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Magazine or Periodical

United Mine Workers Journal

Date: 08 03 1916
Description: United Mine Workers Journal of Indianapolis, Indiana, with illustration of a skeleton with a scythe. The caption reads: "After two years--who wants me?"
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"Opportunity: Journal of Negro Life" Cover Art

Date: 07 1926
Description: Front cover of "Opportunity: Journal of Negro Life" showing an illustration of a woman in an evening dress with her cheek resting on her shoulder, and peop...
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Pro-McKinley Political Cartoon

Date: 08 29 1896
Description: Cover of Harper's Weekly, with a pro-William McKinley Presidential cartoon depicting McKinley as a soldier in 1861 and William Jennings Bryan as an ...
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Leo Kehl on The American Dancer Cover

Date: 08 1937
Description: Cover of The American Dancer magazine featuring Leo Kehl, head of the Kehl School of Dance and Genevieve Esse Kehl.
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State Fair Horse Show

Date: 07 20 1942
Description: Red, white and blue cover of Volume 3, Number 2 of the "Wisconsin Horseman" magazine advertising the horse show at the Wisconsin State Fair.
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"La Follette's Magazine" Memorial Edition

Date: 07 1925
Description: Front page of "La Follette's Magazine" Memorial Edition remembering the life and work of Robert M. La Follette, Sr. This magazine later became the Progres...
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Dane County Courthouse

Date: 03 27 1869
Description: Dane County Courthouse.
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Jefferson Liberal Institute

Date: 1869
Description: Cover of Billed-Magazin. featuring an engraved view of The Jefferson Liberal Institute.
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Progressive Magazine McCarthy Issue

Date: 04 1954
Description: Cover of "McCarthy: A Documented Record," a special issue of the Progressive magazine. The cover features a drawing of a Birdseye view of Washington...
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National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers

Date: 1870
Description: Magazine illustration of the home, titled: "Soldiers' National Asylum at Milwaukee, Wisconsin". The building is in the background, and in the foreground ar...
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USS "Seneca"

Date: 1861
Description: View of the gun boat USS "Seneca".
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Political Market

Date: 06 12 1858
Description: A political cartoon in "Harper's Weekly" about railroad company presidents' purchasing Wisconsin state legislatures and governors. The caption reads: ...
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Departure of a Colony of Emigrants for Colorado

Date: 1870
Description: Crowd gathered at Chicago & St. Louis Railroad Station to see off a colony of emigrants from Chicago who planned to settle in Colorado on a tract of land p...
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Capt. Ronald Reagan

Date: 04 19 1942
Description: Magazine clipping featuring Ronald Reagan in his army uniform prior to reporting for active duty in 1942.
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Ronald Reagan as host of G.E. True Theatre

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Description: Magazine clipping featuring Ronald Reagan as the host of G.E. True Theatre.
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"Wisconsin Engineer" Magazine Cover

Date: 10 1969
Description: Cover design on the magazine "Wisconsin Engineer". The image illustrates the story "The Population Explosion" by depicting a mass of starving people trying...
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The Ice Velocipede

Date: 02 20 1869
Description: Engraved image of a man riding an ice velocipede, a bicycle-like vehicle with a studded front wheel and back blades. In the background is an iceboat.
Magazine or Periodical

Scene in a Velocipede Riding School, New York City

Date: 02 13 1869
Description: Engraved image of several men attempting to ride velocipedes in a large open, interior space. Many have fallen or are struggling with balance.
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Pneumatic Masthead

Date: 1896
Description: Masthead of the bicycling journal Pneumatic.
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Advertisement for The Italian Bee Company

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Description: Advertisement for the Italian Bee Company. Dealers in Queens, Bees, Hives, Honey Extractors, &c. "Queens Imported by every Steamer." Des Moines, Iowa. From...

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