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| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | John Roach, director of the state beverage and cigarette tax division, using a sledge hammer to smash illegal slot machines. |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Local wrestler "Jimmy" Demetral poses flexing his muscles in front of a painting of himself. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Hospital or nursing home patients are able to view television in their rooms. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | A man operating a ticket booth in the Wisconsin Dells. He is playing a card game, probably solitaire, on the counter. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Woman with children grilling hot dogs and wieners at the beach. |
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| Description: | Myrland's Sky Lodge, a vacation resort near Montello that boasted a private landing strip for pilots with small planes. The Piper Vagabond in the foregroun... |
| Date: | 06 1955 |
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| Description: | A helicopter hovers over the crowd at an air show marking the dedication of the Lone Rock Airport as a local government facility. Because of its location a... |
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| Description: | A man cuts a block of wood on a table saw in his workshop. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | As part of an Easter tableau, a statue of Mary Magdalene at the entrance to what is a depiction of Jesus' tomb, is mirrored by a young girl in similar garb... |
| 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: | 1952 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of a parade on the Capitol Square, celebrating a visit by Adlai Stevenson, Democratic candidate for President. |
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| Description: | Aerial view of a full Camp Randall Stadium during half-time of a football game. The band is on the field in formation to spell "UW." |
| 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... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Two women compete in a curling match. Several spectators are visible in the background. |
| 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. |
| Date: | 11 1951 |
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| Description: | State Historical Society employee Joyce Hancock with a model of Cyrus McCormick's first reaper. |
| Date: | 11 1951 |
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| Description: | Scale model of the first McCormick reaper. |
| Date: | 11 1951 |
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| Description: | Scale model of a McCormick hand-rake reaper. |
| Date: | 11 1951 |
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| Description: | Scale model of a McCormick hand-rake reaper. |
| Date: | 11 1951 |
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| Description: | Scale model of a McCormick reaper with automatic self-delivery attachment. |
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