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| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | John Roach, director of the state beverage and cigarette tax division, using a sledge hammer to smash illegal slot machines. |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | A foldout, illustrated poster for a Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) youth program featuring images of teenaged boys working. The text reads: "The CCC — A... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Department of Agriculture workers cut large blocks of Swiss cheese. |
| Date: | 1990 |
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| Description: | A woman holds the monster knife and its sheath. Giant knife presented to John Fox Potter by Missouri Republicans after Potter's threatened duel with a Virg... |
| Date: | 08 18 1943 |
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| Description: | A workman grinds a cylinder head at Nagle-Hart Tractor & Equipment Company, 754 East Washington Avenue. |
| Date: | 11 20 1933 |
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| Description: | John Hines dismantling one of two out-of-date pumps at the Madison Water Works, 311 N. Hancock Street, a job he obtained through the CWA (Civil Works Admin... |
| Date: | 1873 |
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| Description: | Poster entitled "Reformers Of 1873" with depictions of Governor William R. Taylor, Lt. Governor Charles D. Parker, Secretary Peter Doyle, Treasurer Ferdina... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Destroying slot machines and other illegal gambling devices at Law Park. From L to R: John Roach, director of the state beverage and cigaret tax division; ... |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | A group of men use the power take-off of a Mogul 10-20 H.P. tractor to operate a silo filler. |
| Date: | 11 1946 |
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| Description: | Recently-elected Senator Joseph R. McCarthy tasting a favorite recipe for pheasant during vacation. |
| Date: | 07 21 1936 |
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| Description: | Workers toiling in the sun on the roadside, as a part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). As a program of the New Deal, it was provided to create j... |
| Date: | 05 18 1936 |
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| Description: | A Works Progress Administration (WPA) crew at work laying a stone terrace in Stevens Point. |
| Date: | 08 23 1948 |
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| Description: | City manager Leonard G. Howell, breaking the ground with a shovel, at the ground-breaking ceremony for the new Naval Reserve training center in Kendall Fie... |
| Date: | 11 23 1948 |
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| Description: | This ceremony at Truax Field signaled the start of construction of the 120-unit apartment project for war veterans by the Madison Housing Authority. Henry ... |
| Date: | 12 03 1948 |
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| Description: | Governor Oscar Rennebohm pushing a load of dirt in a wheelbarrow while helping workmen excavate for a garage to be constructed at the Governor's residence,... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Several men, some in Native American dress, stand on the roof of Parson's Indian Trading Post. The building is designed to look like a pueblo. |
| Date: | 07 30 1949 |
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| Description: | Officers of Credit Union National Association, Inc. (CUNA) and city and state officials at the ground breaking ceremony for a new international credit unio... |
| Date: | 08 09 1949 |
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| Description: | State and University of Wisconsin officials join in ground-breaking ceremonies for additions to the Wisconsin General hospital. left to right: Governor Osc... |
| Date: | 08 09 1949 |
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| Description: | Governor Oscar Rennebohm uses a chain saw to make a cut on one of the trees in front of the Wisconsin General hospital. The trees must be removed to make r... |
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