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Television for Patients

Date: 1950
Description: Hospital or nursing home patients are able to view television in their rooms.
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Unitarian Church's Work Day

Date: 1950
Description: People gather around a table of food for the First Unitarian Society's "Work Day". The building was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and some of the construc...
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Picking Apples

Date: 1950
Description: An apple-picker stands among the branches of a tree, on a ladder with a pouch slung over his shoulder and belted around his waist.
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Unitarian Meeting House Construction

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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...
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Unitarian Meeting House Congregation Sorting Stones

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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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Menominee Ceremony

Date: 1940
Description: Slightly elevated view of a Menominee Ceremony, possibly the beginning of a dance.
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Sousaphone Player in Barnyard

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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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Armory Gymnasium Annex Demolition

Date: 1956
Description: Gymnasium annex undergoing demolition on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The Armory (Red Gym or Old Red) is on the left. Three men are working...
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Bascom Hall from Bascom Hill

Date: 1954
Description: View of Bascom Hall from Bascom Hill (formerly Main Hall) on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. A few people are sitting on the lawn in front of ...
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Memorial Library and Mall

Date: 1956
Description: Memorial Library, Armory (Red Gym or Old Red), and University of Wisconsin Boathouse from across mall on the lower campus of the University of Wisconsin-Ma...
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State Patrol Field Headquarters

Date: 1955
Description: State patrol officers line up beside their patrol cars at Old District 1 State Patrol Field Headquarters on Highway 12. They appear to be receiving instruc...
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Filming a Prescribed Prairie Burn

Date: 1953
Description: Disney film crew in UW-Madison Arboretum's Curtis Prairie filming a prescribed burn.
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Marines Leaving

Date: 1951
Description: A platoon of Marines marching down a tree-lined city street. A group of children are walking alongside on the left.
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Plowing with Oxen

Date: 09 1946
Description: Team of oxen pulling a hand plow with farmer, Oscar Sayles, walking behind. The animals are named Tom and Jerry.
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Neighbors Help Weckler

Date: 05 1947
Description: Five men are driving tractors along a field. Caption reads: "Ft Atkinson Wis 1947-9 Weckler farm Neighbors help Weckler when daughter was kidnapped".
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Dr. Jones' 50th Work Anniversary

Date: 1951
Description: A man is holding an infant in his arms. A woman standing next to him also has her hand on the infant. Caption reads: "Celebration for Dr. [Arthur W.] Jones...
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Razing Old House on Milwaukee Street

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Description: View across intersection towards several people standing outside a building that is partially demolished. A nearby sign advertises the Union House. Caption...
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Farm House Filled with Antiques

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Description: A man stands in the open doorway of a house. Many tools hang on the outside wall. There is a fence on the left, and a large birdhouse is at the corner of t...
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Petenwell Dam Dedication

Date: 1948
Description: Groups of people are on four or five boats traveling on the Wisconsin River, with a shoreline behind them on the left. In the distance is the opposite shor...

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