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Robert M. La Follette, Sr. Speaking from Wagon

Date: 1897
Description: Robert M. La Follette, Sr., speaking to a crowd from back of a wagon. This image is one of a series of views of his appearance at a fair in Cumberland, Wi...
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Air Show Crowd at Truax

Date: 05 16 1959
Description: A crowd watching a formation flight by military aircraft at a Truax Field air show.
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Aerial View of Stoughton

Date: 10 26 1954
Description: Aerial view of Stoughton.
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Lecture Hall in Bacteriology Building

Date: 1955
Description: Lecture hall/classroom setting with a podium and a chalkboard in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Bacteriology Laboratory building.
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Miriam Bennett Working in Studio

Date: 1969
Description: Close-up of Miriam Bennett working on a photographic print at the Bennett studio. Possibly taken by Ruth Bennett Dyer or Oliver Reese.
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Soldier and Civilian

Date: 09 1951
Description: A British soldier or police officer and a civilian on the bridge between the British area of Hong Kong and Communist China.
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Preparing the Field at City Stadium

Date: 12 31 1961
Description: Color photograph of a Farmall tractor and hay rake on the sideline at City Stadium (later known as Lambeau Field), home of the Green Bay Packers. The equip...
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Recording History

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Description: Journalist Cecil Brown, then with the Mutual Broadcasting Network, carrying the portable recorder that he used for interviewing while he was reporting on o...
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Dickey Chapelle at Operation Inland Seas

Date: 07 1959
Description: Dickey Chapelle taking photographs on the beach in Milwaukee during Operation Inland Seas. A Navy ship is on Lake Michigan in the background on the left. A...
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Vel and Dale Phillips

Date: 1956
Description: Vel Phillips sitting in an armchair, wearing a tan top with a light blue skirt. Dale is kneeling next to her, wearing eyeglasses. A television is in the co...
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Ore Dock

Date: 08 1971
Description: Aerial view of an ore dock next to Hog Island. The town is in the distance. In the far background are the white storage buildings of the oil refinery.
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Two Women Catching Fish

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Description: Two young women wearing waders are standing in a creek or small river. One of the women is holding a net just above the water, while the other women is exa...
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Strip Cropping

Date: 1973
Description: Aerial view of strip cropped farmland.
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Taking Oxygen Samples

Date: 02 1977
Description: A man is kneeling on the ice and snow at Potter's Lake. He is running a machine that is testing the oxygen levels in the water, while recording the results...
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The Hodag

Date: 1967
Description: A family looking at a sculpture of a Hodag in a glass case at the Rhinelander Logging Museum.
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Inside the First Kindergarten

Date: 1968
Description: View from back of display of people visiting the first kindergarten building. A mannequin dressed as a nineteenth century teacher is sitting in a chair on ...
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Hall of Flame Fire Museum

Date: 1968
Description: A family looking at an exhibit at the Hall of Flame Fire Museum. The exhibit contains motorized and horse-drawn fire engines, as well as fire pumps.
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Governor Dodge State Park

Date: 1968
Description: Aerial view of Cox Hollow Lake in Governor Dodge State Park.
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Madeline Island

Date: 08 1971
Description: Aerial view of Madeline Island, and a few of the Apostle Islands in the distance.
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West Side Optimist Club Meeting

Date: 09 15 1953
Description: Gordon Logan, West Madison-Middleton Optimist Club president (right) confers with luncheon speaker Sanger B. Powers, superintendent of the state reformator...

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