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Houses and Water Tower

Date: 1940
Description: Elevated view over trees of village. In the background is a water tower on a hill with trees.
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McCormick 634 H-W-D Tractor

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Description: Color photograph of a man plowing a field in Great Britain with a McCormick 634 H-W-D tractor.
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Old Mission Congregational Church

Date: 1940
Description: The Old Mission Congregational Church. The church was built in 1832 for a mission founded by Frederick Ayer in 1830. It is said to be the oldest Protestant...
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Dead Deer on the Highway

Date: 1968
Description: A Wisconsin game warden removes a dead deer in the snow that had been struck by a vehicle from a rural Vernon County highway next to a deer crossing sign.
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International Turbostar Truck

Date: 1968
Description: Color photograph of a man driving an International Turbostar truck on a highway in a mountainous landscape. The location is likely International Harvester'...
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Gaylord Nelson Canoeing The Namekagon River

Date: 1966
Description: Gaylord Nelson participates in a canoe trip down the Namekagon River in an effort to protect the river under the National Wild and Scenic Rivers Act.
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E.B. Fred Hall

Date: 1954
Description: E.B. Fred Hall, the first home of the bacteriology department, on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. A person is shoveling dirt in front of the bu...
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Bringing in the Harvest

Date: 1951
Description: Kashmiri farmer carrying his harvest.
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Hong Kong Police

Date: 1951
Description: Hong Kong police with jeep who followed journalist Cecil Brown as he traveled along the border with Communist China.
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Hong Kong Harbor Scene

Date: 09 1951
Description: The large, ornamental office building of Thomas Cook and Sons on the waterfront in Hong Kong. The firm was one of the oldest and largest travel companies i...
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Sampan Boat in Hong Kong Harbor

Date: 09 1951
Description: A sampan boat in Hong Kong harbor. Perhaps what caught the photographer's eye was the laundry on the boat hanging out to dry.
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Cold War Boundary

Date: 09 1951
Description: A hill in the countryside near Hong Kong, showing the fence that marked the border with Communist China. Two children are on a path on the side of the hill...
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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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John Scott in Uniform

Date: 1952
Description: Outdoor portrait of a uniformed man, probably John Scott. Behind him is a boat on a body of water, and on the opposite shorelineis a town and hillside. Ta...
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Cisco Kid Publicity Still

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Description: Outdoor publicity still of Pancho, actor Leo Carillo, sitting on horseback. He is posing with his arms crossed in front of his chest, and a bird (stuffed?)...
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A Buck and Doe Standing Among Trees

Date: 02 1977
Description: A buck standing in the snow in a forest, with a doe standing behind the buck on the right. Both deer are looking towards the left.
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Buck Sitting in Tall Grass

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Description: A buck is sitting in tall grass on the Aqualand Campgrounds. A doe is sitting in the grass in the background on the left. There is a building among trees o...
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Scenic View of Holy Hill

Date: 1969
Description: View across fields and trees towards the Holy Hill National Shrine of Mary on the top of a tree-covered hill.
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War Memorial Center

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Description: View uphill towards the War Memorial Center.
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Sugar House

Date: 04 09 1971
Description: Two horses standing in the snow are hitched to a wagon holding a metal trough. Behind the horses smoke is rising up from the sugar house where maple sap is...

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