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Olsen and Johnson Posing with Streetcar

Date: 04 15 1932
Description: Comedians Ole Olsen and "Chic" Johnson, called "the mirth provokers of a nation," posing in front of a streetcar that displays an advertisement for their "...
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"Fisbee" Cracks Whip at Painted Cub Cadet Tractors

Date: 1966
Description: Men riding Cub Cadet lawn tractors in International Harvester's "wild-animal" act at the Farm Progress Show in Farmer City, Iowa. Three International Harve...
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Cub Cadet Tractor Jumps Ramp

Date: 1966
Description: Man riding a Cub Cadet lawn tractor in International Harvester's "wild-animal" act at the Farm Progress Show in Farmer City, Iowa. Three International Harv...
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Shooting Movie on Street in Milwaukee

Date: 1990
Description: Scene from the made-for-TV movie "Dillinger" shot in part on the streets of Milwaukee. A crowd is watching in the background.
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Del McDermid on "Romance of the Reaper" Set

Date: 1929
Description: A production still from the Fox Hearst film "Romance of the Reaper". The film was produced by International Harvester at Walnut Grove to celebrate the Reap...
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Dogpatchers In Costume

Date: 08 15 1942
Description: Three people in costume behind a table. There is a man wearing a false beard a hat, holding a jug with three x's on it, a woman wearing a polka-dot blouse ...
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Under Water Packing Crate Escape

Date: 1914
Description: Harry Houdini, born Erik Weisz in Hungary and raised as Erich Weiss in Appleton, Wisconsin, preparing to do one of his famous escapes, this time from a sub...
Poster

Nixon's The One!

Date: 1968
Description: Political campaign poster that features a drawing of Richard Nixon surrounded by contemporary celebrities and politicians in the center. He is wearing a bu...
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Ethel Clayton in a scene still for "The Attorney for the Defense."

Date: 1915
Description: Ethel Clayton, playing Ruth Wingate, stands between a cab driver or chauffeur and another man to whom she speaks, who may well be the actor John Ince. A cr...
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Joel McCrea and Albert Basserman

Date: 1940
Description: Joel McCrea and Albert Basserman are seen on the set of the film "Foreign Correspondent." They are standing at the bottom of a flight of steps. Crew member...
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Live Show at Fort Dells

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Description: Two men, dressed in old western costumes, are pretending to fight each other for the entertainment of a crowd at Fort Dells.
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The Crowd at Fort St. Antoine

Date: 05 08 1927
Description: A crowd at Fort St. Antoine celebrating the 23rd anniversary of Nicolas Perrot claiming the territory of the upper Mississippi River for France. A reenactm...
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Actor Joseph Schafer

Date: 05 07 1927
Description: Actor Joseph Shafer/Schafer telling the story of The Ostensorium in a reenactment of a ceremony in which Nicolas Perrot claimed the territory of the upper ...
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"The Great Dictator" Press Photograph

Date: 10 15 1940
Description: In the center of a large crowd of people in the lobby of the Capitol Theatre, actress Paulette Goddard dressed in white is smiling broadly as is Charlie Ch...
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Scene from "Bobbed Hair"

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Description: A scene from the 1925 film "Bobbed Hair" of people at a costume party. Marie Prevost, as Connemara Moore, is dressed as a nun and stands between Reed Howe...

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