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Woman Making Pasties

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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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Woman Preparing Lutefisk

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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.
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Muscoda Woman

Date: 1955
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.
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Winter View of the Wisconsin Historical Society Building

Date: 01 1954
Description: An exterior view of the Wisconsin Historical Society building, seen from the southeast. Several cars are parked on the street in front of the building. The...
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Curling Match

Date: 1950
Description: Two women compete in a curling match. Several spectators are visible in the background.
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Young Woman Holding License Plates and a "Keep Wisconsin Clean" Sign

Date: 1958
Description: A young woman standing outdoors holds two 1959, Wisconsin license plates and a "Keep Wisconsin Clean" sign. The signs were made to promote the Governor's K...
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Wonewoc Spiritualist Camp

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Description: A "test" being performed to see if a medium is authentic.
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View from Bascom Hall

Date: 1954
Description: Elevated view looking southwest over tree-tops from Bascom Hall. Sterling Hall is on the left. The spire of the First Congregational Church is visible in t...
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Lower Campus of University of Wisconsin-Madison

Date: 1954
Description: View from roof top of lower campus at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Wisconsin Historical Society is in left foreground and Science Hall is visible b...
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The White Grocery and Filling Station

Date: 1947
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...
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Labor Day Parade

Date: 1955
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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Wisconsin General Hospital

Date: 1956
Description: Aerial view of Wisconsin General Hospital.
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YMCA Building at Demolition

Date: 1956
Description: The old YMCA building in the initial stage of demolition.
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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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Demolition of Fuller Opera House

Date: 1954
Description: View from atop a building across Wisconsin Avenue of the Fuller Opera House during its demolition.
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Erdman Prefab 2

Date: 1959
Description: Interior view of the prefabricated home designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and constructed by Marshall Erdman. This example of the Erdman #2 known as the Walte...
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Erdman Prefab 2

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Description: Dining area of the Walter & Mary Rudin House, 110 Marinette Trail, an example of Erdman #2, a Frank Lloyd Wright-design prefabricated house marketed and co...
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Benton Wilcox with McCormick Collection

Date: 11 1951
Description: Benton H. Wilcox, Librarian of the State Historical Society, examining manuscript materials in the McCormick Collection, recently received at the Society.
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Replica of McCormick's First Reaper

Date: 11 1951
Description: State Historical Society employee Joyce Hancock examines a replica of Cyrus McCormick's first reaper.

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