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International Harvester Parade of Progress Fast Hitch Square Dance

Date: 1953
Description: Men in cowboy hats driving International Harvester tractors through an exhibition tent as part of the "Parade of Progress" at the Indiana State Fair as par...
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Self-Service Supermarket

Date: 1953
Description: A cashier checking out a customer's purchases while another customer is filling her grocery cart with items at the D. Kurman company market.
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Alice in Dairyland, Mary Ellen Jenks

Date: 1953
Description: Mary Ellen Jenks, the 1953 Alice in Dairyland, inspecting a frog with three young boys.
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International Harvester Decorator Refrigerator

Date: 1953
Description: Advertising brochure with an image of a woman covering an International Harvester Decorator refrigerator while another woman looks on. The refrigerator is ...
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R-110 Station Wagon

Date: 1953
Description: Three-quarter view from front left of an International R-110 Station Wagon parked on a lawn. In the background is a group of people enjoying a picnic.
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International R-183 School Bus

Date: 1953
Description: Two children are exiting an International R-183 School Bus. The children are greeted by a woman, possibly their mother. A man, possibly the father of the c...
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Canal Lighthouse, Sturgeon Bay

Date: 1953
Description: View across water towards the Sturgeon Bay Canal Lighthouse, with a group of people in a motorboat in the foreground.
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Harvey Home Marker

Date: 1953
Description: View of the Governor Louis P. Harvey home marker. Two women are standing behind the sign. A clock is at top right.
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League of Women Voters

Date: 1953
Description: League Of Women Voters at a United Nations Day table. Shown, left to right, are: Janet Berger, Grace Shaw, Carolyn Wilds, and Joyce Erdman.
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Clemency for the Rosenbergs

Date: 1953
Description: Convicted spies Julius and Ethel Rosenberg received a death sentence in 1951, not long after Joseph R. McCarthy burst into the headlines with his charges a...
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George Forrester at Ringling Circus

Date: 1953
Description: Madison Mayor, George Forrester, seated in the front row of the audience at the Ringling Brothers Circus. Clowns entertain the children seated near Forrest...
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Pela Rosen Alpert and Richard Alpert with Daughter Rochelle

Date: 1953
Description: Pela Rosen Alpert, Richard Alpert, and daughter Rochelle seated outside on front steps of house.
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Susanne Hafner Goldfarb and Parents on S.S. Jerusalem

Date: 1953
Description: Susanne Hafner Goldfarb (right), Max Hafner (left), and Martha Hafner (center) on S.S. Jerusalem en route to the United States.
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Magda Herzberger in Tel Aviv

Date: 1953
Description: Magda Herzberger standing among trees outside of Beilinson Hospital in Tel Aviv, Israel.
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Women's Activities Delegates

Date: 1953
Description: Delegates to the first Women's Activities Conference sponsored by the United Packinghouse Workers of America. A sign behind the three women concerns the im...
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Don't Buy Cudahy

Date: 1953
Description: Outside a Chicago A&P grocery store, striking members of the United Packinghouse Workers of America urge shoppers to boycott products of the Cudahy company...
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Don't Buy Cudahy

Date: 1953
Description: View from across street of various representations of the "Don't Buy Cudahy" boycott campaign outside the Packinghouse Workers headquarters: cartops, women...
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Derleth Wedding Card by Dwig

Date: 1953
Description: Original wedding cartoon presented to Wisconsin writer August Derleth on the occasion of his marriage to Sandra Winters by cartoonist Clare V. "Dwig" Dwigg...
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Gertrude Lamb; Dane Women's Republican Club President

Date: 1953
Description: Portrait of Gertrude Lamb, newly appointed president of Dane County Women's Republican Club.
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Women of the Moose Presents Check and Gifts

Date: 1953
Description: Women of the Moose Senior Regent Cora S. Sannes presents a check for $500 to the Grand Regent Madeline Clark of Moosehart, Illinois. The money is to be use...

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