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| Date: | 08 15 1942 |
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| 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.... |
| Date: | 08 15 1942 |
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| Description: | Rear view of men working the "Country Store" booth at a Civilian Defense Rally. A "wheel of fortune" device is on the right and a crowd and an elevated ann... |
| Date: | 08 15 1942 |
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| Description: | Children riding ponies in a roped-off area in a park at a Civilian Defense Rally. |
| Date: | 08 15 1942 |
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| Description: | Women selling ceramics behind a booth at a Civilian Defense Rally. The elevated announcers booth is visible in the background. |
| Date: | 08 15 1942 |
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| Description: | Women and men preparing hot dogs in crock pots at a booth at the Civilian Defense Rally. |
| Date: | 08 15 1942 |
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| Description: | A group of school-age children with a several adults sitting outdoors with band instruments at a Civilian Defense Rally. |
| Date: | 08 15 1942 |
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| Description: | A group of school-age children with a few adults playing band instruments outdoors at a Civilian Defense Rally. |
| Date: | 08 15 1942 |
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| Description: | A conductor leads a band made up of school-age children as well as a few adults at a Civilian Defense Rally. They are playing outdoors in front of the Post... |
| Date: | 08 15 1942 |
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| Description: | A young girl dances near a man wearing a tie on the announcer's platform at a Civilian Defense Rally. To the far left a microphone is visible, and in the b... |
| Date: | 06 1865 |
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| Description: | A handbill advertising for the Soldiers' Home Festival in Beloit, Wisconsin at the Union Hall on the evening of Friday, June 23, 1865. |
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| Description: | Composite paste-up intended to represent "Old Abe," eagle mascot of the Eighth Wisconsin Regiment in the Civil War with his bearer. At the Northwest Sanita... |
| Date: | 05 01 1964 |
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| Description: | Architect's rendering of a sports and recreation exhibit area at the Wisconsin pavilion for the 1964 New York World's Fair. A man at right is shown fishing... |
| Date: | 03 1955 |
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| Description: | Silvercup Rocket at the 1955 Michigan State Fair. Original caption reads: "An estimated 100,000 visitors thronged through 'Silver Moon' on its initial disp... |
| Date: | 09 19 1918 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a soldier with his arm in a sling standing on the back of a truck, addressing a crowd. Behind him are the shop windows for First National ... |
| Date: | 07 1918 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a crowd that is gathered to listen to a man speaking from the back of a truck. Several cars are in the foreground, as well as one uniforme... |
| Date: | 09 18 1918 |
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| Description: | Stalls are set up along Main street for the community fair. A truck with flag decorations is tethered to two lampposts to block off the street. Several peo... |
| Date: | 08 1918 |
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| Description: | Three women in nurse's uniforms are standing in a tent, where several children and women are seated on chairs. Displays of cribs, cloths (possibly diapers)... |
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