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Rural Wisconsin Landscape

Date: 11 05 1986
Description: Green Lake County Highway M meandering toward a red barn in the distance on a November day, an archtypal Wisconsin landscape.
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Eddie Carthan Victory Party

Date: 1982
Description: Victory celebration for Eddie Carthan, the black activist mayor of Tchula, Mississippi. Carthan was convicted on charges of robbery and murder in 1981. Thi...
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Novak and Laird

Date: 07 1983
Description: Journalist Robert Novak, right, with former Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird of Wisconsin at an unidentified formal event. Both men were then involved wit...
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President Carter Speaking at Podium

Date: 1980
Description: President Jimmy Carter speaking at a podium during the Wisconsin State American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations 11th biennial ...
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Campaigning for Reelection

Date: 10 1980
Description: Vice-president Walter Mondale campaigning for reelection in Wisconsin. To Mondale's right, and partially obscured, is Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson, who...
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Michael Dukakis in Wisconsin

Date: 1988
Description: Democratic Presidential candidate Michael Dukakis campaigning in northern Wisconsin.
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Black Bear Lounge and Taco Grande

Date: 1987
Description: Exterior view from street of the Black Bear Lounge and Taco Grande at 310 North Frances Street. There are three Pepsi logos on the sign.
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Amber Grid

Date: 1987
Description: Exterior view of the Amber Grid at 1313 University Avenue. There is a bicycle parked in front of the building.
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Alma and Ilze

Date: 1982
Description: Alma Schmidt Petersen, left, enjoys a meal with her niece (by marriage), Ilze Reese, in the dining room of the main house at Black Point Estate. This photo...
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Horse-Drawn Carriage at Black Point

Date: 1980
Description: View from lawn of a man holding the harness of a team of two horses hitched to an open carriage on the brick drive at Black Point. A large group looks on f...
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William O. Petersen

Date: 06 1981
Description: William O. Petersen, right, poses with his wife, Jane Browne Petersen, and cousin Ernst Schmidt Reese. Jane holds a package of cucumber seeds and a hand cu...
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Dale and Vel Phillips

Date: 04 19 1980
Description: Dale and Vel Phillips sit behind a table.
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President Jimmy Carter Speaking

Date: 10 06 1980
Description: President Jimmy Carter standing behind a podium withGaylord Nelson on the left. Another man is behind the podium on the right. A banner hangs in the backgr...
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Vel Phillips in Crowd around President Jimmy Carter

Date: 10 06 1980
Description: Vel Phillips is in the background looking at President Jimmy Carter standing among a crowd. There is a photographer in the foreground holding up a camera.
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Vel Phillips Attends Presidential Visit

Date: 10 06 1980
Description: Group of people standing and sitting behind a velvet rope listening to President Jimmy Carter speak. Vel Phillips sits on the far right.
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President Carter Speaking on Stage

Date: 10 06 1980
Description: View from audience of President Jimmy Carter addressing a crowd of people from a stage. On the left Vel Phillips sits on the stage near an American Flag. A...
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President Carter Speaking on Stage

Date: 10 06 1980
Description: View from audience of President Jimmy Carter addressing a crowd of people from a stage. On the left Vel Phillips sits on the stage near an American Flag. A...
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Vel Phillips and W. Dale Phillips

Date: 05 1982
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Vel Phillips, wearing a name tag that reads "Secretary of State," standing next to her husband, W. Dale Phillips, who is wearing...
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Beth Heiden Billboard

Date: 1980
Description: American Dairy Association of Wisconsin billboard featuring Olympian, Beth Heiden, in cycling gear and holding a glass of milk.
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Steve Gunderson

Date: 1980
Description: Steve Gunderson is standing next to a flatbed truck bearing a "Gunderson for Congress" banner. The truck is carrying a band and several supporters. Likely ...

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