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Welcome Peace President Jimmy Carter

Date: 1979
Description: President Jimmy Carter's visit meant extra duty for the local police force. An elevated sign in the background reads "Newman High School, Welcome, Peace Pr...
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Out for Lunch

Date: 1979
Description: The driver helps a senior citizen board the bus after a lunch at the Medford Senior Center.
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The Statue of Liberty

Date: 1979
Description: View of the sunken Statue of Liberty created by legendary University of Wisconsin student Leon Varjian.
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Thornless Common Honeylocust

Date: 1979
Description: A winter view of a specimen of Gleditsia triacanthos inermis, judged to be the largest of its type in Wisconsin. The tree is standing next to the st...
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Basswood

Date: 1979
Description: A specimen of Tilia americana (Linden), judged in 1975 to be the largest of its species in Wisconsin, standing in a snowy landscape with smaller tre...
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Edward Hasselkus

Date: 1979
Description: Edward Hasselkus, University of Wisconsin professor of horticulture and curator of Longenecker Gardens at the University of Wisconsin Arboretum in Madison ...
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Tree

Date: 1979
Description: A cropped view of a tree, looking upward, accentuates the pattern and texture of the bark as the branches extend outward. There is a light dusting of snow ...
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Champion White Ash

Date: 1979
Description: A towering white ash, devoid of leaves, standing along the sidewalk in front of a two-story brick Norman revival house with a large chimney. There is a du...
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Green Bay

Date: 1979
Description: The sun is peeking through the clouds and trees. Snow covers an open field and in the distance is a tree covered hill.
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Boys Playing Hockey

Date: 1979
Description: Two boys playing hockey on a skating rink.
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Barn and Silo

Date: 1979
Description: A barn and silo, on a snow covered farm along Highway 78, between Mt. Horeb and Black Earth. The farmhouse is behind the barn. A barbed wire fence lines th...
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Man Fixing Snow Fence

Date: 1979
Description: A man is lifting a snow fence in ankle deep snow. In the background is a tree covered hill.
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Cars in Snow Drifts

Date: 1979
Description: Two cars are trapped in a large snowdrift. Two people can be seen. One car has its hood up and a truck with ladders strapped to a roof rack may be jump sta...

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