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Capturing the Hodag

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Description: A staged scene depicting men poised with weapons pointed at a hodag, a mythical beast, who has attacked a child.
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Governor Heil Squirting Milk

Date: 06 08 1939
Description: Governor Julius Heil squirting milk from a cow on a parade float. The Governor climbed aboard the float during the dairyland parade, a part of Milwaukee's ...
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Sid "Shooting" with a Broom

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Description: Sid, with a cigar in his mouth, a metal lampshade on his head, and wearing a backpack, is laying across two desks in an office with a broom in his arms as ...
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Composite Image of Two Men Standing in front of Gisholt

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Description: Composite image of a man wearing a suit standing in front of the Gisholt Machine Company entrance. He is looking up at a man scaled as tall as the building...
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Car on Pontoon

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Description: John "Commodore" Heggestad driving a car across Lake Monona on a pontoon. An article called "The 'Monona-Mobile'" was published in the Gisholt Machine Comp...
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Sid Standing with Chamber Pot at End of the Rainbow

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Description: Outdoor view of Sid standing in the snow looking at an outhouse. He is holding a chamber pot at the end of the rainbow. A half moon symbol has been drawn o...

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