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| 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... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Copy of campaign brochure for Willkie for President. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Young Richard and Ralph Quinney pose for a picture holding hands in front of the farmhouse on the first day of the school year. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Promotional trick photograph of the husband and wife vaudeville team Block and Sully (Jesse Block and Eva Sully). She holds his severed head by the hair, a... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | An open cabinet in the photographer's home displays his collection of lustreware and other pottery. The collection is now owned by the Wisconsin Historical... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | View of the Chautauqua Grounds, founded in 1874. A log cottage stands on the left, and another wooden cottage can be seen on the right. Caption reads: "Cot... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Holiday card with a little girl dressed in panties and a red polka dot hair bow, sitting on a giant ice cube, sitting in the snow. She is holding a holiday... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Valentine's Day "secret pal" card with a peach on the front, and a cake and plum on the inside (all shown). The peach has long eyelashes, red lipstick and ... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Formal group portrait of the United States Supreme Court with Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes (1862-1948) seated in the middle of the front row. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A Yugoslavian cemetery in Sarajevo photographed by journalist Alvin Steinkopf about one year before the city fell to the Germans. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | This map of Beaver Dam pictorially shows the history of the town. The map was made for the 100th anniversary celebration of Beaver Dam in 1941. The map inc... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Alfred Hitchcock stands next to Gertrude Hoffman who is smiling and holding a birthday cake. Walter Wanger stands to the right of the woman, and Herbert Ma... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Robert and Shirley Krueger sitting in chairs on either side of a decorated Christmas tree. Several of their toys are displayed under the tree. Robert is ho... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | The Edgar Krueger family sitting on the floor in front of the Christmas tree. From left to right: Edgar, Robert, Shirley, and Elna Krueger. Several of the ... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Robert and Shirley Krueger sitting in front of a decorated Christmas tree. Robert is sitting crossed legged while Shirley is sitting and reading a book. Se... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Robert and Shirley Krueger sitting on the piano bench looking at each other while playing piano together in the living room. Several portraits and other de... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Sophie Smith (Mrs. Arthur) Pugh sitting in an arm chair next to a Christmas tree. She is wearing a jacket over a dark dress with large buttons. The tree is... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A view of the dining room in the shelter house at Point Beach State Forest. There are sturdy log picnic tables set with glasses, silverware and tablecloths... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A view of the dining room at Point Beach State Forest. Tables are arranged in a "U" formation and are set with silverware, glasses and tablecloths. The rus... |
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