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Weighing Guests

Date: 1898
Description: Group of people on the front porch, weighing the guests. A visit was considered successful if the guests weighed more when they left.
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Future Drafters

Date: 10 16 1965
Description: High school boys in an industrial drafting class using drafting machines and compasses.
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Milwaukee Road Station Christmas Tree

Date: 12 21 1945
Description: Large Christmas tree in the waiting room of the Milwaukee Road Railroad Station, 644 West Washington Avenue, with passengers and the sign: "Give War Bonds,...
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Bethel Lutheran Church

Date: 05 27 1945
Description: Bethel Lutheran Church choir entering the chancel area, 318 Wisconsin Avenue. Elevated view taken from the balcony.
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Father Flad's First Mass

Date: 05 20 1942
Description: Father Paul N. Flad faces the congregation during his first Mass at Blessed Sacrament Church, 2119 Rowley Avenue, with priests and altar boys kneeling in p...
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Mr. S. Schafer with Snakes

Date: 12 21 1933
Description: Mr. S. Schafer in laboratory coat, holding one large and one small snake.
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Duncan Beauty School

Date: 09 29 1932
Description: Interior of the Duncan Academy of Hair and Beauty Culture School, located at 23 South Pinckney Street. Students are working with customers in hair styling ...
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Rear Room in Joe's Place

Date: 05 20 1931
Description: View of rear room of Joe's Place, with a man sitting in the foreground. 786 W. Washington Avenue, owned by Joseph Puccio, Greenbush.
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Singer, James Regan

Date: 10 19 1930
Description: Singer, James Regan, sitting by a radio in the Orpheum Theatre, 216 State Street.
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Facial Massage

Date: 08 13 1930
Description: A male beauty operator is giving a woman a facial massage in the Baron Brothers Department Store Beauty Shop/"Bobber" Shop.
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Old Scale

Date: 04 12 1928
Description: View of a man taking Sodium Chloride (NaCl) out of a jar to measure it on an old scale on a table. The man is working in the Ricketts laboratory at the Agr...
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Agrisphere at the Museum of Science and Industry

Date: 06 1975
Description: People watching a program in the "Agrisphere," an 80-capacity theater in a 40-foot-high geodesic dome in the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry paid fo...
Poster

Health and Safety Poster Illustrating Employee Lunch Rooms

Date: 1916
Description: Poster or signboard with the title: "Lunch Rooms - A Clean and Neat Place to Eat: Makes Food More Palatable." Includes images of lunch rooms or cafeterias ...
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Assembly Floor

Date: 1967
Description: Democratic leadership on the Wisconsin Assembly floor: left to right: Robert T. Huber, minority leader; David R. Obey, assistant minority leader, and Norma...
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Truck Drivers at Truck Stop

Date: 1966
Description: Two truck drivers filling out paperwork at a table in an American Oil Company truck stop. Behind them is a vending machine for cigarettes.
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Truck Drivers Dining at Truck Stop

Date: 1966
Description: Truck drivers dining in reserved "Truck Drivers Only" seating at a diner in an American Oil Company truck stop.
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Truck Stop Diner

Date: 1966
Description: Waitresses and customers at an American Oil Company truck stop diner on Interstate-80.
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Truck Drivers Relaxing in Truck Stop Lounge

Date: 1966
Description: Several truck drivers relaxing in an American Oil Company truck stop lounge. Two men in the foreground are working on paperwork.
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John F Kennedy

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Description: John F. Kennedy seated next to Doug Witzeling at an event for the Chamber of Commerce. A man stands behind them.
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"Not that You Won or Lost . . ."

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Description: Sid, holding an umbrella and sitting on bleachers outside the Wisconsin Historical Society building. Rain (graphite lines) is annotated on the negative. At...

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