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Looking Out From Boat Cave

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Description: View out to the river from Boat Cave. At the entrance of the cave are two men in a canoe. H.H. Bennett's brother, John, is the paddler in the bow of the bo...
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Raftsman's Series No. 1422: On A Sandbar. Working A Jack

Date: 1886
Description: Stereograph of several raftsmen working a jack on a sandbar.
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Badger Liquor Shop

Date: 11 29 1937
Description: Five men (Saul Sinaiko and his son Donald Sinaiko and three others), standing in front of a liquor bottle display at the Badger Liquor Shop, 402 State Stre...
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Farmers Unloading Milk Cans

Date: 1876
Description: Farmers off-loading milk cans from their wagons at the creamery. One man is operating a hoist, lifting a can to pour the milk down a chute.
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Portrait of Man and Woman

Date: 1875
Description: Portrait of older man and woman. They are sitting out doors side-by-side in front of a dark colored backdrop.
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By the Piano

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Description: Two women and a man posing by a piano.
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Wisconsin Delegates to Republican National Convention

Date: 04 26 1944
Description: Five Wisconsin delegates to the Republican Party National Convention held in Chicago, Illinois. Photographed at the Hotel Bismark left to right: Arthur L. ...
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Employees of Bob Cooper Glass Company

Date: 10 1946
Description: Two employees of the Bob Cooper Glass Company, 755 East Washington Avenue, unloading a crate of glass from a company truck at an undisclosed location.
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Midwest Shrine Association Officers

Date: 03 01 1947
Description: New officers of the Midwest Shrine Association: Left to right: William J. Dowler, Winnipeg, Canada, president; James G. Peterson, La Crosse, retiring presi...
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Republican Headquarters Volunteers

Date: 03 24 1947
Description: Two women volunteers preparing mailing for Glenn Davis, Waukesha, a candidate for the second district congressman at the Republican headquarters in the Lor...
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West Side Garden Club Judges

Date: 05 06 1947
Description: Mrs. A.L. (Louise) Thurston,left, and Mrs. R.V. (Bessie) Fox, who judged some of the flower arrangements at the West Side Garden Club flower show.
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WIBA Christmas Mail

Date: 12 17 1947
Description: Mailman delivering Christmas letters and packages to a man at NBC - WIBA radio station.
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University of Wisconsin Farm and Home Week

Date: 02 03 1948
Description: Mrs. Edwin B. (Rosa) Fred, extreme left, wife of the university president, with a delegation of guests from Sun Prairie, at a tea at the Wisconsin executiv...
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University of Wisconsin Farm and Home Week

Date: 02 04 1948
Description: Mothers of young children view display of "New Uses of Familiar Things" at the University of Wisconsin Farm and Home Week. Pictured left to right: Susan Ma...
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Madison Figure Skating Club

Date: 02 22 1948
Description: Two members of the Madison Figure Skating Club at Vilas Park. Pictured are Mrs. H.A. (Winifred) Balsley, vice-president (left), and Mrs. Alan (Jessie) Nels...
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Harold E. Stassen President Campaign Tour

Date: 03 05 1948
Description: Harold E. Stassen (left), in Fort Atkinson, shaking hands with Ernest Marsh of Palmyra. Other men are lined up behind to shake hands.
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Street Cleaner and Streetcar

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Description: A street cleaner sweeps the tracks in a residential neighborhood, as the streetcar and its operator and passengers wait. Original Falk caption reads, "Phot...
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Edgewater Hotel Opening

Date: 04 26 1948
Description: Governor Oscar Rennebohm hanging a dedication plaque on the wall of the Governor's suite in the new Edgewater Hotel, 666 Wisconsin Avenue. Shown looking on...
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Western Conference "Big 9" Officials Golf Tournament

Date: 05 26 1948
Description: Four athletic directors who participated in the Western Conference "Big 9" Officials Golf Tournament at the Maple Bluff Country Club. Left to right: Frank ...
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Wisconsin State Journal Paper Carriers

Date: 06 29 1948
Description: Group portrait of 110 Wisconsin State Journal paper carriers taken prior to leaving for Blue Mounds State Park for the annual all-day outing.

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