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Harnischfeger Food Drive

Date: 03 1946
Description: Harnischfeger workers aren't on strike but they do their bit every week to help those who are. This picture was taken at the end of a regular Wednesday mo...
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Dining Room at Lumber Camp

Date: 1885
Description: Dining room, probably at D. Sullivan's lumber camp.
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Pastoral Needlework Scene

Date: 1800
Description: Needlework scene on silk worked in colored silk thread using running and crewel stitches. The hands and faces of the figures are watercolor on paper. Sce...
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Sentry's Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Department

Date: 02 14 1985
Description: A display of fruit and vegetables in the East Side Foods Sentry store.
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Civil Works Service Employee gives out a Check

Date: 02 10 1934
Description: A Civil Works Service employee with a check and equivalent in groceries.
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Woman Pumping Water from Farm Well

Date: 04 1923
Description: A bundled-up woman hand pumps water from a well into a pail. The ground is covered with ice and snow. Two cars and a farmhouse are in the background.
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Distribution of Food

Date: 12 02 1956
Description: Elevated view of a Cub Scout, Girl Scout, and Brownie Scout standing on the sidewalk bringing boxes of food to St. Vincent de Paul to be distributed to rec...
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Woman Carrying Water to Farmhouse

Date: 04 1923
Description: Woman carrying a bucket of water back to her farmhouse in winter.
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Governor Schmedeman and Christmas Basket

Date: 12 20 1933
Description: Governor Schmedeman presenting Christmas basket provided by the Volunteers of America to Mrs. Catherine Schwartz and daughter, Frances. Captain George Lawt...
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Chief Oshkosh Remembrance

Date: 05 25 1926
Description: Menominee Indians eating lunch together on Chief Oshkosh Day, May 25, 1926, "the occasion of the removal of the chief's remains from an unmarked grave besi...
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Watering the Laying Hens

Date: 01 13 1956
Description: Edna Kern in the hen house watering the laying hens.
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Mrs. Brithe Lothe and Mrs. Hannah Haug

Date: 08 10 1946
Description: Mrs. Brithe Lothe, age 75, and Mrs. Hannah Haug, singers of Norwegian folk songs. Behind them are two quilts or rugs hanging over what may be porch railing...
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Tailgating at Milwaukee County Stadium

Date: 12 02 1962
Description: A group of Madison residents, l-r. Mrs. Arthur Freeman, JoAnn Brandt, Scott Freeman, and Mrs. Mary Engler set up their own "refreshment headquarters" on th...
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Mark and Galen Hasler

Date: 03 14 1945
Description: Mark and Galen Hasler, twin sons of Prof. and Mrs. (Hanna) Arthur D. Hasler, 205 Lathrop Street, wearing pale yellow suits and sky blue jackets.
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Terrace Plowing Demonstration

Date: 09 27 1945
Description: Three farm wives are taking a break at the terrace plowing demonstration and conservation field day on the Carl Ribbke farm near Ableman. From left are Mr...
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Farm Hazard: Chopping Wood

Date: 1926
Description: A man demonstrates the farm hazard of chopping wood.
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Girl at Hoofers' Club Horse Show

Date: 04 08 1947
Description: Lois Jean Klinke, 10-years-old, daughter of Maurice and Trudy Klinke, 3255 Monona Drive, feeding her horse at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Hoofers' ...
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Gorillas Samson and Sambo Adoptive Birthday Party

Date: 10 05 1955
Description: Children and adults gathered in front of the gorilla cages at the Washington Park Zoo to celebrate the fifth adoptive birthday party for Samson and Sambo. ...
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University of Wisconsin Farm and Home Week

Date: 01 31 1949
Description: People examining a home economics exhibit at the Farm and Home Week at the University of Wisconsin. From left are Ruth E. Davis, Port Washington; Mrs. Otto...
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University of Wisconsin Farm and Home Week

Date: 01 31 1949
Description: Four ladies observing a woman demonstrating on a sewing machine at the University of Wisconsin Farm and Home Week.

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