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Plano Harvesting Machinery Catalog

Date: 1890
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for harvesting machinery made by the Plano Manufacturing Company. Features a color illustration of a woman on a stage crown...
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Golden Spike Ceremony

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Description: A crowd gathers as a golden stake is driven as a part of a ceremony to celebrate the completion of the Tanana Valley Railroad. Caption reads: "Driving Gold...
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Westminster Presbyterian Church Groundbreaking

Date: 03 25 1951
Description: Elevated view of a crowd gathered at the groundbreaking ceremony for Westminster Presbyterian Church at 4100 Nakoma Road. The homes across the street inclu...
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Muir Knoll Dedication Ceremony

Date: 06 18 1918
Description: Dedication ceremony for Muir Knoll on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Judge Milton S. Griswold is speaking at flag-draped podium, and a ...
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Marquette University Honors MacArthur

Date: 04 27 1951
Description: Bruce Foote sings the National Anthem (note salutes and hands on hearts) at a Marquette University convocation ceremony honoring General Douglas MacArthur....
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Hillel Ground Breaking at 611 Langdon Street

Date: 04 03 1955
Description: Four men with shovels turn over the first shovels full of earth at 611 Langdon Street, the site of the new Jewish student center. "Left to right are Rabbi ...
Postcard

Statue of a Norwegian

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Description: Elevated view of a crowd of people surrounding a statue, presumably of a notable Norwegian figure. Many people are carrying flags.
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Inauguration Day

Date: 01 20 1969
Description: Elevated view of special guests leaving the platform after the inauguration of Richard Nixon. In the center can be seen Wisconsin Congressman Melvin Laird,...
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Flag Raising Ceremony

Date: 1917
Description: Elevated view of crowd at flag raising ceremony at Western Avenue. A group of people are standing on a stage or platform decorated with flags, and a large ...
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Save the Mounds Demonstration

Date: 01 12 2016
Description: View looking down at the Save the Mounds demonstration on the ground floor of the Wisconsin State Capitol against Assembly Bill 620. In the center is a dru...
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Save the Mounds Demonstration

Date: 01 12 2016
Description: View looking down at the Save the Mounds demonstration on the ground floor of the Wisconsin State Capitol against Assembly Bill 620. In the center is a dru...
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Madison Public Library Groundbreaking Ceremony

Date: 10 29 1963
Description: Groundbreaking ceremony for the new Madison Public Library building at the south corner of W. Mifflin and N. Fairchild Streets. Rev. Joseph Brown is standi...
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Paulsons and Audience

Date: 05 08 1927
Description: A crowd of people attending a reenactment of a ceremony in which Nicolas Perrot claimed the territory of the upper Mississippi River for France at Fort St....
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Inaugural Ceremonies at the Wisconsin Capitol

Date: 01 02 1961
Description: A line of well-wishers waiting in the State Capitol to greet Governor and Mrs. Gaylord Nelson after the inauguration ceremonies.
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Dionne Quintuplets Ship Launch

Date: 05 09 1943
Description: Composite photograph of the Dionne Quintuplets and the five ships they launched at the Walter Shipbuilding Company. An inset of Yvonne, Annette, Émilie, Cé...

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