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| Description: | Lili Palmer is resting her head on John Garfield's shoulder in a scene from the 1947 film "Body and Soul." A piece of equipment, possibly a microphone, is ... |
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| Description: | View from shoreline of Rocky Roost, a Frank Lloyd Wright-designed cottage on an island in Lake Mendota. A windmill is behind the cottage. Caption reads: "R... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Maple Bluff Country Club. There is a group of people standing on the golf course. Caption reads: "Maple Bluff Country Club, Madison, W... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | View across lake towards cottages on the shoreline surrounded by pine trees. A rowboat and canoe are on the shore. Caption reads: "Echo Lodge, Echo Lake, M... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| 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: ... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Actress Ruth Draper looking at the camera with a smile. She is wearing a flat hat with two pheasant feathers on it, along with a large checkered scarf and ... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Typewritten text with photograph reads: "Fowler McCormick, Chairman of the Board of International Harvester Company, welcomes Mayor Martin Kennelly immedia... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Original caption reads: "International Harvester's 8-acre exposition depicting 'Harvester's 100 Years in Chicago' shares space with famous Soldier Field on... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | A view of the exhibit "Arts of the American Indian" at the Wisconsin Historical Society. |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Loan collection day at the Memorial Union. Paintings were loaned to students for exhibition. |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Badger basketball game against Illinois in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Field House. (Up to 1947) Wisconsin has won or tied for more Western Confere... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Greeting card with a drawing of an outdoor scene of a snow-covered log-cabin in the woods, with the northern lights in the sky. Smoke is coming out of the ... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Members of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters have dinner during their annual meeting. Identification of members is written at bottom. |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Steam turbines in the Heat and Power Lab in the Mechanical Engineering Building on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The lab has large windows an... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Mary Griggs (Burke), wearing a patterned short-sleeve blouse, shorts, and a flower in her hair, is sitting in the front of a canoe on the Namakagon River i... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Greetings-Rice Lake, Wis." A country road curves into the distance next to a river. On the right, a rocky bluff was excavated for the... |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Greetings - Spooner, Wis." A country road with a guard fence descends into a valley between tree-covered hills. The trees are showing... |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Greetings - Spooner, Wis." A country road descends into a valley between tree-covered hills. On the right are exposed rock faces at t... |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of nine children sitting around a table working on craft projects. A woman is sitting with them at the top of the table. |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Greetings From Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin." A Large Letter Postcard with a blue and orange background, each letter is filled with a s... |
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