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Indian Boys Practice Archery

Date: 1956
Description: Six Native American boys and teenagers take part in an archery competition. They are holding their bows and carrying arrows in a bag on their backs. Riley ...
Photograph

Sam Blowsnake

Date: 1956
Description: Sam Blowsnake prepares to shoot an arrow with his bow as a crowd of people watches behind him.
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Vel and Dale Phillips

Date: 1956
Description: Vel Phillips sitting in an armchair, wearing a tan top with a light blue skirt. Dale is kneeling next to her, wearing eyeglasses. A television is in the co...
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"Helen of Troy" Still

Date: 1956
Description: Still of Rossana Podesta as Helen and Jacques Sernas as Paris from the 1956 film "Helen of Troy." The two gaze into each others eyes as they stand opposite...
Historical Object

Presidential Political Campaign Buttons

Date: 1956
Description: Framed assortment of buttons, and a few stamps, representing the presidential election between Dwight Eisenhower and Adlai Stevenson in 1956. A few of the ...
Postcard

Richard's Mountain View Cottages on Lake Holcombe

Date: 1956
Description: View across tall grass towards two guest cottages at Richard's Mountain View. Caption reads: "Richards Mountain View Cottages on Lake Holcombe."
Book or Pamphlet

National Association of Radio and Television Broadcasters Pamphlet

Date: 1956
Description: The cover design of a pamphlet titled "You and your family are in this picture!" featuring an illustration of a family watching television.
Photograph

At the Cabin

Date: 1956
Description: Marion Briggs (Mrs. Edward J.) Brumder, left, playing cards at a low table with Gladys Downey in a rustic cabin on Lake Julia. Knotty pine paneling covers ...
Book or Pamphlet

Hillel Dedication Program, Front

Date: 1956
Description: The front of an invitation to the ceremonies of dedication of the new Hillel Building.
Photograph

Hillel Dedication Program, Inside

Date: 1956
Description: The interior of the invitation to the ceremonies of dedication of the new Hillel Building. The information details the events of the day.
Photograph

Wisconsin Historical Society Building Entrance Marker

Date: 1956
Description: The official site marker in front of the Wisconsin Historical Society Building.
Photograph

Mary Livingston Griggs by the Tennis Court

Date: 1956
Description: Mary Livingston Griggs is standing next to the flowered edged fence of the Forest Lodge tennis court. Mary is wearing a dress with a short-sleeved cardigan...
Photograph

Main Lodge

Date: 1956
Description: Front doorway to the main lodge which is built of horizontal chinked-logs with stone entrance steps; two stone chimneys on a cedar shake roof. Striped awni...
Photograph

Taking a Stroll Over the Brule River

Date: 1956
Description: Mary Livingston Griggs and her daughter Mary are walking over the Brule River on a wood bridge with iron railings. Three men and one woman are walking with...
Photograph

Richard Burton as Alexander the Great

Date: 1956
Description: Richard Burton poses, in costume, next to a plaque of Alexander the Great. Burton wears a curly blonde wig for the title role of the 1956 film "Alexander ...
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Lawn Bowling by the Lake

Date: 1956
Description: Three boys lawn bowling on the bowling green next to Lake Namakagon; the Forest Lodge Boathouse and Champagne Island are in the background.

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