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Sousaphone Player in Barnyard

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Description: Member of a local farmers' band practicing in a barnyard with a cow and pony. Another animal, unidentified, stands behind the sousaphone player.
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Tuba Player in Barnyard

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Description: Member of a local farmers band practicing the tuba in a barnyard with cows. In the background is a barn on a hill.
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Rev. Claude Williams

Date: 1962
Description: Rev. Claude Williams and his wife Joyce, probably photographed at their house in Birmingham, Alabama. Williams, a Presbyterian minister, was expelled from ...
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Livestock in Waukesha Sales Pavilion

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Description: Either an auction or a judged show featuring dairy cattle at the Waukesha Sales Pavilion. Spectators are arranged on three sides of the stage. Poster on th...
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The One That Didn't Get Away

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Description: Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey, his son Craig, and the catch of the day.
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Ninth Annual Kennel Club Dog Show

Date: 07 04 1954
Description: More than 1,000 persons attended the ninth annual Kennel Club Dog Show held at the Dane County Fairgrounds. George Wallace meets a new friend, Buckets, at ...
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Ninth Annual Kennel Club Dog Show

Date: 07 04 1954
Description: More than 1,000 persons attended the ninth annual Kennel Club Dog Show held at the Dane County Fairgrounds. Karen Ann Reppen finds this puppy more interest...
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Parade at Midwest Shrine Convention

Date: 09 07 1956
Description: The six-pony hitch pulls the big coronation coach of Medinah Temple of Chicago, drawing cheers from the crowd as it passed along University Avenue to the U...
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Man with Yellow Scout

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Description: A man wearing a cowboy hat and chaps is standing and holding the bridle of a horse near a yellow Scout pickup with white cab, which is hauling a horse in a...
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Feeding Horses from Scout Diesel Terra

Date: 1978
Description: Man feeding horses from the back of a Scout pickup.
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School Children Walking Towards Kickert Buses and Horse-Drawn Carriage

Date: 1975
Description: View across road towards Kickert school buses at a school. Children are waiting in a line on the sidewalk. Some of the children are in a horse-drawn carria...
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Russell Frost Family Portrait

Date: 11 30 1953
Description: Ten members of the Russell Frost family, including a dog, gathered in a home.
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Belmont Hotel Barber Shop

Date: 01 05 1954
Description: Barber Roy Brumley giving Dan Seligman a haircut while his two pet parakeets are perched on each of his shoulders, at the Belmont Hotel barbershop. Seligma...
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Belmont Hotel Barber Shop

Date: 01 05 1954
Description: Barber Roy Brumley's two pet parakeets are perching on his shoulders as he is cutting hair at the Belmont Hotel's barbershop.
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Madison Figure Skating Club Winter Party

Date: 01 21 1954
Description: Members of the Madison Figure Skating Club held their annual winter party at the Truax Field Arena. The event was organized on a circus theme. Lona Engelbe...
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Ad Club Women's Night

Date: 02 17 1954
Description: "Ads & Fads," Madison Advertising Club Women's Night, was held at the Hoffman House. Members are wearing fashions from the first half of the twentieth cent...
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Boys Fishing During Spring Break

Date: 04 19 1954
Description: Emil Thomas taking his beagle, BeBe, on a leash with him to fish. Walking along the dirt shore of the pond at Tenney Park, the dog is pulling on the leash,...
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Boys Fishing During Spring Break

Date: 04 19 1954
Description: Dale Jordan showing a fish, caught fishing with friends at Tenney Park.
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Wisconsin Society for Ornithology Reception

Date: 04 30 1954
Description: Jack Kasper of Oshkosh, Buddy Barger of Madison, and Hugh Wilmar of Holland are looking over bird books at the reception of the Wisconsin Society for Ornit...
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Wisconsin Society for Ornithology Reception

Date: 04 30 1954
Description: Mrs. Harriet Larson and Mrs. Albert Phillips are looking over drawings of birds at the reception of the Wisconsin Society for Ornithology at the Memorial U...

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