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"Men with Wings"

Date: 1938
Description: Beaver Dam's favorite son Fred MacMurray (right) co-starred with Ray Milland and Louise Campbell in "Men with Wings," a 1938 Paramount release that traced ...
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Philip F. La Follette at the Microphone

Date: 1938
Description: Philip F. La Follette speaking to a radio audience during his unsuccessful gubernatorial reelection bid during the summer of 1938. La Follette, the son of...
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Isabel Bacon La Follette

Date: 1938
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Isabel Bacon La Follette, Mrs. Philip F. La Follette, dating from the year in which her husband ran unsuccessfully for re-electi...
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Charles E. Brown prepares to Excavate the Heim Effigy Mound

Date: 1938
Description: A field party lead by Charles E. Brown prepare to excavate the Heim effigy mound. The effigy, shaped like a fox or wolf, has been outlined by stakes. The m...
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Susanne Hafner Goldfarb with Kindergarten Friends

Date: 1938
Description: Susanne Hafner Goldfarb (right) with kindergarten friends; Vienna.
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Bottling Milk

Date: 1938
Description: Two dairy workers run a milk bottling machine at Golden Guernsey Dairy.
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Golden Guernsey Dairy Delivery Truck

Date: 1938
Description: A milkman stands inside a Golden Guernsey Dairy delivery truck loading bottles into a carrier. The truck is parked at a curb and a house is in the backgrou...
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First Place Float

Date: 1938
Description: Man standing at the back of a manure spreader decorated with signs reading: "Sucky Likes," "It's Roasted," "Only the Finest Ingredients Go into Sucky Likes...
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Young Dickey Chapelle

Date: 1938
Description: A candid head and shoulders portrait of a young Dickey Chapelle without eyeglasses.
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Ronald Reagan, Jane Wyman, Priscilla Lane, and Wayne Morris in a publicity still for "Brother Rat"

Date: 1938
Description: Ronald Reagan, Jane Wyman, Priscilla Lane, and Wayne Morris in a publicity still for Warner Brothers' film "Brother Rat."
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Four Boys in Cowboy and Indian Costumes

Date: 1938
Description: Four boys posing in Robert E. Faber's (b. 1933) backyard in the 2500 block of Van Hise Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin. They are, clockwise from bottom left, B...
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Boy in Mexican Cowboy Costume Taking a Siesta

Date: 1938
Description: Robert E. Faber (b. 1933) posing seated in his backyard as if taking a siesta. He is wearing a Mexican cowboy costume purchased by his parents Michael and...
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Boy Standing in Mexican Cowboy Costume

Date: 1938
Description: Robert E. Faber (b. 1933) posing in his backyard wearing a Mexican cowboy costume purchased by his parents Michael and Margaret (Diebold) Faber when they v...
Print

Cream Top Beer, Label

Date: 1938
Description: Label submitted to the state of Wisconsin for trademark registration. "Cream Top Beer, Whitewater Brewing Co." Pictured on the label is a man sitting at a ...
Manuscript

Neighborhood House Scrapbook: Garden Club

Date: 1938
Description: Page from a scrapbook kept by Neighborhood House, with members of the Garden Club posing in their yards or next to their plants. Started in 1931 as part of...
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Neighborhood House Scrapbook: Garden Club Member

Date: 1938
Description: Full-length view of a Neighborhood House Garden Club member standing on the front steps of her house and tending to her flower boxes while turning to face ...
Book or Pamphlet

The Cradle Will Rock

Date: 1938
Description: Page five of the playbill for performances of The Cradle Will Rock at the Windsor Theatre. The page credits Blitzstein, Orson Welles, and three of the cast...
Book or Pamphlet

The Cradle Will Rock

Date: 1938
Description: Page eleven of the playbill for the performances of The Cradle Will Rock at the Windsor Theatre. Page eleven includes more of the cast list and an advertis...
Photograph

A.L. Beier, M.D.

Date: 1938
Description: Portrait of Dr. Augustus Leon Beier of the Northern Wisconsin Colony and Training School.
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Manual Training

Date: 1938
Description: Eight men working on various woodworking projects in a classroom setting at Northern Wisconsin Center for the Developmentally Disabled.

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