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Picketers Protesting Economic Exploitation

Date: 11 18 1966
Description: Two men carry signs to protest exploitation of tenants who are members of Local 404 by their landlord who is manager of College Barber Shop.
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Cheerleaders Rally the Crowd

Date: 1957
Description: Spectators at a high school basketball game are urged to support the team by jumping cheerleaders.
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Wells Printing Company

Date: 03 04 1937
Description: Wells Printing Company's new plant interior. There are many pieces of letterpress equipment; type cabinets, a composing stone with set type on it and a pro...
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Varsity Welcome

Date: 09 23 1927
Description: Elevated view of University of Wisconsin students on Bascom Hill, with the Wisconsin State Capitol in the distance.
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400 Block of State Street

Date: 1915
Description: View of the 400 block of State Street, south side with the following businesses: 437 Fred R. Eastman Electrical Supplies, 435 M.J. Levin's The Square Tailo...
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Large Group of Kehl Dancers

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Description: A large group of female dancers of varying ages pose in a variety of costumes at the Kehl School of Dance. The young girls in the front row wear dresses ad...
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Washburn Observatory

Date: 1880
Description: Elevated view of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Washburn Observatory. Hill, trees and fields are in the background. A man is standing near a small obs...
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Rennebohm's on State Street

Date: 09 19 1970
Description: On a rainy day in 1970 a young man hawking newspapers takes cover under the overhang of the Rennebohm Drug Store at 676 State Street. After having being d...
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Madison Businesses

Date: 1929
Description: Photograph composite of Madison businesses including Gisholt Machine Company, French Battery and Carbon, Fuller & Johnson MFG., Oscar Mayer, Burgess Batter...
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Architect's Rendering of State Office Building

Date: 1929
Description: The state architect, Arthur Peabody's drawing of the proposed building plans of a State Office Building.
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Neighborhood House Album: Valentine Play

Date: 1925
Description: Page from a scrapbook kept by Neighborhood House, with two views of a play performed for Valentine's Day. One side shows a person dressed in jester's attir...
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Neighborhood House Album: Women's Sewing Group

Date: 1926
Description: Page from a scrapbook kept by Neighborhood House, with a group of women cutting patterns, sewing by hand and machine, pressing a garment, and checking the ...
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The Empire Strikes Back

Date: 06 18 1980
Description: View down street towards a large crowd gathering in a line outside the Orpheum Theatre on State Street for a free 10AM Madison premiere of The Empire St...
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Lake Monona Parking

Date: 03 28 1959
Description: Elevated view of a parking lot along John Nolen Drive on the shore of a partially frozen Lake Monona. Railroad tracks are in the foreground on the right.
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Governor Albert G. Schmedeman with Guests

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Description: Governor Albert Schmedeman sits at his desk for a group portrait. To his right stand three men wearing suits, and to Schmedeman's left stand five women wea...
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Doobie Brothers

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Description: A double exposure or altered print of The Doobie Brothers performing in concert.

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