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Two Ojibwa Men Shaking Hands

Date: 1935
Description: Two Ojibwa men standing outdoors on a blanket while shaking hands. The man on the left is dressed in a suit and wearing a hat while holding a blind walking...
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Lessing Rosenwald and John Foster Dulles

Date: 06 04 1963
Description: Lessing Rosenwald, of the American Council for Judaism, shakes hands with Secretary of State John Foster Dulles during a conference on United States foreig...
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Madison Soap Box Derby

Date: 04 27 1952
Description: Two boys who are partners for the Madison Soap Box Derby race. On the left is John Paul Byrns, who is too young to race but is a partner with Jimmy Statz, ...
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U.W. Class of 1902 Reunion

Date: 06 20 1952
Description: Fred Leiser (left) is shown presenting a $12,000 scholarships check to University Vice-President Ira Baldwin (right) at the Half Century club luncheon in t...
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Carload of Radios

Date: 1930
Description: Four men pose in front of a railroad car. Two of the men are shaking hands. A banner on the car advertises "A Carload of Majestic Radios for Gem City Oil C...
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Robert A. Taft

Date: 1952
Description: Robert A. Taft outdoors shaking hands in a crowd after giving a speech in the Municipal Building during his campaign. He was ultimately unsuccessful in his...
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Republican National Convention

Date: 07 07 1952
Description: Wisconsin Secretary of State Fred R. Zimmerman (left) chats with Charles P. Curran of Mauston at the Republican National Convention in Chicago.
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Finder of Lost Check Larry Harris

Date: 07 15 1952
Description: Larry Harris (left), salesman, is pictured being congratulated by Roy Brumley, manager of the Belmont hotel newspaper shop where Orton is employed, for ret...
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Commander Willis Greely and Lieutenant Charles Haynie

Date: 07 17 1951
Description: Portrait of Naval Reserve officers Commander Willis M. Greely (left) and Lieutenant Charles H. Haynie. Commander Greely is replacing Lieutenant Haynie as c...
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Men Shaking Hands over Contract

Date: 04 1913
Description: Professor Perry Holden and Governor Luther Egbert Hall shake hands over a contract to grow 100,000,000 bushels of corn in Louisiana in 1913. A group of men...
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Reverand Jerome Mersberger Honored by Moose Lodge

Date: 07 25 1952
Description: The Reverend Jerome Mersberger (at left), pastor of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church, is honored at the annual convention of the Wisconsin Moos...
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Leonard Schmitt Talkathon

Date: 08 12 1952
Description: Leonard F. Schmitt, Merrill attorney who is challenging U.S. Senator Joseph B. McCarthy for the Republican nomination in the primary, is shaking hands with...
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UW Boxing Coach

Date: 01 07 1952
Description: A man, probably boxing coach John Walsh, shaking hands with another man. A man is standing with his back to the camera in the right foreground.
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Cosmos Dance Club 30th Anniversary

Date: 05 20 1953
Description: Louis Busse, one of the new members of the Cosmos Dance Club, is greeted by Victor and Stella Johnson at the club's 30th anniversary dinner dance held at t...
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Clarence Beebe and Otto Kral

Date: 05 24 1953
Description: Clarence Beebe, director of the Four Lakes Drum and Bugle Corps of Madison, left, shakes hands with his "adopted Austrian son", Otto Kral. Kral has been l...
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For Auld Lang Syne, A Merry Christmas To You

Date: 1930
Description: Holiday card with two clasped hands over foliage and flowers. Image is inside of a black border. The text reads: "For auld lang syne, A merry Christmas To ...
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Home Talent League Championship

Date: 09 10 1953
Description: League Commissioner C.A. Lewis congratulates Manager Erhardt Toppe of Wyocena's baseball team after winning the Home Talent League's championship in Rio, W...
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Two Men in Lake

Date: 1910
Description: Two men in swimming suits shake hands while standing in thigh deep water.
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Last Gas Customer at Dillman's Gas Station

Date: 11 01 1983
Description: Virginia Dillman and Richard Lund, the last customer for Dillman's Service Station at 421 South Park Street.
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Displaced Persons

Date: 1945
Description: Foreign correspondent Alvin J. Steinkopf saying goodbye to Czechoslovakian children after interviewing them about their relief needs.

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