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Zesto Malt Shop

Date: 1956
Description: Waiter making a malt in the Zesto Malt Shop at 658 State Street.
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Re-dedication of St. Raphael's Cathedral

Date: 03 10 1955
Description: Re-dedication of St. Raphael's Cathedral. Elevated view of people sitting in pews for a service. Newspaper caption reads: "Resplendent St. Raphael Cathedra...
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Cheerleaders Rally the Crowd

Date: 1957
Description: Spectators at a high school basketball game are urged to support the team by jumping cheerleaders.
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Mrs. Edna Kern

Date: 01 13 1956
Description: Mrs. Edna Kern, a farm wife, standing in her kitchen holding a pie. Her husband is Ernest G. Kern.
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Watering the Laying Hens

Date: 01 13 1956
Description: Edna Kern in the hen house watering the laying hens.
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Kern Family at the Supper Table

Date: 01 13 1956
Description: The Kern family, Edna, Nancy, Ernest, and Maribeth, at the supper table.
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Japanese Ukiyoe Prints at Taliesin

Date: 08 1957
Description: Japanese prints (Ukiyoe: The Pictures of the Floating World) on display at Taliesin. Taliesin is located in the vicinity of Spring Green.
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Election Night

Date: 11 1948
Description: Governor and Mrs. Oscar Rennebohm in the Governor's Residence, 130 E. Gilman Street, listening to the election returns on the radio. Some of the mansion's...
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Curling Match

Date: 1956
Description: Curlers sweep in front of a stone during a curling match.
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Taft in Madison

Date: 03 26 1952
Description: Senator Robert A. Taft speaking to a large audience at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Field House shortly before the April 1 Wisconsin Presidential pr...
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Frank Lloyd Wright at Hearing

Date: 05 18 1955
Description: Architect Frank Lloyd Wright seated at a hearing on the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation at the Wisconsin State Capitol in the Education and Transportation Of...
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Frank Lloyd Wright at Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 05 18 1955
Description: Architect Frank Lloyd Wright and others seated at the Wisconsin State Capitol during a hearing on the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. An unidentified man is...
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Frank Lloyd Wright Speaking at Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 05 18 1955
Description: Architect Frank Lloyd Wright speaking at a hearing at the Wisconsin State Capitol. The hearing was held in the Education and Transportation Offices, room 3...
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Frank Lloyd Wright Speaking at Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 05 18 1955
Description: Architect Frank Lloyd Wright speaking at a hearing at the Wisconsin State Capitol. The hearing was held in the Education and Transportation Offices, room 3...
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Bacteriology Laboratory Building Hallway

Date: 1955
Description: Interior hallway through glass windows of doorways in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Bacteriology Laboratory building.
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Lecture Hall in Bacteriology Building

Date: 1955
Description: Lecture hall/classroom setting with a podium and a chalkboard in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Bacteriology Laboratory building.
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Polka Party

Date: 1957
Description: A crowd gathers to watch men and women dance the polka at the Verona Legion Hall. A man plays a banjo in the background.
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Wisconsin State Capitol Holiday Tree

Date: 1954
Description: Wisconsin State Capitol rotunda during the holiday season. A man is standing on a ladder which is on top of scaffolding to decorate the tree.
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State High School Basketball Tournament

Date: 1957
Description: A player attempts a shot at the Wisconsin State high school basketball tournament, held in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Field House.
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Taliesin Living Room

Date: 1957
Description: Living room of Taliesin, the summer home of Frank Lloyd Wright, looking west. A portion of the dining room table can be seen in the right foreground. Talie...

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