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Woman with Toasters

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Description: Woman comparing toaster wattages.
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Female Curling Team

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Description: A female curling team poses with their brooms and stones for a portrait.
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Pushing the Lawn Mower

Date: 1955
Description: A man who does odd jobs around his neighborhood mows a banked lawn.
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Smashing Illegal Gambling Devices

Date: 1948
Description: Destroying slot machines and other illegal gambling devices at Law Park. From L to R: John Roach, director of the state beverage and cigaret tax division; ...
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Loading Guns of F-51 Fighter Plane

Date: 1950
Description: Wisconsin Air National Guard. A man in a leather jacket and cap is loading (?) guns in wings of an F-51 fighter plane.
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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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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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Temple Beth El Construction

Date: 1950
Description: Exterior view of construction on the Temple Beth El. Several cars are parked nearby, and a crane is in the background.
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Beth Israel Center Construction

Date: 1951
Description: Exterior view of the Beth Israel Center synagogue during construction. A worker is standing on the roof of the building, and construction materials are pil...

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