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Agnes Moorehead as a Child

Date: 1903
Description: Agnes Moorehead is shown at about 4 years of age. She wears a white dress stands beside a flowering bush.
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Rose Garden Gazebo

Date: 1917
Description: Log-constructed gazebo and person on bridge in rose garden.
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Buckhorn Cheese Company

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Description: Exterior view of the Buckhorn Cheese Company plant. A sign painted on the exterior of the building reads: "Take One Home."
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Silver Presentation Delegation and Wives

Date: 10 26 1945
Description: The official delegation party with their wives at the ceremony of silver service presentation aboard the USS "Wisconsin". Seated left to right are Judge Ro...
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Mowing the Lawn

Date: 05 28 1987
Description: A Parks Department employee pushes a mower up a steep hill to keep Buchner Park maintained.
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Gemini Hero

Date: 01 1967
Description: Greeting astronaut James A. Lovell (4th from the left) and his wife at the airport are Wisconsin Governor Warren P. Knowles (2nd from the left) and Mrs. Do...
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Plant-Covered Front Porch

Date: 1915
Description: Plant-covered front porch and steps of a house. Original caption reads: "National Cash Register Co., Dayton, Ohio."
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Woman and Girls in McCormick Works' Garden

Date: 07 1932
Description: Mother and her two daughters posing near a version of International Harvester's logo at the McCormick Works community garden. The garden was one of several...
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International 724 Tractor

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Description: Man driving a German International 724 tractor through a field of tulips in Holland(?).
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Woman On Avery Tractor

Date: 1920
Description: Woman holding flowers posing on the back of an Avery gasoline tractor.
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Alice in Dairyland, Mary Ellen Jenks

Date: 09 02 1953
Description: Mary Ellen Jenks, the 1953 Alice in Dairyland, visits a Boy Scout camp, where she is surrounded by admiring scouts and a member of the navy.
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Mrs. A.C.G. Gysbers Scholten

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Description: Mrs. A.C.G. Gysbers Scholten, who sang Dutch songs for collector Helene Stratman-Thomas.
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Alice in Dairyland Contestants

Date: 1951
Description: Marjean Czerwinski of Milwaukee, the 1951 Alice in Dairyland, posing with the other Alice contestants from that year wearing formal dresses. Marjean is 7th...
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Young Woman in Rowboat with Flowers

Date: 1900
Description: One of Gerhard Gesell's daughters (Wilma or Bertha) sitting in a rowboat holding a bouquet of Mississippi River water lilies. She is seated in the stern, t...
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International Model D-2 Panel Truck

Date: 1939
Description: Man loading a floral arrangement into an International model D-2 panel delivery truck for Lou's Flower shop.
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Prize-winning Gladiolas

Date: 1955
Description: A smiling girl poses with stalks of gladiolas that won the champion ribbon for "Gladiolus Spike," and the first premium ribbon for "Horticulture Plants and...
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Seated Couple at Home

Date: 1899
Description: Portrait of an elderly couple seated in their home. The woman is holding a bouquet of flowers. The man is seated slightly behind her, with his right arm o...
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Clara Bewick Colby

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Description: Studio portrait of "Aunt" Clara Bewick Colby holding a flower.
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Zona Gale

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Description: Portrait of Zona Gale, seated indoors holding flowers.
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Girl on International Motor Trucks Float

Date: 08 24 1927
Description: Little girl in a frilly dress posing with an umbrella while standing on a flower-covered parade float. The float is built around an International truck and...

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