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Eskimo Duck Dance

Date: 1930
Description: Eskimo duck dance to celebrate the spring hunt.
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Crime Scene Investigation

Date: 05 11 1955
Description: Chalk lines in the foreground mark the spot where White Elephant Bar owner was shot. Police and detectives conferred in the background after assembling inv...
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State Street Winter Scene

Date: 1936
Description: Winter scene with people walking in the snow past a lamppost down State and Henry Streets, Madison, Wisconsin. The Wisconsin State Capitol is in the backgr...
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Augustin Grignon

Date: 1850
Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype studio portrait of Augustin Grignon. He is seated, holding a tomahawk. The tomahawk, which could also be used as a pipe, was made...
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Lindbergh Returns

Date: 08 22 1927
Description: Charles Lindbergh, a former University of Wisconsin student, speaking to a large crowd at Camp Randall Stadium after his history-making trans-Atlantic flig...
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Horse-Drawn Trolley

Date: 1890
Description: Man driving a horse-drawn trolley of the Milwaukee City Railroad Company on the Greenfield Avenue & Third Street line. The corner of a building advertising...
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Farmer and Computer

Date: 01 27 1960
Description: A farmer observes the processed results of the workings of an early computer or data machine. The machine was used to process and to organize data on a her...
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Robot and Baby

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Description: An infant being pushed in a baby flyer (baby carriage) by a robot in Leeds, England.
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Kids with Calculator

Date: 05 19 1989
Description: Two young boys in a grocery store figuring out prices of food with a calculator.
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Electronic Voltametric Apparatus

Date: 08 27 1982
Description: Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co. provides an opportunity for a university engineering student to have hands-on experience and instruction from a company re...
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The Answer Machine

Date: 11 13 1963
Description: A question is fed into a "computer" created by the mathematics club at John Marshall Junior High School. This was a project in observance of American Educa...
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United Nations Protest

Date: 10 1956
Description: Glenn Turner is holding the United Nations flag, and his wife is carrying the flag of the state of Wisconsin. A supporter is holding the American flag. One...
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Hunter Shows Prize to Man on Farmall H Tractor

Date: 1948
Description: McCormick-Deering Farmall H tractor in a fall setting. A hunter, Mr. Vinson E. Gritten, is holding up a dead rabbit for William Foreman and Junior Scott (b...
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Picketing Gimbel's

Date: 03 15 1955
Description: Women from Pittsburgh AFL Retail Clerks' Union Local 1365 picket at the Milwaukee store.
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Visitors Enter Diesel Engine Exhibit Trailer

Date: 05 25 1938
Description: Visitors entering the trailer of International Harvester's touring diesel engine exhibit.
Book or Pamphlet

St. Paul Harvester Works Catalog

Date: 1882
Description: Cover of a catalog for the Saint Paul harvester and cord binder, "The Pioneer Cord Binder of the World," manufactured by the Saint Paul Harvester Works. Th...
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Driver Training Car at Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 01 11 1939
Description: Governor Julius P. Heil and four men, standing next to a AAA dual control driver training car, courtesy of Pontiac Motor Division. The car is parked in fro...
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Savidusky's Cleaners

Date: 05 14 1937
Description: Clerk and customer at Savidusky's cleaners, located at 113 Monona Avenue.
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Radio Contest Winner

Date: 10 05 1936
Description: Woman, winner of radio contest, standing next to a Grunow floor model radio. Banner reads: "Grunow Teledial, the self-tuning radio" at the University Radio...
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Men and the Spoils of Hunting

Date: 11 11 1933
Description: Four men posing with their dog and hunting trophies — moose, deer, bear, and fish hanging in the farmyard.

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