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Book or Pamphlet

Osborne Catalog Cover

Date: 1905
Description: Front cover of an advertising catalog for International Harvester's Osborne line of farm implements. Features a chromolithograph with a mosaic of a woman w...
Print

Royal Queen Japan Tea

Date: 05 28 1909
Description: Label submitted to the State of Wisconsin for trademark registration. Features an illustration of a Japanese woman wearing traditional clothing. In the bac...
Photograph

Belle Case La Follette

Date: 1901
Description: Full-length studio portrait of activist Belle Case La Follette, wife of Robert M. La Follette, Sr.
Print

Menu for Banquet in Honor of President Theodore Roosevelt

Date: 04 03 1903
Description: Front cover, first page, and menu listing for a banquet given in honor of President Theodore Roosevelt by the Merchants and Manufacturers Association at Pl...
Photograph

A Full Dozen

Date: 09 1904
Description: Edgar and Jennie Krueger playfully hunting for eggs.
Book or Pamphlet

Salzer Seed Company Catalog Cover

Date: 1903
Description: The cover design of the spring edition of a John A. Salzer Seed Company catalog. The illustration features a young woman in an elaborate hat, and a variety...
Photograph

Katharine Allen

Date: 1900
Description: Vignetted quarter-length carte-de-visite portrait of Katharine Allen, assistant professor of Latin at UW-Madison. Katharine was the daughter of historian a...
Print

Blatz Wiener Beer Advertisement

Date: 1905
Description: An advertisement for Blatz Wiener beer featuring two well-dressed men and two women seated at a restaurant table drinking Blatz Beer. There is a potted pla...
Photograph

Madison Saddlery Company on an Outing

Date: 1907
Description: Outdoor group portrait of the Madison Branch of the Madison Saddlery Company located at 313-317 E. Wilson Street. The event may be a recreational gathering...
Photograph

Katharine Allen

Date: 1900
Description: Vignetted quarter-length semi-profile carte-de-visite portrait of Katharine Allen, assistant professor of Latin at UW-Madison. Katharine was the daughter o...
Postcard

Studio Portrait of a Young Woman

Date: 1906
Description: Full-length studio portrait of a young woman standing in front of a painted backdrop. She is wearing a dark dress, hair bow and shoes. A crucifix is hangin...
Photograph

Unidentified Woman in Formal Wear

Date: 1908
Description: Unidentified lady, seated, wearing an off-the-shoulder short-sleeved ballgown, which appears to have fur decorating the collar and shoulders. She is restin...
Photograph

Mirrors

Date: 1905
Description: Double-exposed, self-portrait of the photographer looking into a mirror, with another mirror in the background. He is wearing a suit, and has changed a few...
Photograph

Catherine Orb Seipp

Date: 1900
Description: Three-quarter length studio portrait of Catherine Orb Seipp (1846-1920), widow of Chicago brewer Conrad Seipp and owner of Black Point Estate. She is stand...
Photograph

Lucy A. Kaufmann

Date: 1905
Description: Lucy Kaufmann poses in an open, wooded area holding a hoe. She is wearing a tattered hat; her skirt and blouse are torn. There are two sheds and woodpiles ...
Photograph

Read Me a Story

Date: 1903
Description: A studio portrait of mother (Lucy Rumsey Holt) and daughter (Eleanor Holt). Looking up, Eleanor Holt appears to be asking her mother to read her a story. T...
Photograph

Three Men

Date: 08 23 1904
Description: Three men are sitting on the ground in front of a picket fence. They are wearing hats and smoking cigars. The man at left appears to be older than the othe...
Photograph

Group of Students

Date: 1905
Description: Group portrait of four women, seated in front of three men, all unidentified. The women wear high-collared white blouses and long dark skirts. The men wear...
Photograph

The Fargo Children

Date: 1906
Description: The three children of Frank B. and Louise Mears Fargo standing and posing for a full-length studio portrait. They are, from left: Dorothy, age 12 years; St...
Photograph

Tea Party

Date: 1905
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Eleanor Holt, wearing a bow in her hair, who is standing and pouring a cup of tea for her brother, Donald...

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