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Gesell Family Burlesque

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Description: The Gesell family in costume with broom, sword, and other props for a humorous picture. Family members identified as follows: Gerhard Jr. (drinking from pi...
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Crowd in Street of Black River Falls

Date: 1908
Description: Tourists look on as a group of Ho-Chunk dressed in traditional regalia are walking down the street during the Homecoming Celebration.
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Ventriloquism Act

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Description: Ben Bergor, Madison magician, ventriloquist, and entertainment agent, performing with Jerry O'Reilly at a farm show. With Bergor is his wife Alva who often...
Photograph

Boy Throwing Baton

Date: 08 1948
Description: A crowd watches a young man throwing a baton into the air at the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition. Behind him is the "Alice In Dairyland" building, featurin...
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Wisconsin State Journal's Club Clinic

Date: 09 25 1956
Description: LeRoy Luberg, assistant to University of Wisconsin president E.B. Fred, and Jesse Briese of Madison take part in a skit during the Club Clinic, a program f...
Book or Pamphlet

Emerson, Talcott & Co. Catalog Cover

Date: 1893
Description: Front and back of the catalog cover. Illustration on front shows a group of children looking and laughing at dog that has been costumed in a hat, cape and ...
Photograph

U.W. Engineering Students Beard Contest

Date: 03 09 1961
Description: A profile view of three bearded engineering students who are posing and admiring trophies. The students, left to right, are John Menning, Dave Ludwig, and ...
Postcard

Capture of the Hodag

Date: 08 14 1922
Description: Text on front reads: "Capture of the Hodag, Rhinelander, Wis." A large group of men armed with guns, pitchforks and rakes hold a beast at bay on top of a l...

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