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Book or Pamphlet

WPA Guide to Wisconsin

Date: 1941
Description: Front cover of "Wisconsin: a Guide to the Badger State" featuring a Harold Hone photograph of the Wisconsin State Capitol with gilding on the dome.
Photograph

Grazing Cow

Date: 1940
Description: Cow grazing in a pasture. Taken from The Writer's Program to be used as an illustration for "Wisconsin: a Guide to the Badger State."
Photograph

Badger Spelling Bee

Date: 01 22 1958
Description: The cover picture for the Badger Spelling Bee pamphlets to be mailed by the Wisconsin State Journal to schools in the program. The pupil posing behind a la...
Photograph

Badger Liquor and Native Tongue

Date: 1973
Description: View across West Gorham Street at the corner of State Street, towards Badger Liquor and Native Tongue Indian & Mexican Apparel. A large neon sign is at the...
Photograph

Yerkes Observatory

Date: 1936
Description: A view of Yerkes Observatory at Williams Bay, Lake Geneva. It was the "largest refracting telescope in the world," according to "Wisconsin: A Guide To The ...
Photograph

Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 1939
Description: Exterior view of the Wisconsin State Capitol, with cars parked in front.
Print

Wisconsin Honey Farm, Label

Date: 1921
Description: Label submitted to the state of Wisconsin for trademark registration. Badger Brand Honey produced at the Wisconsin Honey Farm with the subheading "Where qu...
News Release

May 24, 2018 - Badger State Tanning Company Building Listed in State Register of Historic Places

For Immediate Response
The Wisconsin Historical Society placed the Badger State Tanning Company building on the State Register of Historic Places.
Photograph

State Street Winter Scene

Date: 1936
Description: Winter scene with people walking in the snow past a lamppost down State and Henry Streets, Madison, Wisconsin. The Wisconsin State Capitol is in the backgr...
Print

Badger Club Special, Beer Label

Date: 1931
Description: Label submitted to the state of Wisconsin for trademark registration. "Badger Club Special, A special process brew, alcoholic content less than 1/2 of 1% b...
Property Record

2102 W FOND DU LAC AVE

Community: Milwaukee
County: Milwaukee
Historic Name: Badger State Bank
Reference Number: 78298
Property Record

118 MAIN ST

Community: Denmark
County: Brown
Historic Name: BADGER STATE BANK
Reference Number: 1793
News Release

September 27, 2018 - 2018 Capitol Ornament to be unveiled on Thursday, Oct. 4 in the State Capitol Assembly Parlor

For Immediate Release
The 2018 Wisconsin State Capitol ornament will be unveiled at a press conference on Thursday, Oct. 4 in the Assembly Parlor at the State Capitol.
Photograph

Little Badger Boxing Classes

Date: 03 19 1949
Description: David Walsh lands a punch to the face of Bobby Theel during the Little Badger boxing classes at the University of Wisconsin fieldhouse. The referee is Vern...
Photograph

Badger State Dahlia Society

Date: 08 22 1950
Description: Four members of the Badger State Dahlia Society are shown, left to right: Mrs. Earl B. (Claudia) Frusher, Max E. Freudenberg, Earl Frusher and Mrs. Freuden...
Photograph

Plaque

Date: 1936
Description: A view of a plaque, located near the entrance to the "main building" on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
Print

Menu for Union Iron Works Banquet for Wisconsin Delegates

Date: 11 26 1898
Description: Menu for a "Banquet tendered by the Union Iron Works to the Delegation from the Badger State" given at the Palace Hotel, with an etching of the Battleship ...
News Release

October 4, 2018 - Media Advisory: Press Conference Tomorrow, October 4, to Unveil the 2018 State Capitol Ornament

For Immediate Release
There will be interview opportunities with the WHF, the ornament committee, and Tom Stevenson, a living relative of the Senator who christened the ship.
Photograph

Brown's Bookstore on State Street

Date: 1939
Description: A shaded view of Brown's Bookstore, 673 State Street.

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