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| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Six story building with three flag poles above the main entrance. Several people are on the sidewalk around the building and cars parked on the road. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Swimming area with children and adults enjoying the weather, with the Tower Hotel is in the background. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | There is a sign painted on a building at right that reads "Schlitz". In the bottom right are railroad cars. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A replica of the cabin built by Jacques Vieau, now in Mitchell Park. A stone monument with a plaque sits in front of the cabin. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Children standing on barrels in front of Droster Grocery and Filling Station at 1438 Sherman Avenue, run by Red Whitney. The children are Whitney's nieces ... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Droster Grocery and Filling Station at 1438 Sherman Avenue with a car at the pumps. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Future District Court Judge William Sachtjen, wearing an apron and holding a broom. He is standing behind a 7-Up sign. Sachtjen worked at Droster's Grocery... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Members of newly formed Temple Beth El. Holocaust survivor Rabbi Manfred Swarsensky is seated in the front row, third from the left. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | "Sifting and Winnowing" plaque mounted at front door of Bascom Hall (formerly Main Hall) on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Plaque donated by t... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of Bradley Hospital on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The building was a gift of H.C. Bradley and was used for the treatment of ... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of Bradley Hospital on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Exterior of entrance to Home Economics building on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The building has awnings over several windows. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Infirmary on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Exterior of three-story building, with a circular path around some shrubs in the yard. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | View from street of the porch of the house at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. A group of women are gathered on the fron porch. Snow covers the ground. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | View across street of dormitory on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Studio portrait of Iva Kearney of Ithaca, Wisconsin, holding a glass of milk in her hand. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Outdoor advertising billboard rendered from a photograph of Iva Kearney of Ithaca, Wisconsin, holding a glass of milk in her hand. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Several men, some in Native American dress, stand on the roof of Parson's Indian Trading Post. The building is designed to look like a pueblo. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Ben Bergor and his wife Alvina performing their amazing escape act utilizing a straightjacket and a trunk. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Magda Moses Herzberger (third row, fourth from the left) with her piano class in Cluj, Romania. |
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