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Group with Empty Bottles

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Description: A group of people sitting at a table and posing near two packs of Pall Mall cigarettes balanced on empty bottles. Empty glasses, peanut shells, and corks f...
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Bar Room at Hotel Astor

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Description: Interior of the bar room at Hotel Astor, built in 1904. Waiters, bartenders, and patrons stand around the bar, decorated in the Old World style.
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Madison Soap Box Derby Sponsor

Date: 06 28 1952
Description: Two men from C.C. Collins and Sons, Inc. look over a color chart for their racers with two boys they are sponsoring in the soap box derby race. Left to rig...
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Achille Starace, "The Sly"

Date: 04 1938
Description: Achille Starace, Secretary of the Italian Fascist Party. American journalist Cecil Brown was able to get close to the man, labeled "Starace, the Sly" in hi...
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Mowrer-Cole Wedding

Date: 04 28 1939
Description: The wedding of journalist Richard Scott Mowrer of the "Chicago Daily News" (hat in hand) and Rosemund Emily Cole in Rome, Italy. Mowrer had just been expel...
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Pierre Sidell with Cigarette

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Description: Pierre Sidell wears a white fur hat and tunic with a fur collar. She is holding a cigarette as she poses with one foot up on a bench.
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Republican National Convention

Date: 07 07 1952
Description: Jack Rouse of Baraboo (left), executive secretary of the Wisconsin Republican party, gets some advice from attorney Lyall T. Beggs of Madison. Beggs was a ...
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Men Discussing DDT Bomb

Date: 1947
Description: Original caption reads: "Alfred G. Mohrman listens intently as Commander Gatti queries him regarding the 'aerosol' DDT bomb."
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Lewis Arms and Jerome WIlliams

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Description: Lewis Arms peeks from behind Jerome Williams, who is holding a cigarette. They are standing outdoors near a street.
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Hmong Teens

Date: 2007
Description: Three Hmong teenagers posing for a group portrait sitting on a bench.
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Men Boxing Cub Cadet

Date: 06 1961
Description: Two factory workers ready a Cub Cadet lawn tractor for boxing and shipping at International Harvester's Louisville Works. The machines were packaged with ...
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Assembling Cub Cadet

Date: 06 1961
Description: A factory worker holds a tire as he works to assemble an International Harvester Cub Cadet at the company's Louisville Works.
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Carol Bank and Barb (Flint?) Diggs

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Description: Carol Bank (left) and Barb (Flint?) Diggs, friends of Lewis Arms, sit together smoking cigarettes.
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Mendota Yacht Club Beachcombers Party

Date: 07 28 1953
Description: William and Audrey Hobbins cooking a hot dog on the grill at the Mendota Yacht Club beachcombers party.
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Bernard and Nellie Arms

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Description: Bernard Arms poses with his wife Nellie. There is an automobile (possibly a Chevrolet) in the background.
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Winners of Maple Bluff Golf Tournament

Date: 09 13 1953
Description: Fred Kellogg Jr. and Fred Kellogg, Sr. hold their trophies after winning the Fathers and Sons handicap golf tournament at Maple Bluff Country Club.
Drawing

Costume Design for Alma Brown in "Hud"

Date: 1963
Description: A pencil drawing of of a costume for Patricia Neal as Alma Brown in the film "Hud". The woman in the drawing is wearing a dress, apron, and low shoes, and ...
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Business Women's Bowling League

Date: 11 02 1953
Description: The Business Women's Bowling league staged its first annual dress up bowling session at the Plaza Alleys. Bowler Mae Schaefer dresses as a Halloween witch ...
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Business Women's Bowling League

Date: 10 02 1953
Description: The Business Women's Bowling League staged its first annual dress up bowling sessions at the Plaza Alleys. Pictured are Hildegarde Baer, Ruth Ansfield, Luc...
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Brown and Telex

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Description: Journalist Cecil Brown reading communication being printed on a telex machine.

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