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Helen Farnsworth Mears

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Description: Helen Farnsworth Mears sitting on a ladder and resting her head against her hand.
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Studio Shenanigans

Date: 1900
Description: Four men use a ladder to pose on top of each other. There is a painted backdrop behind them. They are wearing suit jackets, vests with watch fobs, and trou...
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Jean Randolph and Mural at West High School

Date: 06 01 1934
Description: Jean Randolph, with bandaged ankle, which she sprained when she fell from the ladder on which she is standing, drawing an 8' x 12' crayon mural of a knight...
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West High School Production "Our Town"

Date: 11 14 1944
Description: West High School student production of "Our Town" showing a family scene at breakfast, left to right: Mary Snee, Virginia Baldwin, Barbara Burrell, and Erw...
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West High School Production of "Our Town"

Date: 11 14 1944
Description: West High School student production of "Our Town" with two actresses and one actor on a ladder. Left to right: Virginia Baldwin, Joel Salter, and Jerry Eri...
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Decorating First Apartment

Date: 04 17 1950
Description: Newlyweds George and Lorna Homes decorate their first apartment at 1028 Erin Street. George places his oil painting "Russian Spring" on the wall as Lorna i...
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16th Annual Wisconsin Salon of Art

Date: 11 06 1950
Description: The Madison Art Association's 16th Annual Wisconsin Salon of Art opened at the Memorial Union with a traditional preview reception. Pictured hanging some o...
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Women at IHC Agriculture Extension Lecture

Date: 1917
Description: Group of women, and a few children, seated in a meeting hall at an Agricultural Extension lecture on Home Economics. A woman at the front of the hall is po...
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Arthur Franz in Men Into Space

Date: 07 31 1959
Description: Arthur Franz, as Captain Tom Farrow on the television show Men Into Space, lays on top of a ladder. He has a look of pain on his face and is dressed...
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"Foreign Correspondent"

Date: 1940
Description: A behind the scenes photograph of the set of the film "Foreign Correspondent." Joel McCrea is on a platform high above a group standing below. Alfred Hitch...
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"Riot on Cell Block 11" Stage Set

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Description: Elevated view of the set for the film "Riot on Cell Block 11." There is a large group of men in the center back, and movie cameras, lighting equipment, and...
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Examples of Wood Work at the School of Agriculture and Domestic Economy

Date: 1907
Description: A group of ladders, stair risers, wagon box, other wooden farm equipment and furniture displayed in a classroom at the Winnebago County School of Agricultu...
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Studio Portrait of a Man and a Stringer of Trout

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a man posing sitting on a stool under a ladder. There is a stringer of trout tied to the ladder displayed...
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State Capitol Rewiring and Remodeling Project

Date: 07 22 1964
Description: A painter is working on a wall in the State Capitol during the process of redecorating. Over a four-year period that started in 1961 the state Building Com...
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New Store Opens Today

Date: 05 17 1957
Description: Four officials of the new Brookwood Hardware House pose proudly in the their new building which will open today at 2310 University Avenue. Standing around ...
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Sound Equipment for "Hamlet"

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Description: Recording equipment, most likely a microphone boom pole attached to a stand with wheels, on the set of the 1949 film "Hamlet." Assorted cast and crew are s...
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Graduation Barn Dance

Date: 06 09 1978
Description: Six children are standing and posing on a barn floor. Behind them in the hayloft, and sitting in the background near an open barn door are children and adu...

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