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| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Color guards marching past the Wisconsin State Capitol carrying flags as a crowd looks on. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | 4-H Tractor Queen receiving a cake on a Farmall Cub tractor while other 4-H members serenade her. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Front view of the Wheeler house with a car parked in front. The sign in front of the house reads: "Proposed location for the new YMCA building." The house ... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Hamacher Hotel and Tavern, 302-306 West Mifflin Street, at the intersection of North Henry Street. Its demolition between 1955 and 195... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | An exterior view of the Levi B. and Ester Smilie Vilas mansion, located at 521 North Henry Street. Built around 1851, the house was later used by the Phi G... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Fred Platner and staff of the Joint Distribution Committee's emigration office; Hamburg, Germany. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Staff of the Joint Distribution Committtee's emigration office; Hamburg, Germany. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Thirteen year-old Philip Lenhart of Madison, Wisconsin, sitting in his new and improved soap box derby car. In the 1950 Madison race held on July 23, 1950,... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Agricultural exhibit designed by the Wisconsin State Cranberry Growers Association and Eatmor Cranberries. The exhibit shows various types and stages of cr... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Men moving an iron lung. The machine has the logo for the March of Dimes imprinted on it. Iron Lungs were commonly used for the treatment of polio. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Group of girls making baskets, as an older girl or woman demonstrates a technique. Neighborhood House sponsored many groups and activities, such as basketr... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | View of the facade of the National Geographic Societies Administration Building from the street. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Alma Schmidt Petersen, center, holds a plaque with a relief portrait of a woman's head in profile, and the inscription "Louise de Koven Bowen, President of... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | View of the front of the Wisconsin Historical Society. A man is walking down the sidewalk on the left. Vines cover the stone balustrade. A tree is in the f... |
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