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Westport Bridge

Date: 08 07 1945
Description: State Highway 113 bridge over the Yahara River in Westport. The photograph is taken from the north end of the bridge showing the "blind" curve on the immed...
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Girl Scouts at Camp Brandenburg

Date: 07 23 1945
Description: Three girl scouts and the camp director chatting while sitting on a cot in a tent at Camp Brandenburg near Springfield Corners. Pictured left to right: Mar...
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Mt. Horeb Swimming Class

Date: 08 03 1945
Description: Mt. Horeb children and adults splashing in the Bluemound pool during a Red Cross swimming class.
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Mt. Horeb Swimming Class

Date: 08 03 1945
Description: Children leaving the truck hired by the Red Cross Chapter of Mt. Horeb to drive them to a swimming class at the Bluemounds pool.
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Westport Bridge with Road Signs

Date: 08 07 1945
Description: State Highway 113 bridge over the Yahara River in Westport, with two automobiles and road signs that read: "County Highway M, Middleton 7 miles"; "State Hi...
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Sigurd Olson

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Description: Sigurd Olson, in typical camping attire, during a canoe trip at Quetico Park in Canada.
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On the Lower Churchill

Date: 1961
Description: Sigurd Olson and friends canoeing on the Lower Churchill River.
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William O. Douglas

Date: 1958
Description: Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas during a canoe trip with conservationist Sigurd F. Olson. He is sitting with his hat in hand beside a canoe pulled...
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Food Cart

Date: 1946
Description: American soldier purchasing something from a food cart, a scene photographed by conservationist Sigurd Olson while traveling in Europe immediately after th...
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Grain Seller

Date: 12 30 1937
Description: Grain sellers sitting in the market place in Zliten, Lybia. They are wearing traditional Arab robes and head wraps.
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Arab Plowing Sand

Date: 12 30 1937
Description: An Arab man plowing sand with a plow harnessed to a camel.
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Bomb Throwers

Date: 05 09 1939
Description: Italian gas bomb throwers, wearing their gas masks, riding in a truck during a parade for the anniversary of the founding of the Italian Empire in Rome. Th...
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Market View in Libya

Date: 01 1938
Description: View of the marketplace in Misurata, Libya.
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Hmong Vegetable Sellers

Date: 1997
Description: Hmong farm family selling vegetables on Mifflin Street on the Capitol Square at Madison's Farmer's Market.
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Charles E. Brown and Friend

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Description: Unidentified man pointing, and Charles E. Brown standing to his side, are beneath a tree on the shoreline of a lake (possibly Lake Monona).
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Building a Railroad Bridge

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Description: Elevated view of an early phase of construction of a railroad bridge. In the background is a body of water, and in the foreground are wooden walkways over ...
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Man and Woman with Flags

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Description: A man and a woman stand in a yard behind a white picket fence. The man is leaning towards her while holding an American flag. She is wearing a light-colore...
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Forest Fire

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Description: View of three people silhouetted against the advancing edge of a brush fire.
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Earl Woodbury

Date: 1933
Description: Earl Woodbury, age 14, a student at Cloverland School, poses with a sheep on his home farm. The sheep has been recently shorn. There is another sheep and a...
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Rhine Center School

Date: 1931
Description: Broad stairs lead to the front door of the one-story, wood frame Rhine Center School, District No. 6. The school has a covered front porch, stone foundatio...

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