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Fire Fighter's Diploma

Date: 1869
Description: Diploma awarded to fire fighter James Richard Cummings for his service to Madison in 1869. The diploma is illustrated with scenes of fire fighting heroics,...
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Radio Broadcasting In The Gymnasium

Date: 1922
Description: Several men broadcasting via radio from the University of Wisconsin gymnasium during a basketball game.
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Surgical Tools

Date: 1927
Description: Surgical instruments on display at the Wisconsin Historical Museum.
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Medicine Chest

Date: 1935
Description: A medicine chest and its contents on display at the Wisconsin Historical Museum.
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Railroad Freight Wagons

Date: 1913
Description: View down platform between two railroad trains of men unloading freight onto wagons from a Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway freight car at th...
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Harvesting Tobacco Leaves

Date: 1939
Description: Field workers gathering and spearing cut tobacco leaves.
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Robert M. La Follette, Sr., Votes

Date: 1924
Description: View of Robert M. La Follette, Sr., at the voting booth in Maple Bluff, Wisconsin at the conclusion of his independent, third-party Presidential campaign.
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Men on the Balcony of Rocky Roost

Date: 09 18 1892
Description: Four men sit on the balcony of Rocky Roost, the vacation home designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Located west of Governor's Island in Lake Mendota. The men ar...
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Card Punch Machines

Date: 11 23 1968
Description: New punch card machines installed in city hall are put to use.
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Mifflin Street Block Party

Date: 05 1975
Description: Crowd at the Mifflin Street block party.
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Confederate Rest at Forest Hill Cemetery

Date: 1950
Description: Burial plot at Forest Hill Cemetery, where 140 Confederate prisoners of war were interred after perishing at Camp Randall military prison during the spring...
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Paul Bunyan Room — Memorial Union

Date: 09 14 1968
Description: View through doorway of people relaxing at the Memorial Union in the Paul Bunyan room.
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Turtle Mound on Observatory Hill

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of a double-tailed turtle effigy mound on Observatory Hill on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
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Menominee Indian Band

Date: 1948
Description: Menominee Indian Band playing at the Wisconsin Centennial Year Kick-off Ceremony in the Wisconsin State Capitol. They played a one hour concert in the morn...
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Water Spirit Burial Mound

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Description: A view of a two-tailed water spirit burial mound on the grounds of the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus near Observatory Hill.
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Turtle Mound

Date: 09 28 1942
Description: Elevated view of turtle mound on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
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Tractor Class

Date: 02 08 1927
Description: A tractor class in session in front of Agriculture Hall.
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Curling Match

Date: 1956
Description: Curlers sweep in front of a stone during a curling match.
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Coop Service Station

Date: 1939
Description: A serviceman checks the oil of a car at the Madison Co-op Station. During the 1930s the cooperative movement in Wisconsin expanded its rural base to offer ...
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Wisconsin "Badger"

Date: 1923
Description: In 1922 the Wisconsin Truck Company purchased the Wisconsin Farm Tractor Company of Sauk City, which had formerly manufactured trucks as well as wagons, mo...

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