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Woman at Work

Date: 03 24 1969
Description: Young woman at work designing a magazine cover.
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Portrait of William Tennant

Date: 1897
Description: Studio portrait of William Tennant in front of a painted backdrop. He was a newspaper and magazine agent in Black River Falls, Wisconsin, who lost both his...
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Magazine Window Display

Date: 06 29 1946
Description: Window display featuring the July, 1946 issue of Holiday magazine. In this issue is an article called, "Read about Wisconsin's Dairyland" by Phil Dr...
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Manchesters Window Art

Date: 11 06 1948
Description: Featured in a Harry S. Manchesters window titled "Dreamland," 2 East Mifflin Street, is a painting of a farm near Madison by John Atherton for The Satur...
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Silverford's A.I.D. Pharmacy

Date: 1938
Description: A cooler sits in Silverford's A.I.D. Pharmacy surrounded by advertisements, seeds, hygiene products, and magazines. A sign above the cooler reads "Our Beer...
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Studio Portrait of Three Young Ho-Chunk Men

Date: 1935
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two young Ho-Chunk men posing sitting in front of a man standing behind them. The two men sitting are wea...
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National League of American Pen Women

Date: 07 02 1951
Description: Eddie Tomlinson watches as his grandmother, Mrs. E.B. (Florence) Tomlinson make one of her famous wood engravings. Mrs. Tomalinson, who teaches art at the ...
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Painting by Ben Stahl

Date: 10 1951
Description: Photograph of a framed painting by Ben Stahl titled "Corporal Red Cloud's Last Stand." It was painted especially for "Esquire" magazine and honored Mitchel...
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Man Reading Magazine Over Radio

Date: 02 20 1952
Description: John B. Davies, news editor for radio station WKOW, reads into a microphone from the Saturday Evening Post magazine in his hands.
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Studio Portrait of Women Reading a Magazine

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Description: Studio group portrait in front of a painted backdrop of four young women posing looking at a copy of "Outdoors Magazine."
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Edward Hollander with Chart

Date: 02 1954
Description: Edward D. Hollander, national director of Americans for Democratic Action, refers to a chart with the title, "Doom and Gloom — Look who's talking".
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Modern Home Hotel

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Description: Front porch at Modern Home Hotel. There is a drinking fountain in the foreground on the left. The furniture on the porch includes a desk, rocking chairs, a...
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Old Maid's Hall

Date: 1905
Description: A young woman, Jessie Underwood, reclining supported on one elbow on a fur rug in front of a piano. In front of her lying on the rug is a cat. Light comes ...
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Carolina

Date: 1675
Description: Map of the southeast coast of North America from Jamestown to modern Georgia. It shows European settlements, Native American land and villages, coastal fea...
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At Yale

Date: 05 1936
Description: Herbert E. Brumder, left, and an unidentified young man are sitting and reading in a dormitory parlor. Coats are hanging on the back of a door at center. T...
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Charles & Victoria Slayton

Date: 01 02 1962
Description: Portrait of Charles & Victoria Slayton, parents of astronaut Donald "Deke" Slayton, sitting in their home in Leon, Wisconsin with framed photographs of the...
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Faye Emerson with Magazine Cover

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Description: Faye Emerson standing next to an enlarged cover for the June 20, 1950 edition of the magazine People Today. She is featured on the cover. Faye is al...

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