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Traveling Medicine Wagon

Date: 1902
Description: A traveling medicine wagon with saleswomen and vendor selling Westmore's Hair Tonic.
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Window to Prescription Department

Date: 08 22 1941
Description: Two pharmacists busy themselves in the Tesiero's Pharmacy's prescription preparation area. Part of the customer waiting area is in the foreground.
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U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention

Date: 1910
Description: Members of the United States Pharmacopeial Convention of 1910 participate in an outdoor gathering.
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Office Environment

Date: 1926
Description: A businessman and his secretary at the desk in his office.
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Alfred C. Clas

Date: 1900
Description: Portrait of Alfred C. Clas (1859-1942), Milwaukee architect whose firm designed the Wisconsin Historical Society Headquarters building. The architectural f...
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Club Chanticleer Bar

Date: 02 27 1935
Description: Interior of barroom at the Club Chanticleer, with two bartenders mixing drinks behind the bar, and four male patrons sitting at a table.
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Baseball Team

Date: 05 06 1931
Description: Group portrait of H.W. Simon baseball team in uniform, standing and sitting indoors.
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Wisconsin State Capitol Interior — Assemblyman

Date: 1909
Description: Otto Onstad, a newly elected assemblyman from Dane County, in the newly constructed Assembly Chamber of the present Wisconsin State Capitol. He is sitting ...
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Chippewa Man

Date: 1913
Description: A studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of an unidentified Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indian from the Bad River Indian Reservation at Odanah. The man is we...
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Railroad Handcar

Date: 1908
Description: An early gasoline-powered handcar being used on the Minneapolis, St. Paul, & Sault Ste. Marie line for an inspection tour. The employees are (left to right...
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Leech Lake Agency Medical Care

Date: 1901
Description: Dr. Stephenson, Leech Lake Agency physician, and assistants prepare a small pox patient for removal to the hospital.
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Senator McGovern before the Joint Economic Committee

Date: 07 1972
Description: Senator George McGovern of South Dakota testifying before the Joint Economic Committee and a large audience. Senator McGovern was soon to become the Presid...
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Frank Torre in the Braves locker room

Date: 08 28 1957
Description: Milwaukee Braves first baseman Frank Torre enjoys a cigar in the Braves lockerroom. A left-handed defensive specialist, Torre filled in for the injured Jo...
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Myles Horton with Typewriter

Date: 1934
Description: Myles Horton sitting, shirtless, typing on a typewriter on his lap while sitting outdoors.
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Portrait of Saul Sorrin

Date: 1947
Description: Portrait of Saul Sorrin, Area Director of the International Refugee Organization; Germany. Saul Sorrin was interviewed as part of the Wisconsin Survivor...
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Frank Wilson Family

Date: 1910
Description: Family of Frank Wilson on the porch of their home.
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Ferry in the Cuyahoga River

Date: 1910
Description: View of a cable ferry in the Cuyahoga River. A man and several chairs are on the ferry. A rocky pass is further down the river.
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Family in Living Room

Date: 1910
Description: View of a family relaxing in the living room of their home. Features men, women, and children sitting around a table. Caption reads: "A Happy Home in Orogr...
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Belfrage in China

Date: 1957
Description: Cedric Belfrage of the "National Guardian" visiting with China philosophers in Peking. Belfrage was the first western correspondent to visit mainland China...
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Hotel Lobby

Date: 1905
Description: A view of a hotel lobby filled with chairs and other furniture, plants, columns, and several men standing in the background.

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