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War Products Exhibit at Indianapolis Works

Date: 1942
Description: Storefront war products exhibit at International Harvester's Indianapolis Works. A sign on the window reads: "Mud pies. Today is serious business! This fou...
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Nikita Khrushchev with Reporters

Date: 1959
Description: Elevated view of Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev wading through a throng of reporters during a visit to a farm. A Farmall 560 tractor is in the background...
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Bird's-Eye View of the Centennial Exposition

Date: 1876
Description: One of "Three different views of the World's Fair at Philadelphia" mentioned in Dahl's 1877 "Catalogue of Stereoscopic Views." On the stereograph itself is...
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Lake City Cornet Band

Date: 05 17 1870
Description: A large group, mainly men, are gathered behind the "Lake City Cornet Band" who are in uniform near a lake shore, possibly Lake Monona. The card was marked ...
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War Tax Resistance

Date: 1969
Description: A demonstration of the war tax resistance taking place in Mid-Manhattan.
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Cub Scout Party

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Description: Santa Claus handing out presents at a Christmas party for Wisconsin Rapids Cub Scouts.
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Jeannie Pope with Mike Huckabee Newsweek Cover

Date: 02 14 2008
Description: Jeannie Pope, wearing red, holding a signed copy of Newsweek, which reads "Holy Huckabee!" and includes an image of Republican Presidential hopeful ...
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John McCain

Date: 02 15 2008
Description: John McCain speaking, with an enormous American flag in the background.
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Michelle Obama at University of Wisconsin-La Crosse

Date: 02 18 2008
Description: Michelle Obama, wife of politician Barack Obama, greeting Wisconsin State Representative Jennifer Shilling at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.
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Waterford-Phillips Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: Located at 100 South Jefferson Street, started out as a Phillips 66 service station, built in 1935. It is currently Uncle Harry's Frozen Custard.
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Berlin Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: Edward and Walter Biegick started with a tire-repair shop in 1918 and went on to operate a service station and large automobile dealership in downtown Berl...
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Exterior of F. Dohmen Company

Date: 1900
Description: The F. Dohmen Company Wholesale Druggists. A salesman's catalog with removable screwed bindings and pages of note paper bound between catalog pages. (One o...
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Photographer and Wisconsin State Capitol Building

Date: 07 04 1876
Description: Two men stand by a wagon on which is written "A.L. Dahl Landscape Photographer." The photographer stands on the left side of the view. The flag on the side...
Drawing

Suite Interior, Miller Park Stadium

Date: 1996
Description: Artist's rendering of a suite interior at Miller Park Stadium.
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Katherine Quinney

Date: 1915
Description: Katherine (Kate) Quinney, Richard Quinney's great aunt, crocheting while seated on the running board of a Ford Model T in the yard of her family's farm.
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True Republican 1860 Ticket

Date: 1860
Description: A damaged Republican Party ticket for the Racine County Wisconsin slate headed by Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin. Also of note on the ticket is Congre...
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Exterior of Wisconsin Pearl Button Company

Date: 
Description: Drawing showing the entire exterior of Pearl Button Company.
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Cartoon of Jefferson Davis

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Description: Carte-de-visite cartoon drawing of Jefferson Davis, being captured by Union troops while wearing a dress and escorted by other women. Titled "A So Called P...
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Ecology Day at General Motors Headquarters

Date: 1968
Description: Close-up of two protesters on Ecology day at General Motors. The protesters are holding a banner and wearing gas masks. A large office building and a pro...
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Bread and Puppet Theater, General Motors Headquarters

Date: 1968
Description: Bread and Puppet Theater members protesting at General Motors Headquarters. A crowd of people wearing gas masks and hooded cloaks reminiscent of the grim r...

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