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Joe Hess using Crozing Machine

Date: 1952
Description: Joe Hess using a crozing machine to shape an oak barrel at the Hess Cooperage.
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Frank Hess Sr. Using Cooper's Lathe

Date: 1952
Description: Frank Hess Sr., owner of Hess Cooperage, finishing the exterior of a barrel on a cooper's lathe.
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Frank Hess Jr. Setting Hoops on a Barrel

Date: 1952
Description: Frank "Foots" Hess Jr. watching a machine set hoops on a barrel at the Hess Cooperage.
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Joe Hess using Barrel Head Circling Machine

Date: 1952
Description: Joe Hess using a circling machine to create a barrel head at the Hess Cooperage.
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Dance Performer

Date: 1952
Description: Virginia Lee Kehl MacKesey, performing with "Orchesis," a University of Wisconsin dance company under the direction of Margaret D'Houbler and Louise Kleppe...
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Barrel MakingTools and Cattails

Date: 1952
Description: Barrel making tools and cattails, use for cauking barrels, at the Hess Cooperage.
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Congregational Church Exterior

Date: 1952
Description: The Congregational Church on the corner of University Avenue and Breese Terrace.
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First Unitarian Society Meeting House

Date: 1952
Description: The south façade of the Meeting House of the First Unitarian Society, 900 University Bay Drive. The structure was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and built ...
Painting

Wolff-Kubly & Hirsig Building Under Construction

Date: 1952
Description: Watercolor painting of a Wolff-Kubly & Hirsig building (the site of the current Wisconsin Historical Museum) under construction.
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930 East Gorham Street

Date: 1952
Description: A residence at 930 East Gorham Street, on the site once occupied by the Walker "castle".
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Herfurth House

Date: 1952
Description: The newel post and front stairs of the Herfurth house, 703 East Gorham Street, as seen from the living room or parlor.
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Mendota Grade School

Date: 1952
Description: View of the Mendota grade school. Snow is on the ground.
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Memorial Union Terrace

Date: 1952
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison Memorial Union Terrace with Lake Mendota and sailboats in the background.
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Adlai Campaigning

Date: 1952
Description: Adlai Stevenson, Democratic Presidential candidate, at a podium speaking to an audience. To Stevenson's right is Thomas Fairchild, the Democratic candidat...
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Wright for Stevenson

Date: 1952
Description: Among those attending a dinner for Democratic Presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson in 1952 was Frank Lloyd Wright and Oligavanna Lloyd Wright.
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Adlai Stevenson Campaigning

Date: 1952
Description: Democratic Presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson arriving at the Loraine Hotel for a speaking engagement. During the campaign Senator Joseph R. McCarthy r...
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Stevenson and Wisconsin Candidates

Date: 1952
Description: Democratic Presidential Candidate Adlai Stevenson speaking to an audience. On the platform with him are William Proxmire, who was making the first of his ...
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Carillon Tower

Date: 1952
Description: Bells of the Carillon Tower on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
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Lewis Arms at Age 25

Date: 1952
Description: Lewis Arms at 25 years old poses near the entrance in front of Central High School.
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Lewis Arms and John Berry

Date: 1952
Description: Lewis Arms leans against a car with his arm around his family friend and neighbor John Berry, who he called "Pa Berry".

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