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Cab-Bus Collision

Date: 08 26 1946
Description: Overturned taxicab, after collision with a city bus at the corner of Regent and Mills Street, injuring four people. Also shows a crowd of people looking on...
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First Attempt to Enter Central High School by the Little Rock Nine

Date: 09 04 1957
Description: First attempt of the Little Rock Nine to enter Central High School. They were denied entrance by the Arkansas National Guard who had been called up by Gove...
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Bull Loose on City Street

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Description: A loose bull on city streets with snow piled near the sidewalks. A man has come face-to-face with the bull and is falling backwards as a crowd is watching ...
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International Harvester Parade Float

Date: 1945
Description: Me and women line the sidewalks to watch an International Harvester parade float go by. The float is decorated with uniformed men in a jeep, and palm trees...
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Memorial Day Activities

Date: 05 30 1952
Description: Part of the crowd gathered on the Capitol Square in Madison to watch the Memorial Day parade.
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Fire Prevention Week Parade Float

Date: 1971
Description: Color photo of an International Scout pulling a parade float for Fire Prevention Week. The float has a large finger pointing to the word "YOU" and on vario...
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"Foreign Correspondent" Premiere

Date: 1940
Description: Slightly elevated view from street corner at Broadway and West 50th Street of the Rivoli Theater in Times Square when it was screening the movie "Foreign C...
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Governor Rennebohm in Parade

Date: 06 07 1948
Description: Elevated view of Governor Rennebohm, sitting in the front passenger seat of a convertible. He is riding in the parade to honor the first Alice in Dairyland...
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First Day of the Farmers' Market

Date: 04 18 2015
Description: View of a crowd of people on the square, with the Wisconsin State Capitol in the background. One man is carrying a young boy on his shoulders. A tent over ...
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Protestors Waiting for School Bus

Date: 1975
Description: View from intersection towards protestors waiting for the school bus carrying minority students from Roxbury High School to South Boston High School. They ...
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Maxwell Street Days

Date: 07 18 1998
Description: Elevated view from State and Broom Streets of shoppers on State Street during the Maxwell Street Days sale.
Postcard

Hotel Superior Fire

Date: 06 18 1940
Description: Crowds standing in the street watching as a fire burns in the four story, brick Hotel Superior. People are being rescued with a ladder and others have esca...
Postcard

Hotel Superior Fire

Date: 06 18 1940
Description: A crowd of people view the aftermath of a fire that destroyed the four story brick Hotel Superior and a dozen stores and offices. Nine fire companies attem...

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