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Schlitz Train Celebrating End of Prohibition

Date: 04 07 1933
Description: Schlitz train and group of revelers, celebrating the end of prohibition in Milwaukee. Schlitz Engine #8027 departs to deliver the first Schlitz beer at 12:...
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Crowd at the Congress Tavern

Date: 10 15 1935
Description: Interior view of the Congress Tavern, 111 Main Street, on a busy night.
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Mifflin Street Block Party

Date: 05 1975
Description: Crowd at the Mifflin Street block party.
Postcard

Tall-tale Postcard: Showing Off the Corn

Date: 1908
Description: Photomontage of a man, wearing a bow tie and straw boater hat, sitting on top of a giant ear of corn. A crowd of onlookers gather around the man, suggestin...
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Crowd Watching Feed Grinder Demonstration

Date: 1923
Description: A man surrounded by onlookers is pouring a bag of feed into a grinder powered by an International Harvester stationary engine. A man in the background is w...
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Man Selling Tickets

Date: 08 15 1942
Description: A man wearing eyeglasses and sitting at a booth sells tickets related to a Civilian Defense Rally. Children and adults are at booths in the background, inc...
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Two Men in Costume

Date: 08 15 1942
Description: Two men wearing costumes as a part of a Civilian Defense Rally. The man on the left is wearing a straw hat, seersucker jacket, corsage, with a cane hanging...
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Shooting Gallery

Date: 08 15 1942
Description: Side view from behind the shooting gallery at a Civilian Defense Rally. Women and boys are shooting at targets while Boy Scouts and other men stand around....
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Group in Field with Arbor

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Description: View from field of people standing near lines of glass bottles in the grass. In the background are tents, and an arbor and several individuals underneath, ...
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Festival Audience near Stage at Night

Date: 04 25 1970
Description: Part of the Sound Storm music festival audience as seen from the front of the stage at night. A number of people in the crowd are wrapped in blankets.
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Senator Wiley and World's Largest Cheese

Date: 02 10 1956
Description: Senator Wiley and Mrs. John Nance Garner, wife of the Vice President, stand on either side of a woman holding a basket and sitting on the world's largest c...
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Winkie, Vilas Zoo Elephant

Date: 06 30 1951
Description: Two men and Vilas Zoo Director Harold Hayes standing with group of children during the celebration of the first anniversary of Winkie the elephant's arriva...
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Food Stand at Alfalfa Presentation

Date: 1913
Description: Elevated view of a crowd of people gathered around a booth on Joe Wing's farm to eat during an alfalfa presentation. A sign on the booth reads, "Served by ...
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Canning Demonstration

Date: 1914
Description: A group of men and women surround O.H. Benson as he gives a canning demonstration in the office of County Superintendent Tobin. Canning equipment stands on...
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Syttende Mai Parade

Date: 05 16 1954
Description: A crowd is lining Main Street in Stoughton to watch the annual Syttende Mai parade. The Norse Chalet Coffee and Pastry Shop is in the background.
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Livestock in Waukesha Sales Pavilion

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Description: Either an auction or a judged show featuring dairy cattle at the Waukesha Sales Pavilion. Spectators are arranged on three sides of the stage. Poster on th...
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Dairy Days

Date: 06 1990
Description: Congressman David R. Obey from Wausau and State Senator David Helbach from Stevens Point serving scrambled eggs at Marshfield Dairy Days.
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Ice Cream Social

Date: 08 1996
Description: "A Syl Groeschl Band entertains at the Annual Historical Society Ice Cream Social."
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Governor Heil Squirting Milk

Date: 06 08 1939
Description: Governor Julius Heil squirting milk from a cow on a parade float. The Governor climbed aboard the float during the dairyland parade, a part of Milwaukee's ...
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Weber Brewery Auction

Date: 05 1978
Description: Auction of old items at the Weber Brewery.

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