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Grave of the Unknown

Date: 1975
Description: A veteran places a flower on the grave of an unknown soldier.
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Man Tastes Wine in Vineyard

Date: 1975
Description: Color photograph of a man drinking from a glass of wine in a vineyard in France. In the background a vineyard worker is cultivating the field with an Inter...
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"Transtar Rose" on Truck Stop Tour

Date: 1975
Description: Bonnie Nelson (a.k.a. "Transtar Rose") singing country music with a band on a stage as part of her truck stop tour. The tour was sponsored by International...
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Christian Turck House

Date: 1975
Description: Built by Christian Turck, this building has now been moved to the site of Old World Wisconsin at Eagle, Wisconsin, and is now called the Turck-Schottler ho...
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International Harvester Advertising Proof

Date: 1975
Description: Advertising proof created by Foote, Cone & Belding for the International Harvester Company. Features a color illustration of a farmer operating an Internat...
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Horse-Drawn Carriage with Children and School Bus

Date: 1975
Description: A horse-drawn enclosed carriage originally used to transport children to and from school in 1915. The carriage has several young children as passengers, wh...
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Poker Reunion

Date: 1975
Description: This was a reunion of a group that used to meet in the 1950's to play poker. Around the table, starting at the left: Lawrence Steger, Jr., Ralph Bodden, Do...
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Kickert Bus Yard

Date: 1975
Description: Elevated view of Kickert employees gathered in the bus yard.
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Signing of the Inheritance Tax Bill

Date: 1975
Description: Signing of the 1975 Inheritance Tax Bill, 1975 Senate Bill 113. Protestors used the occasion to show opposition to the upgrade of Highway 18-151 to an expr...
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Hugh Edwin Young

Date: 1975
Description: Portrait of Hugh Edwin Young, chancellor of UW-Madison from 1968 to 1977. Young was chancellor during the Vietnam War era and made the controversial decisi...
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Woman Shaking Her Fist at School Bus

Date: 1975
Description: A woman in a crowd shaking her fist at a school bus. The bus is carrying minority students to another high school as part of a school integration program. ...
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Ku Klux Klan Sign

Date: 1975
Description: A man, sitting on porch steps, is holding up a sign that reads: "K.K.K. + S.B + H.P." (Ku Klux Klan plus South Boston plus Hyde Park.) Standing on the porc...
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Racist Graffiti

Date: 1975
Description: View across street towards a man leaning against a street sign near the corner of a fence enclosing the yard of a housing project. On the right is a concre...
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David Duke Recruiting

Date: 1975
Description: Caption on the reverse reads: "David Duke, Grand Dragon of the Baton Rouge Ku Klux Klan trying to recruit South Boston residents, teenagers idolized him, l...
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David Duke Recruiting for KKK

Date: 1975
Description: Caption on the reverse reads: "David Duke, Grand Dragon of the Baton Rouge Ku Klux Klan, trying to recruit South Boston residents. Teenagers idolized him, ...
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David Duke Recruiting

Date: 1975
Description: Informal quarter-length portrait of David Duke. Caption on the reverse reads: "Grand Dragon of a Ku Klux Klan in Baton Rouge." He was in South Boston tryin...
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South Boston Children

Date: 1975
Description: Students from South Boston are posing and clowning on a curb near a street corner. Older students are standing or sitting on chain-link fence. In the backg...
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E.J. Brumder Jr.

Date: 1975
Description: Edward John Brumder Jr. is casually reclining in a contemporary style leather and chrome easy chair in his apartment in Juneau Village. He is barefoot, and...
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The Reverend Jesse Jackson

Date: 1975
Description: The Reverend Jesse Jackson gesturing while sitting at his desk in the PUSH (People United to Serve Humanity) headquarters. In the background, on the wall, ...
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Two Unidientified Members of PUSH

Date: 1975
Description: Two unidentified men, officers of PUSH (People United to Serve Humanity), sitting and talking together at an event.

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