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Postcard

Lincoln Beachey

Date: 09 25 1912
Description: Lincoln Beachey, the best known aviator of the exhibition era, performed in Wisconsin with his Curtiss Pusher airplane on numerous occasions. This postcar...
Photograph

Garland at West Salem Family Home

Date: 
Description: Informal portrait of writer Hamlin Garland at his family home in West Salem. The woman with him has been tentatively identified as his daughter, Mary Isabe...
Photograph

Jeannie Pope with Mike Huckabee Newsweek Cover

Date: 02 14 2008
Description: Jeannie Pope, wearing red, holding a signed copy of Newsweek, which reads "Holy Huckabee!" and includes an image of Republican Presidential hopeful ...
Photograph

John Satori

Date: 2008
Description: John Satori in his store.
Photograph

Man Walking with Cane

Date: 2008
Description: Elevated view of a man walking with a cane on a rainy day.
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Homeless Man

Date: 2003
Description: A homeless man holding a cardboard sign that reads "HOMELESS HUNGRY ANY Thing HELPS GOD BLESS" on Rose Street intersection.
Photograph

Protesters at Bush-Cheney Rally

Date: 05 07 2004
Description: Protesters hold political signs outside Bush-Cheney rally. One sign reads: "Bush is a whore for the dogs of war" and the other reads: "Bush sucks."
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George W. Bush Rally

Date: 05 07 2004
Description: Television press and supporters at Bush-Cheney rally.
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Elderly Women on Sidewalk

Date: 2009
Description: Two elderly women with walkers taking a stroll outdoors on a sidewalk.
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Obama Supporters

Date: 10 10 2008
Description: Seated Obama supporters hold American flags and signs, and a "Change" banner hangs behind them.
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Barack Obama at Rally

Date: 10 01 2008
Description: President Barack Obama greeting supporters at rally.
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Woman and Two Children

Date: 10 01 2008
Description: A woman is walking down the sidewalk, wearing a head covering and smiling at the camera, while two young girls are following close behind.
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Biker and his Motorcycle

Date: 2008
Description: A biker wearing a leather jacket with patches and pins of the Christian cross. On his motorcycle, a quotation reads: "Deuteronomy 4:24 - For the Lord your ...
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Straightjacketed Escape

Date: 
Description: View from street of Madison magician Ben Bergor being raised feet first (upside down) and in a straightjacket to perform an escape act outside a LaCrosse, ...
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Gund's Brewery, La Crosse

Date: 1890
Description: A large group of Brewery workers posing outside of Gund's Brewery in La Crosse. In the front of the group two men are seated at a table with a large stein ...
Print

H.I. Bliss Letterhead

Date: 
Description: Letterhead of H.I. Bliss, a real estate agent, civil engineer, and county surveyor in La Crosse, Wisconsin. On the left a group of three men are surveying ...
Photograph

State High School Basketball Tournament Teams

Date: 03 13 1956
Description: Group portrait of the Lacrosse Central Red Raiders basketball team.
Photograph

Mary and Katie Temp

Date: 11 24 2011
Description: Mary (Kate) Marcou Temp is sitting on the sofa reading a newspaper while her daughter Kate Temp is kneeling on the floor viewing her electronic reader on T...
Photograph

Richard

Date: 2011
Description: A bearded man named Richard, a friend of the photographer.
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Barbara Kiechler

Date: 1931
Description: Miss Barbara Kiechler, identified as a 4-H Club worker in Coon Valley, posing on a low wall surrounding the Grotto of the Holy Family on the grounds of Vil...

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