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Students Picketing on Library Mall

Date: 1976
Description: Students protesting the Kuomintang's authoritarian control of Taiwan on Library Mall at the Calvary Lutheran Chapel. In the foreground a man is leaning aga...
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Joe Mayer 01

Date: 1978
Description: Joe Mayer preparing to swat a fly that had landed on his arm.
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Joe Mayer

Date: 1978
Description: Joe Mayer swats a fly that had landed on his arm.
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Joe Mayer 03

Date: 1978
Description: Joe Mayer examining the fly he had just swatted.
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Joe Mayer 04

Date: 1978
Description: Joe Mayer laughing after swatting a fly in his hand.
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Statue of Liberty 02

Date: 1978
Description: Close-up of a man gazing at the Statue of Liberty installation on a frozen and snow-covered Lake Mendota. The sculpture was constructed by the Pail and Sho...
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Truly Remarkable Loon and Brother

Date: 1978
Description: Juggler Truly Remarkable Loon with partner performing on the Capitol lawn at the Equinox Festival.
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Equinox Festival

Date: 09 09 1978
Description: A group portrait of musicians posing with a banner at the Equinox Festival. Seated in front from left to right are Tony Castaneda, drummer Ken Koepler (kne...
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Old Halfway Prairie Schoolhouse

Date: 04 1980
Description: Back of a classroom at the Old Halfway Prairie Schoolhouse, a one-room schoolhouse, which operated from 1844 until 1961. In the front of the room is a wood...
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Lance Beck and Calliope

Date: 09 1978
Description: A man poses in front of a calliope, a steam-powered pipe instrument in a large, ornately decorated circus wagon.
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Felipe Quirós-Pérez

Date: 12 31 1979
Description: Felipe Quirós-Pérez reading yesterday's paper in a booth at Rennebohm's on State Street.
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Tony Vielhuber and his Cattle

Date: 10 14 1978
Description: Tony Vielhuber picking up the tail of his 32 cattle on Highlow Road near Rock Springs.
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Margaret Kocher and Richard Retzlaff

Date: 10 10 1978
Description: Margaret Kocher and Richard Retzlaff of Wonewoc posing in front of their 100-year-old barn. "People are always saying we should tear it down because it's t...
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Albert Hammes and Young Helper

Date: 10 13 1978
Description: Albert Hammes, of West Salem, and his young helper standing in a field spearing picked tobacco on stakes to be dried in the barn.
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Albert Hammes in his Tobacco Field

Date: 10 13 1978
Description: Slightly elevated view of Albert Hammes, smoking a cigarette and tending to his tobacco crops. The flower tops have to be picked before harvesting to keep ...
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Posing with "Mother and Child"

Date: 11 22 1978
Description: Members of UW-Madison class of 1927 and Constance Elvehjem posing with William Zorach's statue "Mother and Child." From left to right: Lowell Frautschi, Ha...
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Spring Green Scene

Date: 10 10 1978
Description: A resident of Spring Green riding his bike downtown.
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Working on Capitol Theatre

Date: 02 17 1978
Description: View down the alley at the back of the Capitol Theatre on State Street towards a construction worker standing on the roof while working on renovations.
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Anti-Nuclear Protesters

Date: 05 30 1978
Description: A crowd of protesters gathered with picket signs to speak out against nuclear energy and weapons development in the U.S. Bella Abzug, is front left.
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Lance Monte Beck and his Calliope

Date: 10 18 1978
Description: Portrait of Lance Monte Beck (Brownie) standing in front of his Calliope, a steam-powered musical instrument, which dates to 1914, near La Crosse. The circ...

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