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| Date: | 1884 |
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| Description: | A sign for Fauerbach's Brewery depicting a young woman and the brewery. |
| Date: | 08 12 1984 |
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| Description: | A bikini-clad woman snaps a self-portrait with a long cable release attached to a camera as she is tossed into the air by a group of men on the beach. Othe... |
| Date: | 05 22 1933 |
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| Description: | Janette Serrec, University of Wisconsin graduate, lecturer and writer on the "Fine Art of Successful Living," standing beside a Pontiac automobile she drov... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye view of Whitewater, with insets. |
| Date: | 1857 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye view of Madison over rooftop and across lake with sailboats and steamers. A group of people are standing on a viewing platform on the roof in th... |
| Date: | 07 29 1947 |
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| Description: | Pictured at Tenney park are Sun Prairie children receiving swimming instruction from Mrs. Mildred Schwieten, standing in the water at the left, and Don Hei... |
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| Description: | Mine, Mill & Smelters Union reading by a lake at Highlander Folk School. Will Thomas, second on the right, smoking a pipe. |
| Date: | 07 04 1949 |
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| Description: | A man taking a picture of two women at the Vilas Park beach. |
| Date: | 06 13 1950 |
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| Description: | Three Madison Badger Boys' State representatives pose for a portrait at Olin Terrace overlooking Lake Monona. They are, from left to right: Owen Roberts, W... |
| Date: | 11 03 1950 |
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| Description: | Two Wisconsin daily newspaper editors are shown as they tour the U.W. Lake Laboratory. Will Conrad, Medford Star News editor, and Charles E. Brought... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Holiday card of a man loading Christmas trees on a sled drawn by two horses. A dog runs in front of them. The sun is setting over a lake or pond with trees... |
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| Description: | Child's Valentine's Day card with a girl in a yellow and purple bathing suit and cap, diving into the water. Seagulls fly behind her. The text reads: "I Go... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Perspective drawing of the buildings at the Hayward Indian School. There is a man in a boat in the right foreground and an empty boat in the left foregroun... |
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| Description: | Letterhead of Jacob Johnson & Company of Bayfield, Wisconsin, a wholesale dealer in fresh and saltwater Lake Superior Fish. Features a cartoon of a man wea... |
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| Description: | Letterhead of the Evinrude Division of Outboard Motors Corporation of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with the corporation logo and a man racing along in a boat with... |
| Date: | 06 18 1958 |
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| Description: | Sue Carolyn Renk, dressed in a graduation gown and cap, receives her diploma from the hands of her father, Wilbur Renk, president of the Board of Regents o... |
| Date: | 08 24 1882 |
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| Description: | Front cover and menu page from Kaye's Park House, with a lakeside view of the hotel, a paddlewheel steamboat, people in rowboats or standing by a Kaye's Pa... |
| Date: | 05 27 1934 |
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| Description: | A sensational newspaper article about a newlywed couple encountering a sea serpent which resembles the Loch Ness monster. |
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| Description: | A camp counselor, seated in an Adirondack chair, wearing a white shirt, dark shorts, and saddle shoes, reads to four young campers who are gathered around ... |
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| Description: | Page from Joy Camps photo album displaying three photographs. In one photograph Barbara Ellen Joy, camp owner and co-director, cooks over a large grill are... |
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