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Sand Dunes

Date: 1965
Description: The sand dunes in Kohler-Andrae State Park, named after John Michael Kohler and Terry Andrae.
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Bong Memorial

Date: 1965
Description: View of the Bong Memorial, dedicated to the memory of World War II air ace Major Richard I. Bong. This P-38 is the type of plane he piloted when he shot do...
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Marines Wade Across a River

Date: 1965
Description: View from shoreline of U.S. Marines wading across a river while on a "Search and Clear" operation near Da Nang in Vietnam.
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Men with Cranberry Harvest

Date: 1965
Description: Two men, in waders, posing with cranberry harvesting equipment and freshly harvested berries. The berries have been loaded onto small barges.
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Beauty Queen with Cranberries

Date: 1965
Description: An unidentified beauty queen wearing a crown, along with three men, pose with harvested cranberries in a cranberry marsh.
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McCormick 624 Tractor

Date: 1965
Description: View of a man wearing a straw hat using a McCormick 624 tractor to mow a field.
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International Truck and Tractors

Date: 1965
Description: Color photo of a man standing beside an International pickup truck while watching two tractors work in a field. A mountain range is in the background.
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Woman Walking Through Freedom House Door

Date: 1965
Description: A woman walks up steps and through a door into a Freedom House, used by civil rights workers.
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Man at Water Pump

Date: 1965
Description: A man hand pumps water in the yard outside of White Station Freedom House. "In all the rural Freedom Houses (and all rural houses) wells and outhous...
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Man Driving Team of Mules Pulling Wagon

Date: 1965
Description: A man is seated on a wagon pulled by mules. The image caption reports that "mules are still used by many farmers as transportation. Occasionally you see a ...
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Pheba Freedom House

Date: 1965
Description: Front view of the Pheba Freedom House, used by civil rights workers. Along the walls and doors, bullet holes have been highlighted with circles.
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Abandond Schoolhouse

Date: 1965
Description: The school used for African-American children in the western half of Clay County until 1960, pictured 5 years after it closed.
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Natchez, Mississippi

Date: 1965
Description: Several cars are parked outdoors. To the right, a man washes his pickup truck. To the left, a man leans against a car. Nearby, a child is seated on a short...
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Trees in the Fog

Date: 1965
Description: Bending trees in early morning fog, between Spring Green and Dodgeville.
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View of Sunrise

Date: 1965
Description: Sunrise over a wooded hillside between Spring Green and Dodgeville.
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Women Walking Poodles

Date: 1965
Description: Two women, one walking a pair of toy poodle dogs, on a sidewalk in front of the Churchill Hotel.
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Spring

Date: 1965
Description: A Red-Winged Blackbird singing while perched on a cattail spike in the Horicon Marsh.

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