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Franklin D. Roosevelt Tours the Allis-Chalmers Plant

Date: 1940
Description: Franklin D. Roosevelt, Wisconsin Governor Julius P. Heil, and other officials touring the Allis-Chalmers plant.
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Bowling at the USO

Date: 1940
Description: A USO volunteer challenges an enthusiastic soldier to a friendly bowling match.
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Memorial Union Terrace

Date: 1940
Description: Summertime view of people at tables on University of Wisconsin-Madison Memorial Union terrace, looking out to canoes and sailboats on the lake. In the back...
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Aldo Leopold

Date: 1940
Description: Caption on negative sleeve: "Aldo Leopold and son Luna (standing); Mrs. Leopold and two daughters Nina and Estella (kneeling). 'Shack' in background." The ...
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Surrender of Black Hawk

Date: 1940
Description: Photograph of a painting by Cal Peters depicting the surrender of Black Hawk at Fort Crawford in 1832.
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Killing of Registre Gagnier

Date: 1940
Description: Photograph of a painting by Cal Peters depicting the Winnebago attack on the Gagnier homestead in 1827 and the killing of Registre Gagnier. The homestead w...
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Rustic Stairway

Date: 1940
Description: People descending a rustic stairway leading down to the trail along the Bad River.
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International D-300 Truck Delivering 7-Up

Date: 1940
Description: Man unloading cases of 7-Up soda outside a delicatessen at the corner of Michigan and Northampton streets. Truck operated by Henry Guggenheimer.
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Man Delivering Ice from International D-300 Oscar Mayer Truck

Date: 1940
Description: Man delivering a block of ice to a residential home (150 Lakewood Blvd.) using an International D-300 Oscar Mayer truck with special streamlined body. The ...
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International D-15-M Station Wagon at Riding Academy

Date: 1940
Description: Female students and a horse next to, and inside of, an International D-15-M station wagon ("woody") used for transportation at the Clearbrook Riding Academ...
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Sportsmen with International D-15-M Station Wagon

Date: 1940
Description: Three sportsmen with shotguns and hunting dogs around an International D-15-M station wagon ("woody"). The photograph may have been staged for advertising ...
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Franklin D. Roosevelt

Date: 1940
Description: Franklin D. Roosevelt making a speech.
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Model Airplane Company

Date: 1940
Description: Assembly line packing by the Supreme Model Supply Co., a model airplane company started by Waukesha teenagers in 1940.
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Loading Sacks with Farmall A Tractor and Wagon

Date: 1940
Description: Farm manager R.M. Hawse standing in a Weber Wagon loaded with bags. The wagon is hitched to a Farmall A tractor. The bags are labeled "concrete cement" but...
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Dickey Chapelle

Date: 1940
Description: "She's Ready to Defend America," a portrait of Georgette Louise Meyer (aka Dickey Chapelle), as a member of the Women Flyers of America, an organization fo...
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WD-6 Diesel and Farmall A Tractors

Date: 1940
Description: Farmer Leo Sucharski on his new WD-6 diesel tractor. Mr. Sucharski is talking to C.A. Reef, an International Harvester farm equipment dealer from Gasport. ...
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Asher Treat

Date: 1940
Description: Asher Treat, collector of Appalachian folk songs, which were transplanted to northern Wisconsin (Crandon vicinity) by the "Kaintucks" (people from Kentucky...
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"The Wizard of Oz" Munchkin Coroner

Date: 1940
Description: Meinhardt Raabe, dressed as the Coroner from "The Wizard Of Oz," shaking hands outdoors with a man wearing a hat and coat. Behind them is the Oscar Mayer W...
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Horse and Rider Take a Jump

Date: 1940
Description: Patricia Ferneding of Hartland, Wisconsin takes her Lightweight Hunter named Just So over a jump at the Wisconsin State Fair. Miss Ferneding won the Ladies...
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Gerke Twins

Date: 1940
Description: Twin sisters Julie & Juliet Gerke, students at the Kehl School of Dance, posed in matching, Kehl-designed clothing--including hats, jackets, short skirts, ...

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