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Homer Bigart

Date: 1951
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Homer Bigart, (1907-1991) award-winning journalist with the "New York Herald-Tribune" and the "New York Times".
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Altmeyer at Inter-American Conference on Social Security

Date: 1951
Description: Arthur Altmeyer speaking at the Inter-American Conference on Social Security, which took place in Buenes Aires. Eva Peron is seated to his left, wearing he...
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The Boardroom

Date: 1951
Description: Men in suits are sitting around an oval-shaped table while another man with his back to the camera gives a presentation.
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MacArthur for President

Date: 1951
Description: Men and women work at the campaign headquarters for the Douglass MacArthur campaign for president.
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Worker Painting Farmall Tractors

Date: 1951
Description: Factory worker painting Farmall tractors at International Harvester's Farmall Works.
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Frank G. Hough Company Factory

Date: 1951
Description: Front loaders (payloaders) on the floor of the Frank G. Hough Company factory (works). The company manufactured construction and industrial equipment. The ...
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Frank G. Hough Company Factory Floor

Date: 1951
Description: Factory workers on the floor of the Frank G. Hough Company factory (works). The company manufactured construction and industrial equipment. The company was...
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Legislators Signing In

Date: 1951
Description: Newly-elected members of the Wisconsin Assembly signing in. Facing the camera left to right are: E. William Proxmire (D-Madison), Hermann Eisner (D-Cross P...
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North Henry House Interior

Date: 1951
Description: An interior view of the living room toward the front of 524 North Henry Street. A man is sitting in a chair on the right near the windows.
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Russell Lasley

Date: 1951
Description: Russell Lasley, an African-american leader of the United Packinghouse Workers union and later the Amalgamated Meatcutters and Butcher Workers union, meetin...
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Philleo Nash

Date: 1951
Description: Philleo Nash, Wisconsin Rapids cranberry grower, Democratic Party leader, and lieutenant governor, 1959-1961. From 1946 to 1952 he was a special assistant ...
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Robert Rauschenberg Making a Print

Date: 1951
Description: Robert Rauschenberg makes cyanotype art by shining a light over a nude female model who is lying on photosensitive blueprint paper. The print was to be use...
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Madison Vocational School Cake Decorating Class

Date: 1951
Description: Victor Hammersley, a professional baker and teacher, supervises as Elizabeth Zweifel and Mae Grelle decorate a cake at the Madison Vocational School.
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Rear Projection

Date: 1951
Description: Production still showing the technique of rear projection. A 1951 Ford, jacked up in front so the steering wheel can turn, sits in front of a rear projecti...
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Inter-American Conference on Social Security

Date: 1951
Description: View of group of people standing on stage at the Inter-American Conference on Social Security. Arthur J. Altmeyer stands in the middle. Eva Peron stands se...
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Coughlin Birthday Party

Date: 1951
Description: Luncheon or dinner group at the Top Hat restaurant celebrating a birthday party for Joseph L. (“Roundy”) Coughlin, a local newspaper columnist.
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Lansing A. Wilcox 105th Birthday Party

Date: 1951
Description: Group portrait of Lansing A. Wilcox — last Civil War veteran in Wisconsin — with a group of men at his 105th birthday. The birthday party was held at the G...
Print

Greeting Card

Date: 1951
Description: Four-fold, copy art greeting card with two photographs. One on the front shows a man's hands writing "Greetings" on a card next to a photograph of Sid smok...
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Badger School 8th Grade Class Portrait

Date: 1951
Description: Badger School 8th grade class portrait. The front row is sitting on a bench and the back row is standing. Some of the girls are wearing saddle shoes. In th...
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Crew Filming "The African Queen"

Date: 1951
Description: Film crew for the 1951 film "The African Queen," including John Huston, Ted Moore, and Edward Scaife, surrounding a movie camera. They are all partially su...

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