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Beauty Queen Harvesting Cranberries

Date: 1947
Description: A young woman dressed in a bathing suit and wading boots poses for a promotional photograph for the Wisconsin cranberry industry at Thunder Lake Marsh. Tw...
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Veterans Housing

Date: 1947
Description: Three men at the University of Wisconsin, with tent and sign that reads "People of Madison! Vets in tent need rooms to rent".
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Harry S. Truman

Date: 1947
Description: Harry S. Truman in the oval office standing behind his desk.
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Salmon's Airplane

Date: 1947
Description: Herman "Fish" Salmon and his airplane, the "Cosmic Wind," at the 1947 National Air Races. This image is from the collection of Harry Bruno, the publicist f...
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Air Race Winner

Date: 1947
Description: William Brennand of Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Brennand piloted Steve Wittman's "Buster" to victory in the 1947 National Air Races. This photograph is from the co...
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Air Race Winner's Trophy

Date: 1947
Description: The winner of the Goodyear Trophy, Steve Wittman of Oshkosh (on the right) with pilot William Brennand (holding the trophy). With them are Paul Litchfield ...
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State Assembly Audience

Date: 1947
Description: Audience at a session of the Wisconsin State Assembly.
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Assembly and Conservation Commission Meeting

Date: 1947
Description: A Wisconsin State Assembly committee confers with members of the State Conservation Commission.
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House at 1717 Fremont Avenue

Date: 1947
Description: View across street towards the house at 1717 Fremont Avenue. Two small children are riding tricycles in front of the house.
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Pela Rosen Alpert in Kristianstad, Sweden

Date: 1947
Description: Portrait of Pela Rosen Alpert in Kristianstad, Sweden. She is sitting on the steps outside of a house looking at a photograph.
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Pela Rosen Alpert at Schain Family Cottage

Date: 1947
Description: Pela Rosen Alpert, holding badminton racket, at a cottage belonging to the Schain family; Sweden.
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Holocaust Survivor Manny Chulew and Family

Date: 1947
Description: Foreground: Sasha Auerbach (brother of Esther Chulew). Back, from left: unidentified woman, Manny Chulew, Esther Chulew (sister-in-law), Baruch Chulew (bro...
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Holocaust Survivors at Party

Date: 1947
Description: Party for Holocaust survivors bound for Palestine. Walter Wolf Peltz is in center foreground; Memmingen, Germany.
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Walter Peltz and Son

Date: 1947
Description: Walter Wolf Peltz and his son, Andre, in Memmingen, Germany.
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Fred Platner Driving a Volkswagen

Date: 1947
Description: Fred Platner driving a Volkswagen for the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee; Bergen Belsen, Germany.
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Bascom Hall Memorial Plaque

Date: 1947
Description: Girl standing next to "Sifting and Winnowing" memorial plaque at the entrance to Bascom Hall (formerly Main Hall) on the University of Wisconsin-Madison ca...
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Portrait of Saul Sorrin

Date: 1947
Description: Portrait of Saul Sorrin, Area Director of the International Refugee Organization; Germany. Saul Sorrin was interviewed as part of the Wisconsin Survivor...
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All-American Girls Professional Baseball League

Date: 1947
Description: Collage of photographs of members of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, as seen in the Racine Belles annual yearbook of 1948. Clockwi...
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Atlanta Stewards Training

Date: 1947
Description: A stewards' training class conducted by local 108 of the United Packinghouse Workers of America.
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Hay Mowing

Date: 1947
Description: Young Ralph Quinney driving a horse-drawn hay-mower on his family's farm.

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