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Apollo 17 Lunar Rover

Date: 09 1972
Description: Astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt practice operating the lunar roving vehicle (LRV) in preparation for the Apollo 17 mission to the moon. They ...
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Children Saluting the Flag

Date: 1919
Description: Miss Summers' pupils saluting as an American flag is raised outside Pleasant View School. The original caption reads: "Loyal U.S. citizens in the making."
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Milwaukee County Airport

Date: 1928
Description: A Hamilton Metalplane, which was manufactured by the Hamilton Aero Manufacturing Co. of Milwaukee, at the Milwaukee County Airport.
Painting

School Children Playing in Sand Box

Date: 1913
Description: Children playing in a sand box, or "sand garden" at the Woodlawn School garden. American flags are planted in the sand and a teacher or older child is hold...
Photograph

World War II Medal Ceremony

Date: 08 1945
Description: The medal ceremony for the crew of the Enola Gay, the B-29 Super Fortress that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. This photograph was taken by Al...
Postcard

First Wisconsin Aviator

Date: 1910
Description: The Curtiss Pusher owned by Arthur Pratt Warner of Beloit, the first man to fly in Wisconsin and the first person to purchase an airplane. Slightly below ...
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Acrobatic Airplanes

Date: 08 1980
Description: Airplanes entered in the 10th World Acrobatics Championships at Wittman Field in Oshkosh. The planes in the foreground are those of the Australian and Cana...
Book or Pamphlet

Aultman, Miller and Company Catalog

Date: 1901
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for Aultman, Miller and Company, Buckeye brand. The cover features a color chromolithograph illustration of children dresse...
Photograph

Doctor's Office

Date: 11 28 1922
Description: Newly constructed doctor's office. Benham was a "company town" created by International Harvester for the workers employed in the mines of its subsidiary, ...
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Walter Mondale

Date: 10 24 1984
Description: Walter Mondale campaigns for president in 1984 during his failed run against Ronald Reagan.
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Woman in War Work Window Display

Date: 1944
Description: Female worker using a drill press in a window display at International Harvester's employment office in the company's Michigan Avenue annex. The display ce...
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Baseball Game at Tractor Works

Date: 1924
Description: Baseball game at Tractor Works, an International Harvester factory.
Photograph

Experimental Motor Cultivator with Corn Binder

Date: 06 27 1919
Description: Engineering photograph of an experimental motor cultivator with a mounted ensilage cutter(?). A Deering grain binder is in the background.
Photograph

Girls with Old Bed for World War II Scrap Drive

Date: 04 1942
Description: Three young girls, (L to R): Beverly Peterson, Virginia Gullickson, and Joane Aaby, with an old iron bed donated for a WW II scrap drive during MacArthur W...
Photograph

Wisconsin Power & Light Company Veteran Employees

Date: 04 11 1946
Description: Speaker's table of Veteran Employees banquet, Wisconsin Power & Light Company, at the Hotel Loraine.
Photograph

Boy Scout Drum & Bugle Corps

Date: 02 10 1946
Description: Four Lakes Council Boy Scout Drum & Bugle Corps on stage at Central High School, in uniforms with instruments and flags, for Victory concert.
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Milwaukee Road Service Club

Date: 01 26 1946
Description: Milwaukee Road Service Club officers group, dinner party at the Park Hotel.
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Wisconsin Power and Light Co.

Date: 06 15 1945
Description: Group portrait of C.L. Turner, traffic supervisor for Wisconsin Power & Light Company, and six female employees of Wisconsin Power & Light Company, 122 Wes...
Photograph

Naval Training School, Division #71, Trainees

Date: 07 21 1945
Description: Group portrait of U.S. Naval Training School (Radio), Division #71, trainees at University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Boy Scouts, Troop #23

Date: 05 26 1945
Description: Group portrait of Boy Scouts, Troop #23 from Holy Redeemer Church, at Four Lakes Council Camporee in Olin Park.

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