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State Assembly Audience

Date: 1947
Description: Audience at a session of the Wisconsin State Assembly.
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Deck of the Avalon

Date: 1924
Description: View of smokestacks and seated passengers on the deck of the Avalon traveling to Catalina Island.
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Kichen Interior with Fireplace

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Description: A woman is sitting by a fireplace churning butter, and seen through a window behind her is a man standing by a fence outdoors. Surrounding the fireplace ar...
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Palace of Sweets

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Description: Slightly elevated view of the Palace of Sweets, a restaurant-style candy shop manned with waiters and waitresses.
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Unity House Kitchen Workers

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Description: Kitchen workers in the Unity House Kitchen, a large room with long wooden tables and exposed rafters. The workers are lounging around the tables.
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Reading Room of the First Church of Christ Scientist

Date: 1900
Description: View of the reading room of the First Church of Christ Scientist, built in 1903. A man and a woman are sitting at a table surrounded by chairs and wooden b...
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Vesper Services, Lutherland

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Description: Elevated view of Vesper Services. In the background near the shoreline the minister stands near an altar on a stone platform to perform a vesper service. A...
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Y.M.C.A. Camp

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Description: A row of tents at a Y.M.C.A. camp stands in a clearing in a wooded area. A man sits on a chair in the foreground and "Y.M.C.A." is written on a surface of...
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Sitting Near the Pool

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Description: People sit underneath an umbrella near the pool at Belmont Manor, Bermuda. The pool is surrounded by trees, decorative foliage, benches, and several other...
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Columbia Broadcasting Studio Interior

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Description: View from stage left of the audience and performers at Columbia Broadcasting Studio. Members of the audience smile and laugh as the performers look to the ...
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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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Painting and Decorating Class

Date: 1910
Description: Two young boys work on a wall in a school room as part of a vocational painting and decorating class.
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Illegal Gambling Machines Next to Bar

Date: 04 09 1942
Description: Two illegal gambling machines in the Paris Gardens, 6 miles west of Kenosha, on Highway 43. Three man area sitting at the bar.
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Livestock in Waukesha Sales Pavilion

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Description: Either an auction or a judged show featuring dairy cattle at the Waukesha Sales Pavilion. Spectators are arranged on three sides of the stage. Poster on th...
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Wedding Party, Middleton, Wisconsin

Date: 06 20 1987
Description: Wedding party of William Olson and Rebecca Butcher at St. Luke's Lutheran Church, Middleton, Wisconsin on June 20, 1987. Jill Howman, wearing the dark blue...
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Emile de Antonio and Marietta Tree

Date: 1959
Description: Three people sit in pink and white lounge chairs on a large outdoor patio surrounded by green plants and trees. Emile de Antonio sits next to socialite Mar...
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Frame 22: Local Man Speaking at Meeting

Date: 1964
Description: A man stands amid a group of seated men and women at a mass meeting.
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Frame 26: People Planning Together at Table

Date: 1964
Description: A group of four African-American men are seated at a table looking at papers. Behind them a large group of people are sitting and standing.

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