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| Date: | 02 01 1945 |
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| Description: | Hat department on Manchester's, Inc., second floor. A sign in the foreground, perhaps on a window, reads in reverse: "Dresses." |
| Date: | 08 23 1940 |
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| Description: | George Stein, photographer, on the right, and Frank Marx, window decorator, on the left in Manchesters Department Store. They are looking at a 10' tall pos... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Winter scene of the Wisconsin State Capitol as viewed from the snow-covered Bascom Hill on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. |
| Date: | 04 1948 |
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| Description: | "Dealer News" article featuring three old and new International Harvester Minneapolis dealer locations. Six images total show the move from cramped, run-do... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Linen-type postcard depicting Outagamie County Court House. This view was issued by the Curt Teich company in 1945, the year in which Joseph R. McCarthy, c... |
| Date: | 08 1946 |
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| Description: | View down University Avenue, looking east. At this time, University Avenue was United States Highway 12. |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Informal portrait of social activists Carl and Anne Braden taken about the time of their marriage. |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Sculpture of Lincoln in front of Bascom Hall on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Bascom Hall is in the background, and snow covers the ground. T... |
| Date: | 1941 |
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| Description: | Advertisement titled "Take Life Easier with a Farmall-A". The advertisement features two-color illustrations of tractors and a photograph of a farmer using... |
| Date: | 1941 |
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| Description: | Advertisement for the McCormick-Deering Farmall AV tractor. Features one color and one black/white illustration of tractors and a photograph of a man usin... |
| Date: | 07 1949 |
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| Description: | Gothic roofed barn with river scene painted on its roof by Frank Engebretson. |
| Date: | 08 1948 |
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| Description: | View from behind of crowd at the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition grandstand watching motorcycles line up before a race. In the background are tents as well... |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | Outdoor full-length portrait of Jean Emily Dyer (Reese) in her prom dress with a corsage. She is posed on stone steps with the train of her gown spread out... |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | Left side view of a man operating a Farmall M pulling a harvester-thresher in a field of wheat. A front end winch is on the tractor. |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | A cover design of the Olds' Seeds catalog from the L.L. Olds Seed Co. The caption reads: "Victory Gardener by ???," and features a photograph of a woman we... |
| Date: | 10 1948 |
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| Description: | Large semi-circular flower garden in the lawn, partially shaded by the forest. |
| Date: | 10 1948 |
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| Description: | A profusion of flowers grow along the house and front lawn of the main lodge. The lodge is a single-story chinked horizontal log house with a cedar shake r... |
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