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| Date: | 1852 |
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| Description: | Illustrations of 5 different canoes. Caption reads: "Plate 9, opp. pg. 66. Vol. 1, Indian Tribes of the United States. ed. Francis S. Drake, 1884. A... |
| Date: | 07 1922 |
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| Description: | Sketch of Revolutionary War officer Ethan Allen, depicted standing on a hill with his sword drawn. Another soldier is in the background. Appears on the cov... |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | Front cover of the 1949 Racine Belles baseball team year book featuring a drawing of a woman leaping to make a catch. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | A man is working at a drafting desk on a multi-panel comic strip titled "Henry." Caption reads: "Madison, Wis. 1950-4. Carl Anderson, cartoon artist of pop... |
| Date: | 1852 |
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| Description: | View down a road lined with trees. Two people in a horse-drawn vehicle are moving down the road. Caption reads: "Unidientified road in the vicinity of Madi... |
| Date: | 07 22 1970 |
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| Description: | A postcard sent to Paul Buhle at 1237 Spaight Street, Madison, WI 53703 with a typed message on the back, and signed "Franklin." There are illustrations, i... |
| Date: | 06 24 1882 |
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| Description: | Three depictions of men laying electrical tubes in the streets of New York and testing them for insulation. Caption reads: "The Electric Light in Houses— L... |
| Date: | 01 14 1882 |
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| Description: | A drawing showing Madison Square at night, lit by electric lighting at the top of a mast. Men and women are strolling on the sidewalks and walking on the s... |
| Date: | 08 02 1879 |
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| Description: | A drawing of Thomas Edison seated at a desk working on an experiment. Caption at bottom reads: "Edison In His Workshop." |
| Date: | 12 29 1914 |
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| Description: | New Years postcard with a drawing of a home with trees, in the snow, near a stream. Text reads: "A Happy New Year. All good Wishes for a bright and happy N... |
| Date: | 07 19 1962 |
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| Description: | Migrant school children receive a visit from Gaylord Nelson who is looking at artwork made by one of the students. |
| Date: | 06 1938 |
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| Description: | Map showing major highways and trails from Madison to Devil's Lake for Neighborhood House American Youth Hostel group trips. Routes of four trips are drawn... |
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| Description: | Page 11 of a Freedom Primer about how the Freedom Democratic Party has grown in numbers. There are two simple drawings accompanying the text. One drawing ... |
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| Description: | Page 8 of a Freedom Primer which lists candidates for the Freedom Democratic Party. There is a simple drawing of Fannie Lou Hamer with a Freedom Vote banne... |
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| Description: | The front page of a pamphlet entitled: "The Congressional Challenge", which includes simple illustrations of Fannie Lou Hamer, Annie Devine, and Victoria G... |
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| Description: | Inventor Oscar Zerk is leaning over his drafting table as he works on a design. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Text on mailing side reads: "Souvenir Folder. Dells of the Wisconsin." The back of a souvenir view folder containing eleven accordion folded, double-sided ... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Text reads: "Souvenir Folder. Dells of the Wisconsin." The mailing side/front of a souvenir view folder containing eleven accordion folded, double-sided co... |
| Date: | 1878 |
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| Description: | Illustration of a crowd watching bicyclists on penny-farthings, who are racing around a track inside a tent. Below illustration is the text "From the Priva... |
| Date: | 1995 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Main Street, Watertown, Wisconsin." On the reverse: "Front: A present day view of Main Street in downtown Watertown, Wisconsin, sketc... |
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