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O.N. Falk

Date: 1948
Description: Stoughton druggist, O.N. Falk, sorts the mail with a smile.
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Wisconsin Central Airlines Dedication

Date: 1948
Description: The ceremony marking the first Wisconsin Central Airlines flight at Madison. Margaret "Mickey" Morey, the wife of Howard Morey, is about to cut the ribbon....
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Artist Sculpts Alice in Dairyland

Date: 1948
Description: An artist sculpts a bust from photographs of Margaret McGuire, the first Alice in Dairyland, most likely to be displayed at the Wisconsin Centennial Exposi...
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International Harvester Pilot William R. Dotter

Date: 1948
Description: Pilot William R. Dotter and Co-Pilot Walter Daiber standing next to the "Harold F. McCormick", an International Harvester corporate airplane.
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Zilphia Horton

Date: 1948
Description: Zilphia Horton, smiling.
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Carl and Anne Braden

Date: 1948
Description: Informal portrait of social activists Carl and Anne Braden taken about the time of their marriage.
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Susanne Hafner Goldfarb and Classmate

Date: 1948
Description: Susanne Hafner Goldfarb (left) and classmate, Shanghai Jewish Youth Association School; Shanghai.
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Portrait of Relles Family

Date: 1948
Description: Ida and Rabbi Mayer Relles with son Nathan; Ancona, Italy.
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Portrait of Jackie Melamedik

Date: 1948
Description: Cyla Tine Stundel's nephew, Jackie Melamedik (her sister Marim's son); Farenwald Displaced Persons camp, Germany. He was the only other member of her famil...
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Miss Zelma Purchase

Date: 1948
Description: Miss Zelma Purchase, of the Home Economics Department at International Harvester's Evansville Works, sits at a table with folded hands.
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Cedric Belfrage

Date: 1948
Description: Journalist Cedric Belfrage, a co-founder of the "National Guardian," a weekly progressive newspaper. Belfrage, a British national, was later deported for h...
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Man with Crated Cranberries

Date: 1948
Description: Man posing with crates of newly harvested cranberries. The cranberries have not been cleaned as there is still plant debris in the crates.
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Ruth Zirbel

Date: 1948
Description: "Ruth Zirbel."
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Ruth Zirbel

Date: 1948
Description: "Ruth Zirbel."
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Marge Coulter

Date: 1948
Description: "Marge Coulter."
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James Groppi with Small Boy

Date: 1948
Description: Father James Groppi, as a young man, and his nephew Jerry Bontempo, posing on the running board of a 1920's era vehicle. Groppi holds a basketball.
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Linda Schiesser in a Mexican Jacket

Date: 1948
Description: Linda Schiesser (b. 1944) posing outdoors wearing trousers, a hat with her name on it, and a Mexican Tourist Jacket. Written at the bottom of the print: "L...
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Wiley with Cake

Date: 1948
Description: Congressman Alexander Wiley, at left, and another man on the right, holding a cake decorated with the Great Seal of the State of Wisconsin.
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Margaret McGuire, Alice in Dairyland

Date: 1948
Description: Margaret McGuire, Alice in Dairyland, posing standing, with a woman sitting on a sofa at the Barclay Hotel. Between them they are displaying a round gift t...
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Margaret McGuire, Alice in Dairyland at Airport

Date: 1948
Description: Margaret McGuire, Alice in Dairyland, standing on the runway immediately after her arrival. She is wearing a suit with a skirt, hat and gloves. In her arm ...

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