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Municipal Electric and Water Plant

Date: 1927
Description: View from a hill looking down on the plant which has several attached buildings, and a large chimney. To the right are railroad cars along the shoreline o...
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Frederick Jackson Turner at Hancock Point

Date: 1927
Description: Frederick Jackson Turner poses with a gun in his hand outdoors at Hancock Point on Frenchman's Bay.
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Seiden Family Portrait

Date: 1927
Description: Portrait of the Seiden family (wife and in-laws of Salvator Moshe). Front row, from left: Thelma Seiden Moshe (wife), Max (father-in-law), Bessie (mother-...
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Cars Parked on Main Street

Date: 1927
Description: Main Street with several cars parked along the curb. A curbside Red Crown gas pump is visible at the right near the O.W. Schuele Hardware store, and people...
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Memorial Union

Date: 1927
Description: View of Memorial Union on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus from across Langdon Street.
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Car Driving in Downtown District

Date: 1927
Description: A car drives on a main street in a downtown business district.
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Wisconsin General Hospital

Date: 1927
Description: Front entrance view of the Wisconsin General Hospital.
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Lowell School Playroom

Date: 1927
Description: A group of children sit cross-legged on the floor of the kindergarten room at Lowell School. Dorothy Browne is the child sitting in the chair facing them. ...
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George O'Brien and Janet Gaynor in a Scene Still from "Sunrise"

Date: 1927
Description: The Man (George O'Brien) suffers with guilt as he remembers his wedding vows, while the Wife (Janet Gaynor) comforts him, in a scene still from "Sunrise: A...
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Janet Gaynor and George O'Brien in "Sunrise."

Date: 1927
Description: The Wife (Janet Gaynor) flees from the Man (George O'Brien) after he has tried to kill her, in Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (Fox, 1927).
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Margaret Livingston and George O'Brien in "Sunrise."

Date: 1927
Description: The Woman from the City (Margaret Livingston) urges the Man (George O'Brien) to kill his wife so he can run away to the city with her, in Sunrise: A Son...
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Artillery Target Practice Field

Date: 1927
Description: Earthwork four miles southwest of Racine, used during the Civil War in light artillery target practice to stop solid shot. Joseph Cooper is waving the flag...
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Beaufort River Waterfront

Date: 1927
Description: The Beaufort river waterfront as seen from Lady's Island bridge. There are wooden buildings, piers and a tree-line in the background.
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Olson's Wolf Trip

Date: 1927
Description: Sigurd Olson, left, traveling by dogsled with game hunter Uiho Salminen as part of his study of predator control for his master's degree.
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Dangers of Oil Lamps

Date: 1927
Description: A woman sitting at a kitchen table wearing a visor, leaning over a book while a lit oil lamp is nearby. Also on the table are a newspaper, additional books...
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Farm Machinery Dangers

Date: 1927
Description: A man puts his hand into a McCormick-Deering 15-30(?) tractor to reach the running belt at International Harvester's Hinsdale experimental farm.
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Mamie Arms and Baby Lewis

Date: 1927
Description: Mamie Arms holds her infant son Lewis Arms. On the back is an inscription to "Ona x Walter".
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North Hall, State Normal School

Date: 1927
Description: A view of the vine-covered facade and side of North Hall at the State Normal School. Stone work decorates the top of the building and a flag flies from the...
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Silo at IH Demonstration Farm in Grand Forks

Date: 1927
Description: View from field of cattle, barn, and silo at an International Harvester demonstration farm. Original caption reads: "IHC silo 20 feet below ground level an...
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Yuletide Greetings

Date: 1927
Description: Holiday card with three carolers singing in front of a snow-covered house. One caroler holds a lantern and they are dressed in Old English clothing style. ...

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