Date: | 1939 |
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Description: | A man is posing with his left hand resting on the trunk of the General Grant Giant Elm, S.E. of intersection of Green Bay and Good Hope Roads. At site of P... |
Date: | 1974 |
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Description: | Last elm tree on State Street being cut down. The Wisconsin Historical Society and the Memorial Union are in the background. |
Date: | 1911 |
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Description: | Streetcar and crew of the Madison City Railways Company. The streetcar number is #50 and the route sign says Wingra Park. |
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Description: | State Fair barker announcing side show attractions to a crowd of children, featuring "Midget City, the World's Tiniest Entertainers" and "Baby Thelma, 619 ... |
Date: | 10 1959 |
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Description: | Moving a very large boulder with a bulldozer during construction of Highway 94 in Waukesha County. |
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Description: | Farmers harvesting and loading tobacco on a tobacco rack to take to a shed. |
Date: | 05 04 1886 |
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Description: | Edward P. Allis Reliance Works under the protection of the Wisconsin State Militia during the first general labor strike. The strike is also known as the ... |
Date: | 1954 |
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Description: | Woman on crutches entering the front office of the uranium tunnel to receive a uranium treatment. Several men sitting in front of the storefront on benches... |
Date: | 10 27 1915 |
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Description: | Four impoverished men hired by "The Medical Review of Reviews" carry signs with the eugenics slogans, "I am a burden to myself and the State. Should I be a... |
Date: | 01 10 1934 |
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Description: | Milk strikers and a pile of empty milk cans next to railroad tracks. Bill Nemeth (left) is pouring out milk in an attempt to create a shortage that would r... |
Date: | 1902 |
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Description: | A traveling medicine wagon with saleswomen and vendor selling Westmore's Hair Tonic. |
Date: | 08 24 1968 |
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Description: | Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Kress, dressed in lederhosen, enjoy beer and sweet corn at the Mid-summer Festival. |
Date: | 04 1950 |
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Description: | A girl on a swing is the subject of photographers demonstrating a technique using high speed flash. |
Date: | 04 21 1957 |
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Description: | An industrious family cleans their motorboat which is parked in the driveway. |
Date: | 1909 |
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Description: | An unidentified man demonstrates his unsuccessful bird wing-like mechanism, which was part of an experiment in aviation. |
Date: | 08 06 1934 |
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Description: | Reverend Richard Kiefer of Sacred Heart monastery in Hales Corners, Wisconsin, joins in the bingo competition at a Catholic picnic, as women and children a... |
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Description: | Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indian deer hunt on snow shoes. |
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Description: | Ringling Brothers-Barnum & Bailey circus performers gathered in front of a circus tent to view a solar eclipse. Some are wearing protective eyeglasses. |
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Description: | A crew of people from the circus, possibly Ringling Brothers, Barnum, and Bailey, holding up their catch after a fishing trip. |
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