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I Like Ike

Date: 11 10 1956
Description: Bet winner and Eisenhower supporter Edwin L. Warner enjoys his payoff from bet loser and Adlai Stevenson backer John Shaat, as Shaat tows Warner along the ...
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Woman Sitting On Steps

Date: 1905
Description: Elderly woman in a long skirt sitting on the front steps of a house.
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Senator Proxmire and Constituents

Date: 07 1969
Description: Senator William Proxmire greets three elderly women seated on a bench at the Capitol Square.
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Group Posing Near Frame House

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Description: Two women stand behind an elderly man and woman seated in front of a frame house. There is a man visible through the screen door.
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Phillip Nortman Family

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Description: Elderly woman and man seated, surrounded by four men and two women, probably the Phillip Nortman family, posing among fir trees. Reportedly, both Nortman g...
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Man Looking at Construction Site

Date: 1969
Description: Man looking at the construction site of the World Trade Center.
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Woman Posed Near Flowers

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Description: Woman posed standing by a flower patch.
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Two Women in Yard

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Description: Two elderly women posed standing and sitting in a yard.
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Women on Street Near Highlander

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Description: Two elderly women walking on a sidewalk next to a storefront.
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First Alice in Dairyland

Date: 06 07 1948
Description: Newly crowned Alice in Dairyland, Margaret McGuire, and governor Oscar Rennebohm shown with Highland's oldest resident, 93-year old Chris Blabaum at Highla...
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Protestant Home for the Aged

Date: 1911
Description: Four-story extended building. A woman with an umbrella is near the left entrance, and a man is walking across the raised lawn near the center right. Captio...
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Arthur Page and Statue of Liberty

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Description: Arthur W. Page (far left in eyeglasses and hat), poses with business associates and a little girl in costume. The Statue of Liberty is in the background.
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Annie Massey and Hester Decorah Lowery on a Street in Town

Date: 1915
Description: Annie Massey (KeKoRaSinchKah), left, and Hester Decorah Lowery (NoGinWinKah). Hester lived to be well over one hundred years old.
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Two Elderly Ho-Chunk Women Sitting near Storefront

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Description: Two elderly Ho-Chunk women posing sitting on a storefront curb with two dogs. Probably in front of the Jones Lumber and Mercantile Store on Water Street. T...
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Peace Parade in Madison

Date: 1970
Description: A Ford Mustang carrying four elderly men and one woman driving past a crowd in a demonstration against the war in Vietnam. A sign on the passenger side of ...
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Peace Parade in Madison

Date: 1970
Description: Elevated view of a Ford Mustang carrying four elderly men and one woman driving down a street in a demonstration against the war in Vietnam. An American fl...
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Woman and Dog, West 57th Street

Date: 1968
Description: A woman in a thick black coat with a dog on a leash standing on a sidewalk on West 57th Street. The woman is looking into the distance while the dog tugs o...
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Card Players, North of the George Washington Bridge

Date: 1968
Description: Small groups of men in suits sit around tables in folding chairs playing cards in a sunny parking lot. A bridge stretches into the distance above the card...
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"Ho Lives," East Village

Date: 1968
Description: Two women having a conversation standing on a sidewalk next to a brick building and near a decorative metal fence. Graffiti on the brick wall reads, "Ho l...
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Woman With Parcel, Lower Eastside

Date: 1968
Description: A woman with a scarf on her head and holding a parcel engaged in a conversation. Only the hand of the other speaker is visible in the photograph.

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