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| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Photograph of a painting by Cal Peters depicting construction of the first Fort Crawford at Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin in 1816. In the painting, several o... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of a Menominee Ceremony, possibly the beginning of a dance. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Leslie (formerly Old Belmont), Wisconsin. The first Wisconsin Terrritorial Capitol, a building rented by the Legislature which met there for 46 days in 183... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Exterior of library building, with a portion of the dome visible on the roof, from across the street behind a median strip planted with bushes. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the club. A mast with flags stands outside of the club on the pier. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Exterior of building from shoreline looking out to Lake Michigan. Along the pier are numerous docked boats and sailboats moored in water. On the left autom... |
| 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: | A small crowd gathers for a Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) ceremony under an open air structure, probably in the Wisconsin Dells. Two men in ceremonial dress stand i... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | The Baraboo High School marching band, its director and majorettes, pose in uniform on the steps of the Sauk County Courthouse. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A view of a Northland Camp building from across Lake Iliff. The camp was operated as an auxiliary of the German-American Bund, the American Nazi Organizati... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A view of a cabin and the tent grounds of Nordland Camp for boys, operated as an auxiliary of the German-American Bund, the American Nazi Organization. A f... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the raising of the flag on tent grounds at Nordland Camp for boys, operated as an auxiliary of the German-American Bund, the American Nazi... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Men in summer clothes stand in small groups outside of a large canvas tent. The men on the right wear badges with ribbons. In the background, a man in Nati... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | View from across street of a crowd sitting on the porch, lawn and street in front of the Elks Lodge (Al. Ringling house) listening to a speaker standing at... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A stocky man in a white suit stands at a lectern and microphone in front of the Elks Lodge (Al. Ringling home). Other men and women sit on the platform. A ... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Lakeside view from pier of large two-story house and grounds on Madeline Island. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Vendor selling balloons near the central railroad station in Warsaw, Poland, about one year after the German invasion. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Joel McCrea and Alfred Hitchcock are seen with crew members on the set of the film "Foreign Correspondent." An unidentified man stands behind McCrea makin... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | View of a crowd gathered along a pier for Regatta Day. Boats are docked alongside the pier on the left. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the entrance to the McCormick-Deering, International tent at the Minnesota State Fair. A group of people are gathered in front of the entr... |
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