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Armed Forces Day

Date: 1950
Description: Color guards marching past the Wisconsin State Capitol carrying flags as a crowd looks on.
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Weldering, Agricultural Short Course

Date: 1950
Description: Two students welding at the University of Wisconsin Agricultural Short Course.
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Young Child on Picket Line

Date: 1950
Description: A young child, Frank Hill, walking the picket line at a strike with an older man. The adult's sign reads: "Construction Workers organize for hours, wages a...
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Pharmacist

Date: 1950
Description: A pharmacist working in the lab area of a pharmacy.
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Weather Radar

Date: 1950
Description: Meteorologists using radar equipment outdoors.
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Unitarian Church's Work Day

Date: 1950
Description: People gather around a table of food for the First Unitarian Society's "Work Day". The building was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and some of the construc...
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Newspaper Print Shop

Date: 1950
Description: Sports editor and sports reporter from the "Wisconsin State Journal" confer with a printer over trays of lead type.
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Gem Cutter

Date: 1950
Description: Arthur Virthaler, professor of art at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, in the studio with materials and tools for making jewelry. He was known for sim...
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Wayne T. Vanderhoef with Skis

Date: 1950
Description: Winter scene with Wayne T. Vanderhoef (1929-1997) posing with his skis in front of 312 North Butler Street, Madison, Wisconsin. The Wisconsin Historical M...
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Looking Northeast up Washington Avenue

Date: 1950
Description: Looking northeast, towards the Wisconsin State Capitol from West Washington Avenue at its intersection with 503 Regent Street. At the left is the Hoffman F...
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Memorial Library under Construction

Date: 1950
Description: Library under construction on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. In the background is the State Historical Society, and Science Hall is in the upp...
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Loading Guns of F-51 Fighter Plane

Date: 1950
Description: Wisconsin Air National Guard. A man in a leather jacket and cap is loading (?) guns in wings of an F-51 fighter plane.
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Wisconsin vs. Minnesota Football Game

Date: 1950
Description: Kerm Klefsaas, Minnesota, carries the football across the field before he is tackled by Jim Hammond, Wisconsin. Final score: Wisconsin 14; Minnesota 0.
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Oscar Mayer Wienermobile

Date: 1950
Description: Wienermobile in the Oscar Mayer parking lot. The driver is seated in the cab, but is obscured by the side mirror. Employee cars and other Oscar Mayer vehic...
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Dr. Hans Reese

Date: 1950
Description: Sitting, waist-up portait of Hans Heinrich Reese M.D. (1891-1973) holding a book and his eyeglasses, with bookshelves behind him. Dr. Reese was the husband...
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Fauerbach Baseball Team

Date: 1950
Description: Group portrait of the Fauerbach Brewing Company's baseball team.
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Fauerbach Brewery Baseball Team

Date: 1950
Description: Outdoor group portrait of the baseball team representing the Fauerbach Brewing Company.
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Roger Drouin

Date: 1950
Description: Madison Bus Company employee Roger Drouin. He is posing in front of his Westmorland bus with his left foot resting on the bumper.
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Piling It Up, Madison

Date: 1950
Description: A man is operating an Allis-Chalmers HD 5 Diesel tracked front end loader that is scooping snow onto a large pile. Trees are in the background.
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Howells, Jenkins, and Baerreis

Date: 1950
Description: Group portrait of, from left to right: Professor Howells, John W. Jenkins (chief curator of the Wisconsin Historical Museum), and Professor Dave Baerreis.

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