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Henry Vilas Zoo Award Presented to Boy

Date: 10 05 1931
Description: Two men are presenting a radio to a boy, Phillip Harris, as an award for naming the Vilas Zoo lion cubs. The names were "Thor" and "Yama." Left to right in...
Poster

Anti-U.S. Military Ball

Date: 01 21 1971
Description: Poster advertising an Anti-U.S. Military Ball, held at the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Memorial Union. Features a woman with a gun slung over her sho...
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Bulletproof International Automobile

Date: 1940
Description: An International D-30 automobile with a special bulletproof body parked outside the Esquire Theater. Two police officers are standing near the vehicle, and...
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Front Street

Date: 1921
Description: View of Front Street with five men standing along a sidewalk. They are standing near a two-story building which houses the Avoca Cooperative Company and th...
Poster

Poster for "Rip Van Winkle"

Date: 1905
Description: Color lithograph on paper. Across top in caps "A splendid scenic revival of the greatest of American dramas." Title runs beneath. Scene from play in which ...
Poster

Poster for "Sheriff of Angel Gulch"

Date: 1906
Description: Color lithograph poster. The top caption reads: "Chas. E. Blaney presents Young Buffalo, King of the Wild West in his new play," and beneath this in larger...
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Band in front of Opera House

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Description: Brass band with eight musicians posed standing on the street in front of the Opera House. At the far right is Carl Pope. Signs advertise "John T. Hinds in ...
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Spooner Performs at Headliners

Date: 1982
Description: The band Spooner performs at Headliners nightclub on University Avenue. Band members included Butch Vig (drums), Duke Erikson (guitar), Dave Benton (guitar...
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Seventh Street

Date: 1914
Description: Seventh Street looking east. Streetcars are running in both diretions, and horse-drawn vehicles and bicycles are near the curb. The sidewalks are filled wi...
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Reporting the Republican Presidential Debate

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: A young male reporter for WFRV-TV Local 5 is holding a microphone and talking to the camera, which is operated by a camera operator standing in the foregro...
Postcard

Palace Theatre

Date: 1932
Description: Text on front reads: "Palace Theatre, Superior, Wis." A brick theatre with many windows and ornate decorative elements on the exterior. A child is on the s...

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