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Magazine or Periodical

"The Man Nobody Knows" Article

Date: 
Description: A publicity article about the book "The Man Nobody Knows," written by Bruce Barton. In the article, it's called "The Most Exalted Success Story of All Time...
Photograph

Marlene Cummings and Sylvia Dunnavant

Date: 05 10 1982
Description: Marlene Cummings, Special Advisor for Women's initiatives for Governor Lee Dreyfus, at right, in an office looking over a newsletter on women's initiatives...
Manuscript

William Preston Statement

Date: 04 24 1779
Description: A statement written by William Preston. From Preston and Virginia Papers [Calendar series Volume 1]: "Statement acquitting George Patterson of the c...
Photograph

Girl Scouts Distribute Election Literature

Date: 10 25 1958
Description: Four Girl Scouts hand out voting literature prepared by the League of Women Voters at the Red Owl store on University Avenue. Dorothy Kittleson takes a pam...
Photograph

Annual Observance of World Community Day

Date: 10 02 1958
Description: Madison church women plan to join United Church Women throughout the world to observe World Community Day. The service is held at the First Evangelical Uni...
Photograph

Sons of Norway District Convention

Date: 05 22 1958
Description: Some of the "advance guard" for the Sons of Norway district convention at Hotel Loraine. Left to right are: Bernard Jacobson, Evanston, Illinois, district ...
Book or Pamphlet

International Fire Truck Brochure

Date: 1973
Description: Front cover featuring a Dalmation dog, and the text: "What every dalmation already knows".
Book or Pamphlet

International Fire Truck Chassis Brochure

Date: 1959
Description: Front cover color illustration of an advertising brochure for International B-line, R-line, V-line and CO-line fire truck chassis.
Photograph

Catalog Display

Date: 12 11 1926
Description: Catalog display at dealership.
Photograph

Literature Display and Implements at Dealership

Date: 05 15 1926
Description: Interior view of banners, pennants, literature, trucks, and agricultural implements on display at a dealership. A large sign attached to a beam on the ceil...
Photograph

Changing Calendar

Date: 05 05 1927
Description: Man turning calendar page of a National Guardian Life Insurance calendar.
Photograph

Magazines Displayed in Window

Date: 03 24 1931
Description: Magazines in the Capitol Times window. The "Woman's Home Companion" and "American Magazine" are displayed.
Photograph

Selling The Watchtower

Date: 1945
Description: A group of Jehovah's Witnesses selling copies of The Watchtower magazine. Standing together on a sidewalk are two women, two men, a girl and a boy. ...
Photograph

Mary and Mark Drews

Date: 06 08 1984
Description: A woman and a man are posing together in a room. The man is sitting in a chair, and the woman is sitting on the arm of the chair. On a table in the foregro...
Historical Object

Presidental Political Campaign Ephemera

Date: 
Description: Inside of a brochure, with Bob Dole's view on issues facing the United States in the 1990s. Features a number of black and white portraits of Bob Dole with...
Photograph

Newton Minow at University of Pennsylvania

Date: 02 28 1963
Description: Newton Minow, center, standing between two men, visits the Annenberg School of Economics at the University of Pennsylvania.
Poster

Horlick's Malted Milk For The Seven Ages

Date: 1900
Description: This advertisement features drawings of Shakespeare's Seven Ages beginning at the top left with: 'The Infant — "Perdita" Winter's Tale,' 'The Schoolboy — "...
Book or Pamphlet

Drew Freedom Fighter Cover

Date: 07 20 1964
Description: Cover art of the newsletter Drew Freedom Fighter.
Book or Pamphlet

Cover of the Freedom News

Date: 07 10 1964
Description: The cover of the newsletter the Freedom News.
Book or Pamphlet

Ruleville Freedom Fighter Newsletter

Date: 07 1964
Description: The cover of the newsletter the Ruleville Freedom Fighter.

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