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Ku Klux Klan Parade

Date: 12 05 1924
Description: Ku Klux Klan (KKK) wearing iconic masks and white robes parading down King Street to Schroeder Funeral Home for the funeral of Police officer Herbert Drege...
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First Unemployment Check in Wisconsin

Date: 08 17 1936
Description: Neils Ruud, 824 E. Dayton Street, receiving the first unemployment compensation check issued in Wisconsin from Voyta Wrabetz, chairman of the state industr...
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Tinkering with the Car

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Description: A man shows two teenagers the intricacies of what is under the hood of the family car.
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State Street Shoe Storefront

Date: 1930
Description: View of 214 State Street, a storefront with a shoe display in the front window.
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East Washington Avenue from the Capitol

Date: 1954
Description: View looking down East Washington Avenue from the Capitol at Pinckney Street.
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World War II Bond Sale

Date: 12 16 1944
Description: Women lined up along a sales counter at Manchester's Department Store to buy war bonds, while two clerks behind the counter ring up the sales.
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Dewey Estate

Date: 1949
Description: Office-reception room in the Nelson Dewey house.
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Aerial View of Capitol Square

Date: 1928
Description: Aerial view of Capitol Square and vicinity, looking east-northeast. State Street is visible at the bottom center.
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Stephen Gilman at Desk

Date: 05 26 1947
Description: Professor Stephen Gilman seated at his desk, piled with books.
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Kohler Signing GI Housing Loan Bill

Date: 03 01 1951
Description: Governor Walter J. Kohler, Jr. signs a bill that would liberalize state housing loans to veterans. The legislators grouped around him in the Governor's off...
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Mrs. Kohler Examines Rental Art Works

Date: 03 20 1951
Description: Charlotte Kohler, the governor's wife, examining several works of art which she has chosen to rent for display in the Governor's Residence from the Madison...
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War Chest Day's Pay Pledge

Date: 10 04 1945
Description: Madison Building and Construction Trades workers on the job at the Hoofer Glass Co. take time out to sign their pledge cards for one day's pay to the Madis...
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Robert M. La Follette's Funeral Procession

Date: 06 22 1925
Description: Robert, Jr., Belle Case, and Philip La Follette in foreground; Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Sucher follow, and George Middleton in background. To the left: E.N. Warn...
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La Follette's Maple Bluff Farm

Date: 1910
Description: The house at the La Follette family's Maple Bluff farm.
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Wisconsin Telephone Company

Date: 1940
Description: Exterior view of the Wisconsin Telephone Company Building, 17 South Fairchild Street.
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Methodist Hospital

Date: 1920
Description: The building at 309 West Washington Avenue was built in 1891 for the St. Regina Convent and Academy of the Sinsinawa Dominican nuns across the street from ...
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Everett Martin Farmhouse

Date: 1948
Description: Everett Martin farmhouse.
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Wisconsin River from Cactus Bluff

Date: 08 03 1946
Description: View of the Wisconsin River from Cactus Bluff.
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Pinckney Street

Date: 1954
Description: Elevated view of Pinckney Street, looking northeast from the Wisconsin State Capital. On the right is East Washington Avenue. On the left is the Belmont Ho...
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State Republican Party Convention

Date: 06 21 1947
Description: Dane County delegation at the State Republican Party convention, seated in the stands at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Stock Pavilion.

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