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| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Two men operate a machine that uses wires to make equal portions out of a large slab of butter. |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | A little girl rides a tricycle in front of the Spot Lunch diner, a former streetcar. The Spot Lunch was located at 640 Williamson Street and owned by John ... |
| Date: | 09 29 1950 |
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| Description: | A group of skilled workmen in front of the First Unitarian Society meeting house on one of the work days they donated to the project. The building was desi... |
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| Description: | Workers erecting scaffolding outside the First Unitarian Society Meeting House during construction. The building was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and the... |
| Date: | 08 19 1951 |
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| Description: | The First Unitarian Society Meeting House sanctuary (or auditorium) during the final stages of construction. Here, members of the congregation who helped d... |
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| Description: | Three female members of the First Unitarian Society helping to stack stones during the construction of the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Meeting House. Membe... |
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| Description: | Members of the First Unitarian Society loading stones at a quarry to be used in the construction of the Meeting House. The building was designed by Frank L... |
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| Description: | Members of the Madison First Unitarian Society congregation sorting stones to be used in the construction of the Meeting House. The building was designed b... |
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| Description: | Governor Walter J. Kohler, Jr., presents a stack of papers to Secretary of State Fred R. Zimmerman. Although unidentified, the papers are likely nomination... |
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| Description: | Member of a local farmers' band practicing in a barnyard with a cow and pony. Another animal, unidentified, stands behind the sousaphone player. |
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| Description: | Member of a local farmers band practicing the tuba in a barnyard with cows. In the background is a barn on a hill. |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | Spiritualists in Wonewoc, Wisconsin, are setting controls for medium Earl H. Williams by tying his arms and taping his mouth prior to a "levitation exhibit... |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | Democratic Presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson arriving at the Loraine Hotel for a speaking engagement. During the campaign Senator Joseph R. McCarthy r... |
| Date: | 1953 |
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| Description: | Madison Mayor, George Forrester, seated in the front row of the audience at the Ringling Brothers Circus. Clowns entertain the children seated near Forrest... |
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| Description: | Woman wearing a hairnet and an apron fills a pasty in her kitchen. A man wearing coveralls is seated at the table watching. |
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| Description: | Woman wearing an apron in an industrial kitchen and preparing a large pot of lutefisk possibly for a Syttende Mai celebration. |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | 100-year-old woman, a resident of Muscoda, Wis., sitting at a table, stirring a cup of coffee (?). Newsphoto for the Wisconsin State Journal. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Two women compete in a curling match. Several spectators are visible in the background. |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | A gas station attendant puts on his coat outside the White Grocery and Filling Station in Madison. A sign near the pumps reads, "Please Give Me Ten Seconds... |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | The Brooklyn Grange parade float in a Labor Day parade. Men and women on the float mimic various household and recreational activities. |
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