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Home of the Braves

Date: 04 18 1957
Description: View from rear of two boys, in semi-silhouette, wearing baseball mitts standing and looking out over the baseball diamond from the seating area of County S...
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Children at Christmas Party

Date: 12 24 1945
Description: Group portrait of children wearing winter coats and boots, who have received Christmas gifts at a party sponsored by the Rennebohm's drug stores.
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Marble Tournament Champions

Date: 04 30 1932
Description: Outdoor group portrait of 27 marble tournament champions at Breese Stevens Field.
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Performing Circus Elephants

Date: 1943
Description: A group of over twenty-six Ringling Brothers, Barnum & Bailey Circus elephants, standing on their rear legs with front legs resting on the elephant ahead. ...
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Taking the Civil Service Exam

Date: 06 1919
Description: A large group of men and women are sitting at typewriters in a gymnasium to take the state civil service exam.
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Rennebohm Coffee Break

Date: 1979
Description: Two men enjoy coffee and a cigarette at an unidentified Rennebohm Drug Store restaurant. At this time cigarette smoking in Madison restaurants took place i...
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Coffee at Rennebohms

Date: 1979
Description: Two women enjoy a cup of coffee at a Rennebohm Drug Store restaurant.
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Band and Audience

Date: 1946
Description: An audience watching a musical group put on a show in a tent at the Kansas State Fair.
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International Harvester Film at Nebraska State Fair

Date: 1930
Description: A crowd sitting in the International Harvester tent at the Nebraska State Fair to watch a motion picture.
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Motion Picture Tent at Nebraska State Fair

Date: 1930
Description: A crowd gathers in the International Harvester tent at the Nebraska State Fair for a film showing. A cream separator is in the left foreground, and next to...
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State High School Basketball Tournament

Date: 03 10 1949
Description: Fans and cheerleaders from Kimberly at the state high school basketball tournament. Cheerleaders in front, left to right, are Laverne Kamps, Joanne Lamers,...
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Railroad Women's Clubs Party

Date: 04 20 1949
Description: Four women who attended the dessert bridge party given by the Milwaukee Railroad Women's Club for the Northwestern Railroad Women's Club at Manchester's Ma...
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Madison Police Lost-Found Auction at Breese Stevens Field

Date: 06 23 1950
Description: Madison police officer Hector Naze is shown in front of a crowd at Breese Stevens Field acting as an auctioneer of lost and found items which have accumula...
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Card Players, North of the George Washington Bridge

Date: 1968
Description: Small groups of men in suits sit around tables in folding chairs playing cards in a sunny parking lot. A bridge stretches into the distance above the card...
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Lawn Bowling At Chautaugna Lake

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Description: Several people use a lawn bowling court at Chautaugna Lake. The court is surrounded by a border of shrubbery, and a dock on the lake is visible through tr...
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Playing Shuffleboard at Lake Chautaugna

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Description: Several people play shuffleboard on an outdoor court at Lake Chautaugna. Spectators sit on benches and stand around the court to watch the games.
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Meadow Springs Golf Club

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Description: Several men stand and sit beside a building at Meadow Springs Golf Club. The building features an elevated porch and an American flag flies from the roof.
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Akron Soap Box Derby

Date: 08 1951
Description: Elevated view of citizens of Akron welcoming city champions and visiting celebrities to the All-American Soap Box Derby in front of the Mayflower Hotel. A ...
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Group of Children at School March

Date: 1913
Description: Spectators on bleachers are watching students participating in a "Grand March" at an annual school festival in Belwood Park.
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Effinger Park

Date: 1930
Description: Six men and women and two dogs sitting in the shade at the park. A carved bench is in the foreground, and in the background are houses or cabins.

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