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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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State Assembly Audience

Date: 1947
Description: Audience at a session of the Wisconsin State Assembly.
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Holiday Card with Snow Man and Woman

Date: 1947
Description: Holiday card with a snow man and woman riding in a sleigh. They are wearing coats and have a plaid blanket on their laps. He is wearing a hat with a feathe...
Postcard

The Gem Room, North Cave, Cave of the Mounds

Date: 1947
Description: Colorized postcard of a girl pointing to a feature in the Gem Room, North Cave, opened in 1946, at the Cave of the Mounds.
Postcard

Brownie's Wishing Well

Date: 1947
Description: Colorized postcard of a girl throwing a penny into the Brownie's Wishing Well in the Cave of the Mounds. Caption reads: "Brownie's Wishing Well."
Postcard

Stalagmite Statuary, South Cave, Cave of the Mounds

Date: 1947
Description: Colorized postcard of Stalagmite Statuary, South Cave, in the Cave of the Mounds. A girl is gazing upwards at the formation.
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Man with International Auto Wagon

Date: 1947
Description: A man loads a burlap bag into an International Auto Wagon parked beside a farmhouse. Other farm buildings are in the background.
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Children with Farmall C

Date: 1947
Description: Four boys in wheelchairs pose in front of a McCormick-Deering Farmall C. Another boy sits behind the steering wheel. Other agricultural equipment is arrang...
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Lorin Gillette

Date: 1947
Description: Indoor portrait of Lorin Gillette wearing a coat and leaning against a wall with his arms crossed.
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Wayne Harrington Driving Farmall M to Harvest Beets

Date: 1947
Description: View from front of Wayne Harrington driving a Farmall M to pull an HM-1 1947 model International Harvester sugar beet harvester in a field. Two men are sta...
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Man Driving Farmall A Tractor with Mounted Planter Fertilizer

Date: 1947
Description: Right side view of man driving a Farmall A tractor with mounted planter fertilizer in a field.
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Chippewa Falls Deer Hunters

Date: 1947
Description: Five deer hunters are posing with their rifles and seven killed deer and one small animal (possibly a rabbit) hanging from a buck pole behind them. A log b...
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Journey of Reconciliation

Date: 1947
Description: Nine men are posing in front of a storefront for S.W. Robinson Real Estate. They are holding suitcases and coats and are all wearing suits. Caption reads: ...
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Fowler McCormick Welcoming Mayor Martin Kennelly to "100 Years in Chicago" Exposition

Date: 1947
Description: Typewritten text with photograph reads: "Fowler McCormick, Chairman of the Board of International Harvester Company, welcomes Mayor Martin Kennelly immedia...
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Contact Sheet-Slaughtering Pigs

Date: 1947
Description: A contact sheet showing workers slaughtering and butchering pigs at Tobin Packing Co. The image at bottom right is of a man in a white coat sitting behind ...

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