly decorated with scrollwork and Freemason symbols.
Poster

1972 Peace Festival Ad

Date: 1972
Description: Poster advertising the 1972 Peace Festival at St. John's Lutheran Church. The information on the poster is written within a peace symbol and features the C...
Poster

"Dan Deacon and Ensemble" Concert Poster

Date: 05 04 2009
Description: Three-color silkscreen printed concert poster advertising "WORT & True Endeavors Present Dan Deacon and Ensemble with Future Islands & Teeth Mountain" at t...
Poster

"Dan Deacon, No Age, Deerhunter" Concert Poster

Date: 08 06 2009
Description: Three-color silkscreen printed concert poster advertising the "Dan Deacon, No Age, Deerhunter" round robin concert at the University of Wisconsin-Madison M...
Photograph

Trimpey Residence Interior

Date: 1925
Description: A room in the home of Ephraim Burt and Alice Kent Trimpey. The walls are decorated with photographs, paintings, and prints. There are two glass-topped wood...
Print

A Guide to Kraftwood Gardens

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Description: Cover of A guide to Kraftwood Gardens showing a view of a sailboat on Lake Machkinosiew (now Enterprise Lake) seen between trees. The publication's ...
Drawing

1880 Iron Brigade Reunion

Date: 1880
Description: A composite drawing, including photographic portraits, depicting "Doc" Aubrey, newsboy of the Iron Brigade, delivering papers to the camp where other membe...
Book or Pamphlet

The Apostle Islands and Lake Superior

Date: 1884
Description: Cover art for a pamphlet advertising The Apostle Islands and Lake Superior. The upper half of the artwork depicts a sunset view of Lake Superior, and the b...
Book or Pamphlet

WPA Guide to Wisconsin

Date: 1941
Description: Front cover of "Wisconsin: a Guide to the Badger State" featuring a Harold Hone photograph of the Wisconsin State Capitol with gilding on the dome.
Print

Relax in Wisconsin

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Description: Promotional stamp for Wisconsin tourism. Shows the outline of the state with an arrow crossing from northeast to southwest and bears the slogan "relax in W...

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