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Linden High School Baseball Team

Date: 05 20 1931
Description: Outdoor group portrait of the Linden High School baseball team in uniforms, with ten players and an adult man, with sports equipment.
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WD-6 Diesel and Farmall A Tractors

Date: 1940
Description: Farmer Leo Sucharski on his new WD-6 diesel tractor. Mr. Sucharski is talking to C.A. Reef, an International Harvester farm equipment dealer from Gasport. ...
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Happ Residence

Date: 1885
Description: Exterior view of the home of M. Happ, with a horse-drawn wagon parked along the curb, and a man and woman standing on the terrace. A sign next to the house...
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First Alice in Dairyland

Date: 06 07 1948
Description: Newly selected Alice in Dairyland, Margaret McGuire, receiving an orchid from Virginia Palan, legionnaire and WAVE (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency ...
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"Let's Go North For A South Victory"

Date: 08 17 1950
Description: Three students and two adults are shown making arrangements for the chartering of a bus to take Madison high school students on a chaperoned trip to Green ...
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Edgewood College Freshman Prom

Date: 05 09 1952
Description: King Bob Machoths, Monroe, crowns queen Judy O'Boyle, Sioux Falls, SD, as little sailor Johnny Hunt looks on.
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Lewis Arms in a Fedora

Date: 12 25 1942
Description: Lewis Arms wearing a fedora at the age of 15.
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Basketball Team in Alabama

Date: 02 18 1915
Description: School basketball team seated outside school with team basketball. Original caption reads, "Even though most of the country schools of Alabama have no luxu...
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"Milwaukee Journal" Tour Group

Date: 12 08 1931
Description: Slightly elevated view of a group of Oconomowoc High School students on a tour at the "Milwaukee Journal." They are viewing the newspaper's presses in oper...
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Marc's Big Boy Protest

Date: 1963
Description: Group of people, probably including NAACP Youth Council members, picketing outside Marc's Big Boy restaurant. Lloyd Barbee is second from the left.
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Main Street

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Description: View across Main Street, with a clothing store, livery stable, bank, and church on the right. A group of young men and boys stand on the sidewalk wearing s...
Postcard

Young Man Seated at Table

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of Hugo Faust sitting at a table in front of a painted backdrop. He is wearing a suit and cap and has one hand on the chair arm...
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Herold Team of the Milwaukee Turners

Date: 09 21 1886
Description: Twenty-seven young men and George Brosius posing outdoors with sporting equipment. The young men are dressed in short sleeved shirts and pants (possibly an...
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4th Ward Students

Date: 1884
Description: Class picture of the fourth ward pupils of Madison. 1. Caroline Young, 2. Belle Griffiths 3. Carrie Kohner 4. Irma Kleinpell 5. Annie McConnell 6. Matie Ja...
Manuscript

Neighborhood House Album: Boy Scouts

Date: 1935
Description: Page from an album kept by Neighborhood House, with three images of a Boy Scout troop: a group portrait in front of the settlement house with men and boys ...
Poster

Nixon's The One!

Date: 1968
Description: Political campaign poster that features a drawing of Richard Nixon surrounded by contemporary celebrities and politicians in the center. He is wearing a bu...
Photograph

Presenting the Key to Wade House

Date: 06 06 1953
Description: Ruth DeYoung Kohler II, presents the key to Wade House to Dr. William McKern, of the Wisconsin State Historical Society. The century-old stagecoach inn and...
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The Inventor

Date: 1931
Description: Joe Mietus, 16, poses at the Mayo School, District No. 1. On the reverse of the photograph is written, "Has invented several home made farm tools. Also has...
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Beekeepers Standing in Apiary

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Description: A man and a boy pose standing in apiary surrounded by beehives. The man is holding a smoker.
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William L. Mitchell after Being Sworn in as Commissioner of Social Security

Date: 1959
Description: Caption: "William L Mitchell after being sworn in as Commissioner of Social Security. From left to right: his son, George Bigge, Ellen Woodward, Mitchell, ...

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