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Vin Fiz Evidence

Date: 1953
Description: Jesse Brabazon, pioneer aviator from Delavan, displaying fabric from the Vin Fiz, the airplane in which Calbraith P. Rodgers made the first transcon...
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Farmer's Birthday

Date: 07 07 1983
Description: John Fitzsimmons and Barton Voegeli take a break from discing the fields to eat the birthday cake that Voegeli's wife made to celebrate the occasion.
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Rural Telephone Operator

Date: 11 1954
Description: Henry Anderson runs a switchboard on his 90th birthday, with his smoking paraphernalia and a photograph of him at the switchboard on a table nearby.
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Working at the Parker Pen Factory

Date: 10 16 1952
Description: A worker is using a machine to cut metal strips for fountain pen nibs at the Parker Pen factory.
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Dane County Homecrafters

Date: 03 06 1956
Description: Harold W. Rucks, of Edgerton sits in a wheel chair while working at a table jig saw. Rucks, who had been severely crippled for 17 years with rheumatiod art...
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Rath Church Decorating Service

Date: 10 31 1958
Description: Portrait of Clemens Rath, head of Rath Church Decorating Service, 3331 University Avenue, standing beside a glass mosaic window made by the firm for St. Pa...
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Lady with Cats

Date: 10 26 1961
Description: Rachel Salisbury of Milton Junction, a retired college English and Education teacher, sitting with two of her Persian cats with a large awards ribbon in th...
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Dr. Evert Wallenfeldt, President of Milton College

Date: 10 15 1963
Description: Thirty-one year old Dr. Evert Wallenfeldt, newly appointed president of Milton College, is shown chatting with two students in front of Main Hall. The stud...
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Rubie and Frank Bond

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Description: Rubie and Frank Bond standing together outdoors in front of a building.
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"Veterans for Trump" Sign

Date: 03 29 2016
Description: An elderly man in a suit is holding a sign reading: "Veterans for Trump, Make America Great Again!" Other men and women are standomg around him waiting to ...
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People Waiting to Enter the Donald Trump Rally

Date: 03 29 2016
Description: A line of men and women waiting outdoors to enter the Donald Trump rally held in the Janesville Conference Center. Many of the people are wearing shirts, p...
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Costumed Protesters

Date: 03 29 2016
Description: Two people are holding up their protest signs while posing for the camera outside the Donald Trump rally. The man on the right is wearing a bunny costume a...
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Interviewing Protesters

Date: 03 29 2016
Description: A young woman holding a red notebook and standing next to a camera is holding out a microphone towards several protesters at the Donald Trump rally. The pr...
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"You're a Mean One" Protest Sign

Date: 03 29 2016
Description: Three young people, two men and one women, are sitting on the curb in front of a fence with a sign reading: "No Trespassing By Order of Police." Behind the...
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Young Man Holding the American Flag

Date: 03 29 2016
Description: A young man in a flat cap and glasses is holding up an American flag. He is standing in a crowd of Trump supporters waiting to enter the rally. An African ...
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"We Come in Peace" Political Poster

Date: 03 29 2016
Description: A man is holding his political poster in his left hand, which bears images of cartoon aliens and reads: "We Come in Peace." His right hand is steadying a b...
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Trump Supporter Talking to Protesters

Date: 03 29 2016
Description: Temporary fences are along both sides of a narrow sidewalk outside the Donald Trump rally. Behind the fence on the left side are several protesters holding...
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Robert Grimes Outside the Donald Trump Rally

Date: 03 29 2016
Description: Robert Grimes is holding up a microphone and leading a group of protesters in a chant outside the Donald Trump Rally. He is wearing a jacket and hat, both ...
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Protester in a Squirrel Costume

Date: 03 29 2016
Description: Two men hold up protest signs, both reading "Trump deez [sic] nuts!" The man on the right wears a full body squirrel costume and holds a pair of cloth acor...
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Edgerton's Pat Boone Fan Club

Date: 07 08 1957
Description: The Edgerton Pat Boone fan club's major project is to repair used toys, games, and books for the Martin Luther Children's home in Stoughton. Club president...

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