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Zesto Malt Shop

Date: 1956
Description: Waiter making a malt in the Zesto Malt Shop at 658 State Street.
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Fred Coe

Date: 1956
Description: Candid shot of Fred Coe, producer of "Playwrights '56," sitting at his production board.
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Ballot Machine

Date: 1956
Description: Close-up view of a women's hand touching a ballot machine with names of candidates from the 1956 Wisconsin election.
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Alice in Dairyland

Date: 1956
Description: Alice in Dairyland, Doris Olsen, holds a cream puff, always a favorite Wisconsin State Fair treat, as she talks with two bakers at the fair.
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McCormick Farmall 400 Tractor

Date: 1956
Description: McCormick Farmall 400 tractor in a studio.
Postcard

Tallman House Bedroom

Date: 1956
Description: View of the bedroom in which Abraham Lincoln stayed in 1859.
Postcard

Tallman House Parlor

Date: 1956
Description: View of chairs and a table set around the fireplace. A mirror is above the fireplace, and a grandmother clock is against the far wall. The windows flanking...
Postcard

Tallman House Parlor

Date: 1956
Description: View of parlor with chairs, fireplaces and other textiles.
Photograph

Tallman House

Date: 1956
Description: Interior view of a bedroom, with a tall, arched window on the far wall, and a painting hanging near the bed. Caption reads: "Tallman Homestead, Janesville,...
Photograph

Tallman House

Date: 1956
Description: View of bedroom, with a baby crib in front of the window on the right, and a rocking chair in front of the window on the left. Caption reads: "Tallman Home...
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Moose Club Christmas Party

Date: 1956
Description: Four women in front of a Christmas tree at the Moose Club Christmas party.
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Curling Match

Date: 1956
Description: Curlers sweep in front of a stone during a curling match.
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Rosa Parks at Clinton Students Gathering

Date: 1956
Description: Rosa Parks attending a Highlander Christmas vacation event for Clinton Black High School Students, the first integrated in the South.
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Farmall 400 Tractor and Cultivator in Showroom

Date: 1956
Description: Farmall 400 propane tractor and a 455 Farmall Cultivator on display in a showroom, possibly at the International Harvester headquarters in Chicago, Illinoi...
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Indianapolis Truck Engine Works

Date: 1956
Description: Factory workers pose at International Harvester's Indianapolis Works. Original caption states: "First 26 employees at the new Indianapolis truck engine wor...
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International Labor Recruiting Office

Date: 1956
Description: Interior view of the Labor Recruiting Office of International Harvester's Indianapolis Works (factory). The office features models of military vehicles, Am...
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Picket Duty

Date: 1956
Description: Members of Local 167 of the United Packinghouse Workers of America employed by the Swift Company in South St. Paul signing up for strike duty.
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Belfrage at Moscow Synagogue

Date: 1956
Description: Cedric Belfrage, co-editor and founder of the "National Guardian," visiting a Moscow synagogue after his deportation from the United States. Belfrage was d...
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Paul Robeson

Date: 1956
Description: Paul Robeson reading a copy of the leftist newspaper, the "National Guardian".
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John H. Wilde with Student

Date: 1956
Description: John Wilde, Associate Professor in the School of Education's Department of Art Education, instructing a student in perspective sketching during a class mee...

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