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| Date: | 12 05 1924 |
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| Description: | Ku Klux Klan (KKK) wearing iconic masks and white robes parading down King Street to Schroeder Funeral Home for the funeral of Police officer Herbert Drege... |
| Date: | 1959 |
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| Description: | Panoramic view of the funeral procession of architect Frank Lloyd Wright, with Taliesin seen in the center background. Following the farm wagon hearse are ... |
| Date: | 12 12 1944 |
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| Description: | Large group of U.S. Naval Training School (Radio) trainees, at the Van Hise dormitories, standing at the gravesite of Sparky, with four men carrying the co... |
| Date: | 12 06 1944 |
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| Description: | Large group of U.S. Naval Training School (Radio) trainees, at the Van Hise dormitories, standing at the grave site of Sparky, with one man playing taps. ... |
| Date: | 03 08 1930 |
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| Description: | Five-year-old Wilbur Corcoran, son of Frank and Margaret Corcoran, 624 Williamson Street, lying in a coffin surrounded by flower arrangements and a three-t... |
| Date: | 07 26 1947 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Walter Becker's body in a casket in the front of the Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, 247 Division Street. The casket is surrounded by fl... |
| Date: | 06 22 1925 |
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| Description: | Funeral of Senator Robert M. La Follette, Sr., at Forest Hill Cemetery in Madison. Mourners gathered around La Follette's flag-draped coffin include Philip... |
| Date: | 12 05 1924 |
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| Description: | Klansmen of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) wearing conic masks and white robes gather in front of St. James Lutheran Church, Verona, for the funeral of Herbert C. ... |
| Date: | 02 27 1953 |
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| Description: | Robert M. La Follette Jr., funeral at Grace Episcopal Church. The former senator, who committed suicide, was thought to have been depressed. Some thought h... |
| Date: | 05 30 1931 |
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| Description: | A group of people pose around the casket containing the body of Chief Simon Onanguisse Kahquados at Peninsula State Park during a reburial ceremony. |
| Date: | 09 17 1945 |
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| Description: | The body of Donald Bruer in his coffin. Donald, 3 years old, fell from a third floor window and was impaled on a picket fence. |
| Date: | 09 17 1945 |
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| Description: | Body of James S. Timlin, 79, in his coffin. |
| Date: | 04 1959 |
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| Description: | A group of pallbearers carry the casket containing Frank Lloyd Wright's body to its final resting place in the Unity Chapel Cemetery. |
| Date: | 03 14 1947 |
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| Description: | Women executive office employees filing past the casket containing the body of Governor Walter Goodland in the Wisconsin State Capitol. |
| Date: | 03 15 1947 |
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| Description: | Pallbearers carrying the casket of Governor Walter Goodland from the Madison Masonic Temple. |
| Date: | 05 07 1957 |
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| Description: | Official representatives at the funeral of Senator Joseph R. McCarthy included (third from the police officer) Governor Walter J. Kohler, Jr. |
| Date: | 05 07 1957 |
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| Description: | Marine honor guard at the funeral of Senator Joseph R. McCarthy. Jean McCarthy (wearing a round black hat), stands to the left of the Marines. McCarthy's ... |
| Date: | 08 02 1948 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of scene in sanctuary of St. Martin's Catholic Church, during the funeral for Lucille Ballweg, who was the victim of a tornado. |
| Date: | 08 02 1948 |
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| Description: | Scene in the cemetery near Martinsville during the internment of Lucille Ballweg, victim of a tornado. |
| Date: | 10 13 1948 |
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| Description: | Open casket containing body of a man, and large floral displays surrounding it. |
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