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Photograph

Skiing near Greenbush

Date: 1951
Description: Winter scene with skiers getting ready to push off, with bundled-up observers looking on in the foreground.
Photograph

Pontiac Station Wagon Adorned for Chicago Parade

Date: 1951
Description: Pontiac Silver Streak station wagon decorated with a Wisconsin Steel Works banner parked along a curb before Chicago's East Side Centennial Parade.
Drawing

Lambertville Music Circus

Date: 1951
Description: The layout plan for the Lambertville Music Circus with elevations of stage and pit.
Photograph

Alice in Dairyland Contestants

Date: 1951
Description: Marjean Czerwinski of Milwaukee, the 1951 Alice in Dairyland, posing with the other Alice contestants from that year wearing formal dresses. Marjean is 7th...
Photograph

Elmer the Bull

Date: 1951
Description: Elmer, "husband" of Elsie the Cow, advertising mascot of the Borden Company, is shown with a young woman as he was being readied for participation as one o...
Photograph

The Milwaukee Mile Racetrack

Date: 1951
Description: A photographer stands close to the Milwaukee Mile racetrack with camera poised to capture the action as the stock cars competing in the race speed by him. ...
Photograph

Alfalfa for the Wisconsin State Fair

Date: 1951
Description: Irving Gerhardt, instructor of Vocational Agriculture, and Duane Lehr, Future Farmers of America member and agriculture student from Madison East High Scho...
Photograph

Farm Museum Exhibit

Date: 1951
Description: Two men examine a hook attached to a huge wagon, part of a Farm Museum Exhibit at the Wisconsin State Fair.
Photograph

Passenger Trolley at the Fair

Date: 1951
Description: Fairgoers ride a tractor-drawn passenger wagon at the Fair. In the background is the Sky King roller coaster.
Photograph

Sheep Shearing Contest

Date: 1951
Description: Winner Melvin Walker at work during a sheep shearing competition.
Poster

International Truck Advertising Poster

Date: 1951
Description: Advertising poster for International trucks with a color illustration of a truck driver sitting in an easy chair with his feet propped up under the text "c...
Photograph

Wisconsin Steel Works Parade Float

Date: 1951
Description: Parade float with a replica of the "First Blast Furnace in the Calumet District" for Wisconsin Steel Works. The parade was Chicago's East Side Centennial c...
Photograph

Wisconsin Steel Parade Float

Date: 1951
Description: Parade float with a replica of the "first blast furnace in the Calumet district, built in 1875, the forerunner of Wisconsin Steel Works." The float is hitc...
Photograph

Joseph H. Brown Iron & Steel Company Parade Truck

Date: 1951
Description: Side view of a Joseph H. Brown Iron & Steel Company International Harvester truck decorated with flags and banners for Chicago's East Side Centennial Parad...
Photograph

Clay Model of Truck

Date: 1951
Description: Side view of a full-size rendering of an International truck in clay. The model is located inside a garage or studio space. The model was likely made by a...
Postcard

Trading Post at Willie's White Birch Lodge

Date: 1951
Description: Interior view of the trading post at Willie's White Birch Lodge. Fishing lures are on display on the back wall behind a counter with signs that read: "Pat'...
Book or Pamphlet

Elkhart Lake Map of Race Course

Date: 1951
Description: A drawing of the 5.3 mile race course around Elkhart Lake. Page 12 and 13 of the official program from Elkhart Lake Road Race. The race took place on Sunda...
Photograph

Uncle Walter Arms and Elinora

Date: 1951
Description: Elinora (mother of Lewis Arms, Jr.) stands in the snow and shoots a rifle, while Walter Arms, uncle of Lewis Arms, looks on.
Print

Green Bay Packers Schedule Placemat

Date: 1951
Description: A placemat advertising the schedule for the Green Bay Packers.
Print

Packer Buck

Date: 1951
Description: A green colored Green Bay Packers Packer Buck from the Season Ticket Campaign.

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