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Date: | 10 27 1915 |
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Description: | Four impoverished men hired by "The Medical Review of Reviews" carry signs with the eugenics slogans, "I am a burden to myself and the State. Should I be a... |
Date: | 1870 |
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Description: | Street parade rig, apparently to agitate against delays in construction of a railroad to connect Manitowoc to the west. In the background is a store owned ... |
Date: | 1940 |
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Description: | Summertime view of people at tables on University of Wisconsin-Madison Memorial Union terrace, looking out to canoes and sailboats on the lake. In the back... |
Date: | 03 08 1961 |
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Description: | Winter scene with close-up shot of a young boy in hat and scarf, covered in snow. |
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Description: | A group of children and adults at a wading pool in a park. |
Date: | 1915 |
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Description: | Belle Case La Follette, wife of Robert M. La Follette, Sr., addressing a group of farmers during a tour on the Chautauqua circuit during which she frequent... |
Date: | 1870 |
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Description: | Stereograph of Soldiers' Orphans Home, formerly Harvey Hospital. The octagon house was originally built for Governor Leonard J. Farwell and designed by Aug... |
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Description: | Townspeople fleeing the Great Peshtigo Fire of 1871. |
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Description: | View from along railroad tracks of a train arriving at the depot. There is a child in the doorway of the depot, and a woman in the background is carrying a... |
Date: | 09 03 1945 |
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Description: | The 6th Ward Contingent represented a community on the march. Black men, women and children from the CIO and AF of L, from small business, brought a messa... |
Date: | 07 19 1946 |
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Description: | Young demonstrators at the CIO's "Don't Buy a Depression" rally. |
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Description: | Elevated view from railing of immigrants boarding a ferry to depart Ellis Island. |
Date: | 1910 |
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Description: | George F. Thomas is holding a child and standing next to Edward F. Hansen in front of Treaty Hall in La Pointe on Madeline Island. |
Date: | 1875 |
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Description: | A view of the village from a nearby bluff across a pond. Men, women and children, standing spaced apart, are posing in the field near the pond. |
Date: | 1922 |
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Description: | View down main street with storefronts on both sides, with large power lines along the sidewalks stretching into the distance, and a hill in the background... |
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Description: | Six young girls playing with dolls on a porch. |
Date: | 1903 |
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Description: | Three barefoot boys stand on a pile of logs in the foreground looking across the river at a group of men working to free a log jam in the Big Eddy on the C... |
Date: | 08 30 1953 |
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Description: | View from the beach of people swimming, playing in the sand, and sunbathing. |
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