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John R. Commons

Date: 1920
Description: John R. Commons, a University of Wisconsin professor, is shown standing outside Sterling Hall with his hat on the ground at his feet.
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Dr. Babcock with Butterfat Tester

Date: 1926
Description: Dr. Stephen Babcock with an electric centrifuge butterfat tester.
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John R. Commons

Date: 1937
Description: Portrait of University of Wisconsin-Madison economist John R. Commons.
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Mildred M. Barber

Date: 06 28 1928
Description: Head and shoulders studio portrait of Mildred Barber, wearing eyeglasses and a beaded blouse, of Marathon, Wisconsin.
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Peggy Algren and Henry Lawrence Ahlgren

Date: 1966
Description: Peggy Algren (b. 1943) and her father Henry Lawrence Ahlgren at her graduation from the University of Wisconsin in 1966. At the time Henry Ahlgren was a Un...
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News Broadcaster Promotes Scrap Drive

Date: 1942
Description: News broadcaster Bon Turner makes an appeal over the radio to farmers to bring their scrap metal into town to help meet the country's need for vital war ma...
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Ephraim Burt Trimpey

Date: 1940
Description: A seated self-portrait of the photographer. He wears eyeglasses, and a suit with vest and floppy cravat.
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J.A. Hines

Date: 1990
Description: J.A. "Doc" Hines, veterinarian and politician, on the phone at his office. Wording on cup reads: "Old Fart."
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Holiday Card of the Committee to Defend the Conspiracy

Date: 1968
Description: Holiday card from the Committee to Defend the Conspiracy. The front is a picture of seven defendants that were under indictment for criminal conspiracy dur...
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Man Fingerprinted by FBI Agent

Date: 08 05 1942
Description: John M. Califano, operator of the Blackhawk Bar, as he was fingerprinted on Wednesday by FBI agent (face blacked out) at the Iron County jail, following a ...
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William Dempster Hoard

Date: 1901
Description: Waist-up studio portrait of William Dempster Hoard.
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Three Men Posing Around a Stump

Date: 1935
Description: Three men, likely United States Resettlement Administration workers, pose around a stump.
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Bob Moses Speaking

Date: 08 08 1964
Description: Bob (Robert) Moses speaking at the Freedom School Convention during Freedom Summer.
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Women Singing, Freedom School Convention

Date: 08 08 1964
Description: Two women clap and sing at the Freedom School Convention during the Freedom Summer civil rights project. Behind them is a mural, and a banner that says "St...
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Interior of a Dry-Goods Store

Date: 1908
Description: Three women and one man pose at a cashier's counter in the interior of a dry-goods store, presumably in Wisconsin. Hammocks hang from the ceiling in the ba...
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Businessman at his Desk

Date: 1918
Description: Unidentified business or professional man seated in a chair in front of a roll-top desk. He is wearing round eyeglasses, and there is a typewriter on the d...
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Portrait of Carl Russel Fish

Date: 1920
Description: Carl Russell Fish, noted professor of American history at the University of Wisconsin, shown standing on the steps of the State Historical Society building...
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Portrait of Wilbur J. Cohen

Date: 1956
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Wilbur J. Cohen, probably during his time as a Professor in Public Welfare Administration, School of Social Work, at the Univers...
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President Lyndon B. Johnson with Wilbur Cohen

Date: 1965
Description: President Johnson appears to be asking Wilbur Cohen either which pen to sign with or which pen would Wilbur Cohen like to have. What he is signing is unkno...
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August Laechelt Holding Jar of Honey

Date: 01 1976
Description: Beekeeper August Laechelt, smiling and holding a jar of honey in his hands. His nametag reads "American Beekeeping Federation; January 18-22, 1976; August ...

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