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Man Carrying Boston Herald Newspapers from International Truck

Date: 1965
Description: Man delivering a stack of Boston Herald newspapers from an International C-series truck parked along the curb in the downtown Boston area at Boston Common....
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Man Delivers Lecture on Tuberculosis in front of Church

Date: 04 1924
Description: Man appearing to deliver a lecture on tuberculosis prepared by International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department. The man is pointing to an "agri...
Print

Oliver Chilled Plow Works Advertisement

Date: 1883
Description: Lithographed advertising card for the Oliver Chilled Plow Works commemorating the new year, 1884. The card features two color illustrations within a gold f...
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Central High School Driving Class

Date: 02 18 1939
Description: Group portrait of Central High School driving license class holding certificates and standing beside "AAA Dual Control Driver Training Car." They are stand...
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Rev. Edwin O. Kennedy

Date: 09 26 1935
Description: Rev. Edwin O. Kennedy sitting at a desk writing a letter, Christ Presbyterian Church, 124 Wisconsin Avenue. There is a telephone on the desk, and books are...
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Whitewater

Date: 1870
Description: Bird's-eye view of Whitewater, with insets.
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Appleton

Date: 1874
Description: Bird's-eye view of Appleton.
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Cornerstone Laying at Queen of Apostles Seminary

Date: 09 31 1948
Description: Cornerstone laying ceremony at the new Queen of Apostles seminary, 5810 Cottage Grove Road. Seated, left to right, are Rev. Edward Kinney, Madison, secreta...
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Presbyterian Student Center

Date: 1935
Description: Interior room of student center on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. A student meeting is being held. One man stokes the fire in the fireplace, o...
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Father-Daughter Breakfast at Blessed Sacrament Church

Date: 03 13 1949
Description: Patricia Kurth, daughter of Tom Kurth, is shown accepting a $1 prize from William Riley, on behalf of her father, who was the youngest father at the Father...
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Theta Sigma Phi Alumnae Holiday Book Fair

Date: 11 19 1951
Description: Two auctioneers posing with books to be auctioned off at the Theta Sigma Phi alumnae "Holiday Book Fair" that will benefit the professional women in journa...
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Theta Sigma Phi Alumnae Holiday Book Fair

Date: 11 19 1951
Description: A woman reads to two children at the First Unitarian Church on University Bay Drive prior to the upcoming Theta Sigma Phi Alumnae "Holiday Book Fair" that ...
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Meeting-House of American Friends Mission

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of the Ramallah Friends Meeting-House, built in 1910 in Palestine. Crowds gather in front of the building. Caption reads: "Friends Meeting Ho...
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Reading Room of the First Church of Christ Scientist

Date: 1900
Description: View of the reading room of the First Church of Christ Scientist, built in 1903. A man and a woman are sitting at a table surrounded by chairs and wooden b...
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Gatti Expedition Trucks on the Streets of New York

Date: 1947
Description: Original caption reads: "Gatti-Hallicrafters Expedition being assembled outside Manhattan showrooms of International Harvester Company preparatory to depar...
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Group Gathered at 4-H Lecture

Date: 1917
Description: Group of women gathered at a church for a lecture regarding 4-H Clubs. The lecture was held in conjunction with the Union Pacific Nebraska Farm Preparednes...
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Cornerstone Celebration in Hurley

Date: 07 15 1906
Description: Elevated view from the south of a crowd gathered to witness and celebrate the laying of the cornerstone of the new St. Mary of the Seven Dolors Catholic Ch...
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St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church

Date: 02 08 1978
Description: "St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church. On the first day of Lent, Pastor Paul Kante preaches to his congregation."
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Sunday School at St. Peter's Church

Date: 02 1978
Description: "Brenda Widmer teaches her beginning Sunday School pupils at St. Peter's Church. They are: l-r. Kim Neitzel, Kim Krueger, Jimmy Wendling, Brenda Bernhard, ...
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Eunice Smith

Date: 1977
Description: "Eunice Smith served as an organist for many years at St. Peter's Lutheran Church in Theresa."

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