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| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | Color bird's-eye map of the University of Wisconsin-Madison as it was midcentury, with two co-eds, several photographs of campus landmarks around edges, an... |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | A little girl rides a tricycle in front of the Spot Lunch diner, a former streetcar. The Spot Lunch was located at 640 Williamson Street and owned by John ... |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | The 16 finalists in the 1949 Alice in Dairyland competition pose in front of the Press-Radio building at State Fair Park. LaVonne Herman, fifth from the l... |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | LaVonne Hermann of Mount Horeb, the 1949 Alice in Dairyland, is shown in a formal pose, wearing her crown. |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | Hundreds of motorcycles are parked side by side in rows in a Wisconsin State Fair parking lot. The grandstand and spectators appear in the background of t... |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | Alice in Dairyland standing with midget auto race winner Sam Hanks, a noted Indianapolis 500 driver, and Neal Carter, the fastest qualifier in the 100-mile... |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | To foster better farmer-labor union relations, members of United Packinghouse Workers locals 8 and 169 organized a singing caravan that performed at fairs ... |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | Shriners on parade in Chicago. The men are dressed in middle eastern costume for an "Oriental Band" from the "-ktash Shrine Temple" [name obscured]. |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | Holiday card of the Sister Bay lakeshore. Three figures are on the shore. Two boathouses, a covered boat, a pier, and two upright boats are in the backgrou... |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | This 1949 tourism brochure for the Hayward region includes a directory of members of the Hayward Lakes Resort Association, color illustrations, descriptive... |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | Philip Lenhart with his soap box derby car, Silverstreak. Lenhart wears a helmet and a Wisconsin State Journal t-shirt. |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | Outdoor portrait of a young boy sitting in a four wheeled bike (walker) on the front lawn. |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | View across beach towards a small boy standing at the water's edge. Rowboats are resting on the shoreline in the background. Caption reads: "Sand Beach, Eg... |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | Three men are standing in a clearing, with one man holding a rifle and a the other a shotgun. Two killed deer are lying on the ground in front of them. Cap... |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | A man wading and fishing in the Brule River. He is wearing waders, a plaid shirt, hat and creel, and has netted a fish. In the background is a forest and p... |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | Mary is wearing belted shorts and a short sleeve blouse while sitting sideways in a wood-strip and canvas canoe that is at rest near the shoreline on Lake ... |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Wausau, Wisconsin, 'Winter Sports Capital of the Midwest.'" On reverse: "Renowned throughout the midwestern states as the center of w... |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | Front cover of the 1949 Racine Belles baseball team year book featuring a drawing of a woman leaping to make a catch. |
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