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| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Gypsy Rose Lee (aka Louise Hovick, 1914-1970) with a large muskie she caught in a northern Wisconsin lake. |
| 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: | Hospital or nursing home patients are able to view television in their rooms. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | A man operating a ticket booth in the Wisconsin Dells. He is playing a card game, probably solitaire, on the counter. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Woman with children grilling hot dogs and wieners at the beach. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | As part of an Easter tableau, a statue of Mary Magdalene at the entrance to what is a depiction of Jesus' tomb, is mirrored by a young girl in similar garb... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Map showing buildings formerly used as Ringling Brothers Circus winter quarters, along with adjoining buildings. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | The Department of Agriculture's "All You Can Drink for Ten Cents" milk booth at the Wisconsin State Fair. On the roof is a cow crafted from a bale of hay. ... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Governor Oscar Rennebohm speaking into a microphone on Governor's Day at the Wisconsin State Fair. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Virginia Hess posing with a muskellunge near the fish scale at Ross Teal Lake Lodge. Virginia Hess was a member of the Hess Oil Co. family, was from Chicag... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Columnist Drew Pearson, who with Robert S. Anderson and later with Jack Anderson, pioneered modern political investigative reporting. Pearson was one of t... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Vern Frechette (left) and Leonard Larson show their catch of trout caught during ice fishing on Chequamegon Bay. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Holocaust survivor Salvator Moshe and his wife, Thelma, picnicking at Southshore Park. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Two women compete in a curling match. Several spectators are visible in the background. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Kerm Klefsaas, Minnesota, carries the football across the field before he is tackled by Jim Hammond, Wisconsin. Final score: Wisconsin 14; Minnesota 0. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Richard Quinney and Peggy (?) pose for a snapshot in a rowboat on a lake. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Friends of Lewis Arms enjoy beer at a party at Brittingham Park. Seated on the ground from left to right are: Elinora (mother of Lewis Arms, Jr.), Hattie, ... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Bernard Arms holding a firearm poses on a parade float decorated in an autumn theme, including a stuffed bear, fox, and squirrel. The parade was a part of ... |
| 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,... |
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