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Ed Gein at State Crime Lab

Date: 11 19 1957
Description: Ed Gein (1906-1984) signing paperwork at the state crime lab where he was brought for lie detector and other tests or at the city jail where he was held ov...
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Gates of Heaven Synagogue

Date: 07 1971
Description: Interior of the Gates of Heaven Synagogue at James Madison Park. Bob Freeman and Jim Harris are inspecting the interior of the structure after it was move...
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Ed Gein at State Crime Lab

Date: 11 17 1957
Description: Ed Gein (1906-1984) and a police officer wait at the counter at the State Crime Lab where he was brought for lie detector and other tests or at the city ja...
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Teen-Ager Fashion Show at Manchester's

Date: 05 10 1957
Description: Colleen O'Brien, sophomore at East High School, modeling a light blue cotton Dacron dress, with her hand resting on the back of a chair, for a Vogue patter...
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Teen-Ager Fashion Show at Manchester's

Date: 05 10 1957
Description: Colleen O'Brien, sophomore at East High School, modeling a light blue cotton Dacron dress, with her hand resting on the back of a chair, for a Vogue patter...
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Teen-Ager Fashion Show at Manchester's

Date: 05 10 1957
Description: Colleen O'Brien, sophomore at East High School, modeling a light blue cotton Dacron dress, with her hand resting on the back of a chair, for a Vogue patter...
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Len Schmitt Senate Campaign

Date: 08 13 1952
Description: Len Schmitt, former Progressive Party legislator from Merrill, led the Republican opposition to Senator Joseph R. McCarthy's bid for re-election. Schmitt a...
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Leslie H. Fishel, Jr.

Date: 11 20 1961
Description: Portrait of Leslie H. Fishel, Jr., laughing, at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. He was the Director of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin...
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Leslie H. Fishel, Jr.

Date: 11 20 1961
Description: Portrait of Leslie H. Fishel, Jr., smiling, at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. He was the Director of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin ...
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Leslie H. Fishel, Jr.

Date: 11 20 1961
Description: Portrait of Leslie H. Fishel, Jr., holding a pipe. He was the Director of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin from 1959 until 1969.
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Leslie H. Fishel, Jr.

Date: 11 20 1961
Description: Portrait of Leslie H. Fishel, Jr. He was the Director of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin from 1959 until 1969.
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Leslie H. Fishel, Jr.

Date: 11 20 1961
Description: Portrait of Leslie H. Fishel, Jr., smiling broadly with his pipe at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. He was the Director of the State Historical ...
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Ben Sidran at a Recording Console

Date: 08 19 1972
Description: Musician Ben Sidran sitting in front of a console in a music studio. He is wearing earphones and smoking a cigarette. Ben has a moustache and beard.
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Basket Making at Neighborhood House

Date: 1950
Description: Group of girls making baskets, as an older girl or woman demonstrates a technique. Neighborhood House sponsored many groups and activities, such as basketr...
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Adlai Stevenson with Children of Jim Oogle

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Description: Adlai Stevenson, seated, laughs with the children of Jim Oogle. There is a poster of John F. Kennedy on the walll in the background.
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Portrait of Photographer Edward Steichen

Date: 06 23 1957
Description: Casual portrait of Edward Steichen (1879-1973), photographer and filmmaker, sitting in Aaron Bohrod's studio on the university campus at an informal party ...
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Self-Portrait of Ed Stein

Date: 06 1952
Description: A self-portrait in a mirror taken at the age of 26 years old. Stein started as a photojournalist at the Wisconsin State Journal in 1957 and retired ...
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Woman in Wheelchair Bowling

Date: 02 14 1953
Description: Woman sitting in a wheelchair bowling.
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Donna Stein

Date: 02 14 1953
Description: Portrait of Donna Stein (photographer's wife) wearing a fur hat and coat. They were married in January 1953.
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Boy Scout & Girl Scout

Date: 02 14 1953
Description: Boy Scout from Troop 7, wearing uniform, backpack and canteen, looking at a girl in an old-fashioned costume, carrying an open umbrella.

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