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Truax Field Radar

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Description: Man wearing microphone and headphones seated before a radar screen.
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Maypole Dancers

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Description: A group of women in white skirts and wearing caps are dancing around a tall maypole. A crowd is watching in the background, and a dog is running in front o...
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University Class for Boys

Date: 1914
Description: R.A. Moore speaks about corn to a University of Wisconsin-Madison class of boys.
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First Place Float

Date: 1938
Description: Man standing at the back of a manure spreader decorated with signs reading: "Sucky Likes," "It's Roasted," "Only the Finest Ingredients Go into Sucky Likes...
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Swedish Ladies National Concerts

Date: 08 27 1889
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a group of women from Stockholm on their first American Tour.
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Boxer Omar Crocker

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Description: Omar Crocker, a University of Wisconsin-Madison boxer, smiles as he sits in the corner of a boxing ring, wearing his gloves.
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Elevated View down State Street

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Description: Elevated view down State Street. The Orpheum Theatre sign is visible, and in the distance is Lake Mendota.
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Elevated View down Wisconsin Avenue

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Description: Elevated view down Wisconsin Avenue towards Lake Mendota.
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The Hotel Washington Fire

Date: 02 18 1996
Description: The Hotel Washington being destroyed by a fire on Feb. 18, 1996.
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McVicar Photo Service Sign on Ford Coupe

Date: 1930
Description: A McVicar Photo Service sign on the spare tire cover on the back of a Ford coupe. The full text of the sign reads, "McVICAR PHOTO SERVICE, Specialists in C...
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Locomotive Explosion

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Description: Four men pose next to a locomotive, which has a hole in its side due to an explosion.
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Trailer Camp House and Cannon

Date: 1947
Description: A University of Wisconsin veteran holding his baby outside of his Camp Randall trailer camp house. There is a large cannon pointing at him and his trailer.
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Local Boilermakers and Helpers

Date: 1914
Description: Boilermakers and their helpers pose on and around a horse-drawn wagon that bears a sign that reads "Boiler-makers and Helpers," perhaps for a parade. Man o...
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Cranberry Processing

Date: 1955
Description: Professor Kenneth Weckel of the University of Wisconsin demonstrates his new method of preserving and canning cranberries whole without smashing them. The ...
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Dane County Junior Fair and Horse Show

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Description: A group of teenagers lounge about on bales of hay in a barn at the Dane County Junior Fair and Horse Show. Cows are resting nearby on the right.
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Gardner Bakery Company Booth at the Wisconsin Centennial Industrial Exposition

Date: 07 1936
Description: The Gardner Bakery Company booth at the Wisconsin Centennial Industrial Exposition held in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Field House.
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Alice in Dairyland

Date: 10 1968
Description: Alice in Dairyland, Bobbie Thoreson, holding a platter of cheese, poses with four men at the World Food Expo.
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Blied Printing Company Employees

Date: 1910
Description: The staff of Blied Printing Company posed in front of the building at 117 W. Main Street. Employees listed are James Cawley, Harold Puetz, Mabel Sherman, H...
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Wells Printing Company

Date: 03 14 1937
Description: Wells Printing Company's new plant interior. Many pieces of letterpress equipment can be seen; presses and wheeled carts.
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Randall School, Fifth Grade Class

Date: 05 1916
Description: Group portrait outdoors at Randall School. Pictured (front, left to right): Douglas Stewart, Anthony Martin, Donald Mott, Karl Jansky, Robert Murphy, Bert ...

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