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Location Shooting for "Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man"

Date: 1961
Description: View of a street, with shop fronts, a horse-drawn carriage, and automobiles. Several people are in the background. Caption reads: "Saxon Wis 1961. 20th Cen...
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Production Crew Filming "Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man"

Date: 10 03 1961
Description: Several people standing on a street. A ladder and film lights are visible. Caption reads: "Saxon Wis Oct 3 1961. 20th Century Fox motion picture studio cre...
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Field and Woodland

Date: 06 28 1964
Description: View across a field sloping down toward a woodland area, with fields and hills in the distance. Caption reads: "Primrose (vicinity), Wis. June 28, 1960. Bi...
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Woodlands and Fields at Sundown

Date: 09 11 1960
Description: Slightly elevated view across fields and small patches of woodlands. A barn is on a hill in the distance, and there are cows in a field below on the right....
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Field at Sunrise

Date: 06 04 1961
Description: View across a field, with a gently sloping hill to the left, and hills and forests in the distance. Caption reads: "Denzer (vicinity), Wis. June 4, 1961. F...
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Rocks and Early Spring Trees

Date: 05 13 1961
Description: View of several trees growing behind a rocky outcropping. In the background on the left is a farmhouse and farm buildings, and a tower for what may be a wi...
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Tree in Field

Date: 08 09 1964
Description: View of a tree in a field. A large and a small building are in the background on the right. Caption reads: "Pine Bluff (vicinity), Mineral Point Rd.), Wis....
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Wild Growth

Date: 05 12 1961
Description: View of a tangle of trees and other plants along with several rocks. Caption reads: "Ashton (vicinity), Wis. May 12, 1961. Dense wild growth and rocks in h...
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Tree and Creek Bed

Date: 05 07 1961
Description: View looking down towards a bare tree, and other bare trees or shrubs, along a creek bed. Caption reads: "Arena (vicinity), Wis. May 7, 1961. Water spring ...
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Kettle Moraine Drive Near Greenbush

Date: 1955
Description: View from drive looking down towards a valley surrounded by hills and forest. Caption reads: "Landscape near Greenbush, Wis."
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Willow Tree in Upland Pasture, Spring Growth

Date: 05 07 1960
Description: View of a tree surrounded by rocks and field. The trees branches have some leaves and buds on them. Caption reads: "Cross Plains (vicinity), Wis. May 17, 1...
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Mazomanie, Vicinity Highway 78

Date: 07 23 1960
Description: View from a bluff looking south. A highway is on the right; one farm building is among a stand of trees at the bottom of the hill.
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Mrs. Ruth Pochmann's Doll Exhibit

Date: 1961
Description: Five dolls are posed together. Two are wearing veils and a third is wearing a hat. Photo caption reads: "19th Century dolls owned by Mrs Henry A. [Ruth] Po...
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Mrs. Ruth Pochmann's Doll Exhibit

Date: 1961
Description: Five dolls are posed together. The smallest — an African-American doll — is seated in a miniature chair. The caption reads: "19th Century dolls owned by Mr...
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Lowlands Near Hollandale

Date: 10 03 1960
Description: Slightly elevated view across a field with trees and a river, and a town in the distance. Caption reads: Hollandale, Wis. Oct 3, 1960. Lowlands at approach...
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Lowlands Near Viroqua

Date: 05 31 1962
Description: View towards several dead trees, one of which has water near its base. A wooded hillside is in the background. Caption reads: "Viroqua (vicinity east) May ...
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Television Station Tower Near Madison

Date: 07 30 1960
Description: View across a field, with a small hill in the distance. One tree is on the hill, and a building is nearby. Behind them, a tower extends into the sky. Capti...
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Outcropping Near Mount Horeb

Date: 1963
Description: View uphill towards a rocky outcropping on a hilltop near Mount Horeb, with storm clouds gathering in the sky. Fence posts are partway up the hill, and a f...
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Guffawmeter

Date: 1958
Description: A man wearing headphones is sitting behind a table with the Guffawmeter. The caption reads: "Guffawmeter constructed by Paul Vanderbilt for the State Histo...
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Twelve-Panel Vanderbilt List

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Description: Inside of twelve-panel folding "scroll." A master list of 24-8.5 x 11 sheets of handwritten or typed paper, detailing physical or thematic ways to categori...

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