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UW-Milwaukee Special Collections
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We love all the detailed Packers information contained in these programs, but we are especially enamored of the great 1950s advertisements, especially those of the Packers’ principal sponsors, the Miller Brewing Company. Learn more: https://t.co/tHlI0Rlrtf

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Today we highlight German-born naturalist and artist Maria Sibylla Merian whose direct observations of insects led to new insights about metamorphosis. These images come from UW-Madison Special Collections copy of 'Der Raupen wunderbare Verwandelung...' https://t.co/u3ADDdJZQe

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These pochoir plates are from a 2-vol set of hand-colored plates showing women’s fashion in France from 1795 to 1920. Entitled 'La Mode Feminine' it was published in Paris by Editions Nilsson in 1920. Today were are presenting ten plates from 1915 to 1920. https://t.co/i09Jh6hcNO

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This week's bird is a day late, but it's the Puffin!!! Their striking appearance makes them ideal subjects for bird painters and these images are from paintings reproduced in the book 'Birds, The Paintings of Terance James Bond. Learn more: https://t.co/nlM9fjBR4F

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Still playing games over here. Learn about the story of the Limited Editions Club edition of James Joyce's 'Ulysses,' with illustrations by Matisse here: https://t.co/mXNJHU2wa0

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This week we bring you images from Florence Page Jaques’s 1939 book 'The Geese Fly High,' illustrated by her husband Francis Lee Jaques and published by the University of Minnesota Press. They married in 1927 and enjoyed a lifetime of outdoors adventures. https://t.co/jd3LJtbHmp

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Published in Philadelphia by Lippincott, Grambo & Co. in 1852, the report includes 27 steel-engraved plates and 21 maps and geological charts. Learn more: https://t.co/oKefUHxhTB

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David Owen conducted the 1st geological surveys of the Upper Midwest. His 'Report of a Geological Survey of Wisconsin, Iowa, and Minnesota...' greatly increased the knowledge of the structural geology, paleontology, natural history, & mineral wealth of Midwestern states.

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Looking for Halloween costume ideas for next year? Maybe you'll be inspired by these chromoliths, of French fashions from our 3-volume set, 'Le costume historique,' by Auguste Racinet, published in Paris by the firm of Firmin-Didot in 1888. Learn more: https://t.co/8rsRVPeQMj

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Today we are highlighting a book from our sibling department the : Geographer Julian R. Jackson’s 'Minerals and Their Uses: In a Series of Letters to a Lady' published in London in 1849. It features a hand-colored engraving by Joseph W. Lowry.
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