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"Danger Lights" Display in Capitol Theatre Lobby

Date: 09 29 1930
Description: Close-up of display in RKO Capitol Theatre's outer lobby for "Danger Lights." Features a model train from Wolf-Kubly & Hersig with signs saying: "31,000 mi...
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"Danger Lights" Display in Capitol Theatre Lobby

Date: 09 29 1930
Description: Display in RKO Capitol Theatre's outer lobby for "Danger Lights" and coming attraction "Africa Speaks." Features a model train from Wolff-Kubly & Hersig, w...
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Animated Display Window

Date: 07 24 1947
Description: Animated display window at Master Furriers, 11 West Main Street, "Madison City of Prosperity," display of miniature storefronts with Madison merchants' sto...
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Battle of Gettysburg Miniature

Date: 03 12 1972
Description: Display in miniature of the Battle of Gettysburg, which was on exhibit in the Wisconsin State Capitol's Grand Army of the Republic Memorial Hall.
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Scale Model of Cyrus McCormick's First Reaper

Date: 11 1951
Description: State Historical Society employee Joyce Hancock with a model of Cyrus McCormick's first reaper.
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We Saw You . . . Watching Dairy Caravan

Date: 02 01 1955
Description: School children from the Madison area are among the first visitors at the opening of the $100,000 Dairy Caravan at the State Capitol. Students from Waunake...
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Wisconsin Architecture Award Winners

Date: 05 18 1961
Description: Harold Ames, sitting at center, looking over a model of the State Office building planned for the Hill Farms which was part of the honor awards exhibit of ...
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Founders Day Dinner Committee

Date: 04 16 1957
Description: Members of the decorating committee for the annual Founders' Day Dinner for the Wisconsin Alumni Club looking at a model of Bascom Hall. From left are Sara...
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Durst Rockshelter

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Description: A diorama in the museum galleries of the excavation of an Indian rockshelter, an archaeological site in Sauk County. This was part of an exhibit at the Wis...
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Richard Graef and Threshing Machine Model

Date: 02 1953
Description: Caption reads: "Richard Graef, Franksville, Wis., a student at the University of Wisconsin, shown adjusting the bagging device on the scale model threshing...
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Children with Horse and Buggy Model

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Description: Five children are standing around a model on a table. Caption reads: "Madison, Wis. State Historical Society of Wis. Children looking at model of a horse a...

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