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Street Dance

Date: 07 20 1944
Description: Young people dance in the street on Bowen Court as part of city Recreation Department summer activities. Girls are dancing with girls and boys are dancing ...
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Celebration on the Pecatonica River

Date: 05 17
Description: A crowd of people gather on the banks of a river. Behind them, a band plays on a boat in the river.
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Panoramic Ho-Chunk Group Portrait

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Description: A panoramic group portrait of Ho-Chunk men, women, and children, possibly gathered for a powwow. They are posed standing and sitting in a field in front of...
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Audience Members Sitting on Blankets

Date: 04 25 1970
Description: A group of audience members sit on blankets at the Sound Storm festival with a large crowd visible behind them.
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Young Woman Leaning against Stage Ramp

Date: 04 25 1970
Description: A barefoot young female audience member wearing a macrame shirt and smoking a cigarette leans against the ramp to the main stage at the Sound Storm music f...
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Dancing In the Audience

Date: 04 25 1970
Description: Overhead view of two people dancing in the crowded audience during the Sound Storm music festival. One of them is shirtless and the other wears a dark blue...
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Couple at Foot of Stage

Date: 04 25 1970
Description: A young couple poses at the foot of the Sound Storm stage with audience members crowding behind them. The young woman is wearing tie-dyed pants and the you...
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"The Mud King"

Date: 04 25 1970
Description: A bearded young man, Michael McCormick of Madison, was crowned the "The Mud King." He is covered in dark mud from the banks of nearby Rowan Creek holding a...
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Nude Woman on Festival Stage

Date: 04 25 1970
Description: A nude woman talks to a stagehand on the side of the stage at the Sound Storm Music festival.
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Nude Man Dancing on U-Haul Truck

Date: 04 25 1970
Description: A nude man with long hair dances on top of a U-Haul moving truck. Two people in the foreground are near a Sunn brand amplifier on the bottom right.
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Sound Storm Festival Crowd

Date: 04 25 1970
Description: Elevated view of crowd of audience members at the Sound Storm music festival.
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Audience at Foot of Stage

Date: 04 25 1970
Description: A crowd of people in a circle are dancing at the foot of the stage at the Sound Storm music festival. Other audience members are standing around them watc...
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Audience from Under Stage

Date: 04 25 1970
Description: A view of the crowded front row of the Sound Storm music festival audience from behind and under the stage.
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Madison Soap Box Derby Parade

Date: 07 28 1957
Description: Madison Junior Boy Scout Drum & Bugle Corps march in the pre-Soap Box Derby race parade on East Washington Avenue.
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Ashland Grade School Rhythm Band

Date: 1939
Description: Elevated view of students from the Grade School Rhythm Band at the Music Festival, marching down Main Street. Students are wearing light or white clothing ...
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Ashland High School Junior Band at Music Festival

Date: 1939
Description: Elevated view of students from the Ashland High School Junior Band at the Music Festival, marching down Main Street. Students are wearing light uniforms or...
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Glidden High School Band in Music Festival Parade

Date: 1939
Description: Elevated view of students from the Glidden High School Band marching in a parade at the Music Festival, on Main Street. Students are wearing marching band ...
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Drummond High School Band in Music Festival Parade

Date: 1939
Description: Elevated view of students from the Drummond High School Band marching in a parade at the Music Festival, on Main Street. Students are wearing marching band...
Poster

Nixon's The One!

Date: 1968
Description: Political campaign poster that features a drawing of Richard Nixon surrounded by contemporary celebrities and politicians in the center. He is wearing a bu...
Poster

Dane County Fair Poster

Date: 1917
Description: Advertisement featuring a painting by artist Henry Mosler, dated 1915, titled "The Stars and Stripes Forever." In the painting a young man dressed in cut-o...

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