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| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | A foldout, illustrated poster for a Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) youth program featuring images of teenaged boys working. The text reads: "The CCC — A... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | Memorial Chapel, dedicated on May 28, 1939. A large group of people are standing on the lawn in front of the chapel. |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | View of Memorial Chapel, dedicated on May 8, 1939. A group of people are gathered on the lawn in front of the chapel. |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | A WPA program on the State Fair Grounds. The workers have dug a long trench, and the project probably concerns improved sanitary facilities for the fair, a... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | Burl Briggs (far left), and unknown companions pose near a linear burial mound on Picnic Point on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | Burl Briggs (right), and an unknown companion pose behind a linear burial mound on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | A man poses behind a large conical Native American burial mound near the center of Picnic Point on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | A man poses behind a conical Native American burial mound near the west end of Picnic Point on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | Gaylord Nelson, later Wisconsin governor, United State senator, and a leading environmentalist of his era, on horseback at a ranch in Rosebud, Montana. |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | Campaign poster for Joseph R. McCarthy's campaign for circuit judge. McCarthy was considered an underdog in this race, but he campaigned successfully by dr... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | Several men pass through the locks at the Lake Mendota entrance to the Yahara River. |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | Wells Street Bridge occupies the bottom center of the image, with City Hall in the center background. Three men are walking on the bridge. |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | Lincoln Borgrud, in his work clothes, standing at the pumps at Droster's Grocery and Filling Station, 1438 Sherman Avenue. A child stands near a car beneat... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | Leon Lamoreux (on the right) and an unidentified man stand outside of the Western Union Branch Office doorway, 650 State Street. The date is between 1937 a... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | Holiday card with a couple dressed in winter coats. The woman is wearing a fur coat, muff, and a fur and ribbon trimmed bonnet. He is wearing a scarf and t... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | Cover of an official program for the football game between the Green Bay Packers and the Chicago Cardinals played at Wisconsin State Fair Park. The cover f... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | A portrait of young Rabbi Manfred Swarsensky, taken shortly after his release from a concentration camp. |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | Label submitted to the state of Wisconsin for trademark registration. "Superfine Marathon Beer, Marathon City Brewing Company." In the foreground of the im... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of Sherwin Gillett's extended family. Top row: Gerald Baumeister, son of Sherwin's sister, Helen; Lorin Gillett, son of Sherwin; Rufus Gille... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | From left to right: George Bigge, Arthur Altmeyer, Chairman, and Ellen Woodward in an early meeting of the Social Security Board. |
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