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Magazine or Periodical

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 ...
Photograph

Isabel La Follette & Children

Date: 01 07 1935
Description: Portrait of Mrs. Phillip (Isabel) La Follette with Bob and Judy, her children, at the Governor's Residence, 130 East Gilman Street.
Book or Pamphlet

Deering Advertising Catalog Cover

Date: 1903
Description: Front cover of a Canadian advertising catalog for International Harvester's Deering line of farm implements. Features a chromolithograph illustration of a ...
Photograph

Kenosha County Equal Suffrage League Day Nursery

Date: 02 1914
Description: Thirteen children ranging from toddler-age to early elementary school-age are tended by several women in the playroom of a nursery run by the Kenosha Count...
Photograph

Moscow Library Association

Date: 1875
Description: Group portrait of the Moscow Laseselskab (the Moscow Library Association). Rasmus B. Anderson is probably in the group.
Photograph

Cherokee Boy

Date: 
Description: C.W. Turner, Jr., a young Cherokee "Rough Rider" who wished to go to war.
Photograph

Indiana State Fair Exhibit

Date: 1930
Description: An International Harvester booth with a thatched roof (possibly constructed of binder twine fiber) stands underneath a tent at the Indiana State Fair. Ther...
Photograph

"The Pennsylvania"

Date: 1918
Description: Toy battleship "Pennsylvania" floating on Lake Monona.
Photograph

Souvenir Booth

Date: 
Description: A woman staffing a souvenir booth at a fair. Souvenirs being sold include pinwheels and flags. The booth has "NOVELTIES" and "SOUV" painted on its sides. ...
Photograph

Dudgeon School Students

Date: 02 15 1949
Description: Johnny Rengstorff looks for a missing hamster near a piano, while Danny Steihl, Susan Lorenz and Phillip Johnson watch. Judy Erb examines the hamster's cag...
Photograph

Remodeled Clothes for Displaced Persons

Date: 02 25 1949
Description: West High School pupils Muriel Showers and Anna Pronin watch Pamela Showers, 15 months, and Joan Gmeinder, 7, model two of the outfits that clothing studen...
Photograph

Everetta Bass with American Flag

Date: 1893
Description: Everetta Bass stands on a fur rug outdoors holding a small American flag. A rocking horse, basket, and doll buggy are nearby.
Photograph

Neighborhood House

Date: 09 27 1950
Description: View of the newly-equipped preschool room at the Neighborhood House, 768 West Washington Avenue.
Photograph

New Officers of the Dane County Women's Republican Club

Date: 04 26 1951
Description: The newly elected officers of the Dane County Women's Republican Club hold a stuffed elephant as they pose for a portrait. Left to right: Mrs. W.W. Marian)...
Photograph

Cub Scouts Pack Donated Toys to Empty Stocking Club

Date: 12 07 1951
Description: Members of Cub Scout Pack #304, sponsored by St. Mark's Lutheran Church, place toys under their Christmas tree that will be donated to the Empty Stocking C...
Print

Master Jeff and His Navy

Date: 1860
Description: Jefferson Davis, dressed as a sailor, wears a hat with the initials "JD" on it. He is holding up a wooden toy boat that flies the Confederate flag and a sk...
Print

God Watches Over Them

Date: 1860
Description: An angel holding a Union flag is saying "GOD WATCHES OVER THEM." Under her gaze two children peacefully sleep under a Union flag. At the foot of the bed an...
Photograph

Baby Ventures into Political Arena

Date: 07 09 1952
Description: Anne Muckler, the eight-month-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Muckler of 4206 Drexel Avenue, is shown wearing a diaper and blouse set decorated with elep...
Print

A Merry Christmas Invitation

Date: 1885
Description: A die cut holiday card that has moving parts. When the string at the bottom is pulled, pictures of children appear and disappear. The image is of a decorat...
Print

White House Family Tree

Date: 1991
Description: Christmas card from the President and Mrs. Bush, titled: "The Family Tree, Upstairs at the White House." On the front is a painting of the Bush family tree...

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