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Father Groppi and Demonstrators

Date: 1968
Description: Father James Groppi (1930-) and school desegregation demonstrators marching in. Milwaukee holding signs that read "Stop School Segregation"
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Post-Armistice Day Parade

Date: 05 1919
Description: Company H of the Third Regiment came home to Menomonee, Wisconsin and a tumultuous greeting from townspeople when Armistice was declared on November 11, 19...
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Monthly Market Fair

Date: 1908
Description: Elevated view of farmer's wagons, teams, and pedestrian traffic crowd Princeton's main street for the monthly market fair. Some snow is on the ground and a...
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Snow Removal after a Storm

Date: 02 1933
Description: Winter scene showing snow removal vehicles working to clear the snow on Wisconsin Avenue in Milwaukee after a winter blizzard.
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Sinclair Service Station

Date: 1938
Description: Three uniformed employees of the Sinclair Oil Company Service Station, located at 501 East Broadway, standing in front of the station's gas pumps. Two life...
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Boyhood Home of Hamlin Garland

Date: 1937
Description: Boyhood home of Hamlin Garland.
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La Pointe from Big Bay Road

Date: 1910
Description: View of La Pointe taken from Big Bay Road on Madeline Island.
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Fire at Atlas Flour Mill

Date: 12 11 1926
Description: Fire destroyed the Atlas Flour Mill, causing an estimated $100,000 in damage. Thirteen engine companies, six truck companies, and two fire boats fought the...
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Darling Shop Display Window

Date: 11 06 1940
Description: Exterior night view of the Darling Shop, located at 9 East Main Street, with people looking at the window displays. A portion of the lighted neon "Darling ...
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L.C. Smith Typewriter Truck

Date: 08 17 1937
Description: View across street towards a semi-trailer truck delivering 200 new 1937 Super Speed L.C. Smith typewriters. A young boy and three men are standing in the s...
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Lewis D-X Station at Night

Date: 05 12 1937
Description: Front door of Lewis D-X Service Station at night, 118 King Street. Sign on door reads: "We meet the finest people in the world at this station --- our cust...
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New Tanks for Fauerbach Brewing Co.

Date: 04 17 1934
Description: View across street towards two new tanks being delivered by the Heil Co. of Milwaukee on a Heil Company truck. The truck is parked in front of the Fauerbac...
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Mayor Schmedeman Greeting Indian Chief

Date: 07 09 1930
Description: Mayor Albert G. Schmedeman greeting Chief Shunatuna, who is on horseback and who is in Madison with the Official United States Indian band at the RKO Orphe...
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Home Economics Building

Date: 07 16 1926
Description: University of Wisconsin Home Economics building, 1300 Linden Drive, from the southwest.
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Wisconsin General Hospital

Date: 07 1926
Description: Architectural drawing by Arthur Peabody of the Wisconsin General Hospital, 1300 University Avenue. University of Wisconsin.
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Masonic Temple

Date: 10 04 1926
Description: View across E. Johnson Street towards the Masonic Temple at 301 Wisconsin Avenue.
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Westminster Presbyterian Church

Date: 12 08 1925
Description: Westminster Presbyterian Church.1806 West Lawn Avenue. Wingra Park.
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Madison Motor Car Company

Date: 12 1925
Description: Exterior view from street of Madison Motor Car Company, 325 W. Gorham Street.
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Lowell School

Date: 04 1926
Description: Lowell Elementary School, 401 Maple Drive.
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Masonic Temple

Date: 04 1926
Description: Masonic Temple, 301 Wisconsin Avenue.

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