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Pablo the Magician

Date: 06 17 1932
Description: Pablo the Magician holding a "Capital Times" newspaper in the lobby of the Orpheum Theatre. He is using the newspaper in his act with Fanchon and Marco's s...
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Portrait of William Tennant Standing

Date: 1913
Description: Portrait of William Tennant, a magazine and newspaper agent from Black River Falls who lost both legs below the knee. Here he is shown with his artificial ...
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Don Anderson, Chairman of Madison Newspapers, Incorporated

Date: 12 27 1947
Description: Portrait of Don Anderson, Chairman of Madison Newspapers, Incorporated and Publisher of the Wisconsin State Journal.
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Underground Newspaper Cover: The Chicago Seed

Date: 1968
Description: Cover of "The Chicago Seed," an underground newspaper, featuring Santa Claus crucified on a dollar sign. The landscape below is made from collaged advertis...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Underground Newspaper Cover: Octopus

Date: 1969
Description: Cover of "Octopus," an underground newspaper, featuring five bearded men being restrained by octopus tentacles, reminiscent of the Roman statue of the Laoc...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Underground Newspaper Cover: Dallas News

Date: 07 1971
Description: Cover of "Dallas News," an underground newspaper, featuring a photograph of Groucho Marx and a woman, with the headline, "Groucho calls for Nixon's Assassi...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Underground Newspaper Cover: The Madison Bugle-American

Date: 09 16 1970
Description: Cover of "The Madison Bugle-American," an underground newspaper, featuring a cartoon of a businessman holding a leashed dog, a woman in a lounge dress smok...
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Ellis B. Usher

Date: 1914
Description: Engraved portrait of Ellis B. Usher, editor and prominent Wisconsin Democrat, from the frontispiece of his multi-volume history of Wisconsin.
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Phillip Gross

Date: 10 29 1913
Description: Waist-up seated studio portrait of Phillip Gross, Milwaukee company president. He has a newspaper in his lap.
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Charles F. Rausen

Date: 09 18 1914
Description: Quarter-length seated studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Charles F. Rausen, Milwaukee merchant.
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Radical Editor

Date: 10 23 1978
Description: Jack A. Smith, managing editor of the "Guardian," a weekly radical newspaper. Smith's admiration for Chinese communism is suggested by the decorations on h...
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Evening Wisconsin Newspaper Staff

Date: 1916
Description: Staff of the "Evening Wisconsin" newspaper. Left to right: 1) Alvin Steinkopf, 2) Jessica Knowles, 3) John R. Wolf, and 4) Arthur Dering.
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Raúl Castro with Newspaper, Cuban Revolution

Date: 1958
Description: Raúl Castro sitting at a desk holding up a newspaper during the Cuban Revolution. The newspaper reads "!Extra! Triunfo La Revolution" and Castro is wearing...
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Raúl Castro with Newspaper, Cuban Revolution

Date: 1958
Description: Raúl Castro sitting at a desk holding up a newspaper during the Cuban Revolution. Castro is wearing a beret and the newspaper reads "!Extra! Triunfo La Re...
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"La Guardia" Newspaper Organizers

Date: 1969
Description: Roberto Hernandez (left) and Esequiel Guzman (center) work on the layout of "La Guardia" newspaper. The underground bilingual newspaper was published in Sp...
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Film Still from "The Clodhopper"

Date: 1917
Description: Film still of two men standing outdoors looking at a newspaper. A horse is tethered behind them.
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Henry Clay Payne

Date: 1902
Description: Studio portrait of Henry Clay Payne, who is seated in a chair and holding a newspaper dated August 7, 1902.
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"Mayville News" Anniversary

Date: 07 1998
Description: "Andrew and Laura Johnson celebrate their 10th anniversary as owners of the 'Mayville News'."
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Sitting in the Living Room

Date: 03 05 1901
Description: Indoor flash portrait of William and Johanna Krueger sitting in the living room. Johanna is reading the newspaper, while William is reading a book. Various...
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Alexander Krueger Reading a Newspaper

Date: 1904
Description: Portrait of Alexander Krueger sitting outdoors in the yard in a wicker chair with a newspaper open in his lap. His hat is on the ground next to him. The ho...

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