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"TakeOver" Newspaper Sellers on State Street

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Description: Two "TakeOver" newspaper sellers with their faces painted are hawking the newspapers on State Street.
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Boy with Watermelons at Farmers' Market

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Description: Boy posing with watermelons under a wooden stand at the Farmers' Market. The Wisconsin State Capitol is in the background.
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Waiting for the Bus

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Description: An elderly woman sitting on a bench while waiting for a bus in a bus shelter. Behind her is a window which looks down the street.
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Lynette Margulies and Friend

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Description: Lynette Margulies (left) and a friend holding signs and protesting against the "Madison Press Connection" newspaper. They are looking at a person standing ...
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State Street Nude Picketing

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Description: Rear view of several picketers walking nude down a sidewalk along State Street holding signs.
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State Street Bust

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Description: View across street towards a police officer chasing down a shoplifter walking on State Street. A man is watching from a sidewalk in the background.
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Students Picketing on Library Mall

Date: 1976
Description: Students protesting the Kuomintang's authoritarian control of Taiwan on Library Mall at the Calvary Lutheran Chapel. In the foreground a man is leaning aga...
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State Street Scene

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Description: Two women on benches on State Street.
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Scene at Library Mall

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Description: Elderly man comforted while sitting on a bench at Library Mall.
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Man in Orton Park

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Description: A man taking a break from reading is stretching, with his arms above his head. He is wearing a turban and tunic. On the ground behind him are books. In the...
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Woman at Pinckney Street Bus Stop

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Description: A woman sitting in a bus shelter while waiting for the bus at the Pinckney Street bus stop. Across the street people are walking along the sidewalk on Capi...
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Elderly Man

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Description: An elderly man near the Wisconsin State Capitol building. He appears to be Asian.
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Woman on Bascom Hill

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Description: Woman walking up Bascom Hill in winter.
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The Winning Shot

Date: 03 03 1979
Description: Wes Matthews heaves a game-winning, half-court shot to beat Magic Johnson's Michigan State Spartans at the University of Wisconsin fieldhouse.
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West Washington Train Station

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Description: Steve Miller and Lisa Davis traverse the tracks at the West Washington Avenue train station.
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The Cinema Theater on Atwood Avenue

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Description: View from from the Severson service station (currently Monty's Blueplate) of the Cinema Theater on Atwood Avenue. Snow is on the ground.
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Art the Window Washer

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Description: A window washer named Art holding a cigarette and posing with his squeegee. He was a familiar sight on State Street.
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Al Toon

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Description: Football player Al Toon in front of U.W Memorial Union.
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Boyce Totz

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Description: Painter Boyce Totz in a chair and looking out of a window.
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Truly Remarkable Loon and Brother

Date: 1978
Description: Juggler Truly Remarkable Loon with partner performing on the Capitol lawn at the Equinox Festival.

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