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Milwaukee Mardi Gras

Date: 02 21 1882
Description: Chromolithograph poster advertising a Milwaukee Mardi Gras celebration, arranged by the Turnverein and Milwaukee Musical Societies, and held at the Exposit...
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Digitalis Exhibit

Date: 05 15 1935
Description: View of a U.S. Pharmacopeia Exhibit about a class of medications called 'digitalis' at the annual Philadelphia on Parade. Digitalis medicines are used to i...
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Locomotive Artifacts

Date: 03 29 1958
Description: A young boy rings a locomotive bell. Other artifacts of locomotive history are on the table before him with members of the Milwaukee chapter of the Nationa...
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Preparing for Scout-O-Rama

Date: 04 16 1958
Description: Boy Scouts lash together lengths of wood as they put up an exhibit about pioneering for Scout-O-Rama.
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Gfroerer & Son's Booth at ESBMA Fall Festival

Date: 08 11 1929
Description: Gfroerer & Son's Independent Grocer's Alliance of America. (I.G.A.) grocery store booth at East Side Business Men's Association (ESBMA) Fall Festival. Ther...
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Model Train

Date: 03 03 1987
Description: Members of the Kettle Moraine Railroad Club operate an HO gauge railroad on a 7x25 foot platform at a weekend model railroad show.
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Rock Show

Date: 05 12 1963
Description: Three boys take a break from baseball to view the Wisconsin Geological Society's rock, gem and mineral show at Wauwatosa's Hart park recreational building.
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Kohler Opens History Exhibit

Date: 10 08 1955
Description: Governor Walter J. Kohler, Jr., cuts a ribbon to open the "They Did It Themselves: 50 Years Ago" exhibit at the State Historical Society. Mrs. Vincent W. K...
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Millinery Exhibit

Date: 1921
Description: 4-H millinery display team at the 1921 Wisconsin State Fair.
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G.A.R. Memorial Hall

Date: 1962
Description: Children and adults gather around a showcase in the G.A.R. (Grand Army of the Republic) Memorial Hall on the top floor of the Wisconsin State Capitol.
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Mrs. Walter Frautschi and Professor Warner Taylor

Date: 02 28 1945
Description: Mrs. Walter (Dorothy) Frautschi, representing the Madison Art Association, and Professor Warner Taylor, viewing the photographic exhibition at the State Hi...
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University of Wisconsin Farm and Home Week

Date: 02 04 1948
Description: Mothers of young children view display of "New Uses of Familiar Things" at the University of Wisconsin Farm and Home Week. Pictured left to right: Susan Ma...
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Three Boy Scouts and Military Guard on Freedom Train

Date: 06 24 1948
Description: Sgt. James McCullough, Memphis, Tennessee, a marine veteran guarding the Freedom Train, points out Washington's Farewell Address to three Madison Boy Scout...
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American Dairy Association Display

Date: 11 29 1948
Description: Leaders of the American Dairy Association met at the Loraine Hotel. The ADA was organized in Madison in 1938. Margaret McGuire, Alice in Dairyland, is sh...
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Chairmen with Harvester War Exhibit

Date: 1944
Description: Donald M. Nelson, chairman of the War Production Board, speaks to W.O. Maxwell of the Consumer Relations Department and chairman of the Exhibitors' Committ...
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Mendota Flower Show

Date: 08 06 1952
Description: Three women are standing at a table decorated with floral arrangements at the Mendota Gardeners garden show. Left to right: Ellen Antoine; Marie Connor, pr...
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Madison Gladiolus Show

Date: 08 09 1953
Description: Sandra Fiscus admires one of the entries at the 12th annual Madison Gladiolus show in the First National Bank lobby.
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Madison Rose Society

Date: 05 31 1954
Description: Jessie DeWoody, president of the Madison Garden Club, and her son Ralph working on a flower arrangement for the Madison Rose Society exhibit.
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Madison Gladiolus Society Show

Date: 08 05 1954
Description: A display of gladiolus in the lobby of the First National Bank is eyed by University of Wisconsin student Nicholas Woodas and Norman Suhr of the Veterans' ...
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Badger State Dahlia Flower Show

Date: 09 05 1954
Description: Mary Louise Peterson, age 6, posing with her flower arrangement exhibit called "Miss Moffet" at the annual Badger State Dahlia Society flower show.

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