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L.C. Bates

Date: 1957
Description: L.C. Bates seated at a desk handling paperwork.
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Oil Progress Week Proclamation Signing

Date: 10 12 1951
Description: Madison mayor George Forster signs the proclamation to observe Oil Progress Week, while Arnold Wake (center), the general chairman for the observance, and ...
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Free Press in Germany

Date: 07 25 1945
Description: Wilhelm Gerst of the "Frankfurter Rundschau," (second from the left) signing the first contract for mail distribution of a newspaper in Germany after World...
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Druggist Office

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Description: A druggist sits at a desk in Havana, Cuba making notes in a ledger. Beside and behind him are bookshelves full of books and other drug related ephemera.
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Three Men

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Description: Three men in business suits stand together. One of them holds a stack of paperwork while the other two look at one sample.
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Men Signing Paperwork

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Description: Three men in business suits gather around a table to sign paperwork. Five other men stand behind them looking on.
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Couple Receiving Marriage License

Date: 06 13 1952
Description: Dane County marriage license clerk Mercedes Dufour, (left), issues a license to Lucille A. Roth and Amos M. Skogen for their leap year wedding at the East ...
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Treaty with Massasoit

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Description: Sculpture relief entitled: "Treaty with Massasoit." The relief depicts Massasoit (c.1581 - 1661) signing the treaty with the pilgrims in 1621. Text on th...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Sponsor

Date: 06 28 1952
Description: Two men from C.C. Collins and Sons, Inc. look over a color chart for their racers with two boys they are sponsoring in the soap box derby race. Left to rig...
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Soldier and Civilian

Date: 09 1951
Description: A British soldier or police officer and a civilian on the bridge between the British area of Hong Kong and Communist China.
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Recording History

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Description: Journalist Cecil Brown, then with the Mutual Broadcasting Network, carrying the portable recorder that he used for interviewing while he was reporting on o...
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Howard Kimball in his Pine River General store

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Description: Howard Kimball is seated at his desk looking over papers in his Pine River general store. Various products are visible in the background, as well as stacks...
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FLN Meeting

Date: 08 1957
Description: Algerian National Liberation Front members conducting a meeting in a tent. The men are sorting through papers and talking. There is a radio beside them.
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Henry Harris at his Desk

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Description: Henry B. Harris is seated at a desk reading a large book or ledger. He is wearing a suit, and there is a telephone at his elbow.
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Soldiers Inspect Papers

Date: 1962
Description: An American soldier inspects the papers of a Vietnamese man in the countryside along a river. Vietnamese soldiers and a boy are grouped around him.
Document

International Harvester Company Annual Report

Date: 1944
Description: Cover of International Harvester Company's annual report, featuring a photograph of Marines using International Harvester equipment during the invasion of ...
Book or Pamphlet

Annual Report

Date: 1955
Description: Front cover of the International Harvester Company's annual report, featuring a color photograph of a man operating a Farmall 400 tractor in a field. Farm ...
Photograph

Diane Nash Bevel and Reverend James Bevel

Date: 02 17 1963
Description: Diane Nash Bevel and Rev. James Bevel look at papers together.
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Medicare Forum

Date: 06 1992
Description: During the 1990s Congressman David R. Obey, a leading proponent of health care reform, held numerous forums on the subject in his northern Wisconsin distri...
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Military Spending

Date: 1995
Description: During his meetings with constituents Congressman David R. Obey of Wisconsin often used charts and graphs to make his points about public policy issues. He...

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