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Wisconsin Dells Minirama

Date: 08 26 1960
Description: Miniature model of the Wisconsin Dells. Goggled diver, Ollie Reese, swimming with Dells recreation boat. This completely landscaped exhibit was built to sc...
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Aqua Pura

Date: 04 04 1943
Description: This student of the U.S. Coast Guard Hospital Corps School is carefully measuring out a quantity of distilled water for a prescription. Distilled water is ...
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Beauty Bath

Date: 12 03 1967
Description: A woman takes a bath at the Edgewater beauty and health spa.
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Kilbourn Dam Powerhouse

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Description: Interior view from balcony of Kilbourn Dam Powerhouse. Four men stand at the balcony railing near stairs that lead to the ground floor. Another man stands ...
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Cave of the Dark Waters

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Description: Looking out the Cave of the Dark Waters.
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Factory Worker Drinks from Water Fountain

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Description: Factory worker drinking from a water fountain inside International Harvester's Deering Works.
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Lunch at Kiddie Camp

Date: 07 17 1933
Description: Children sitting at a table and having lunch at The Capital Times Kiddie Camp.
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Four Dolphin Club Girls

Date: 03 18 1933
Description: Four female Dolphin Club members posing in bathing suits on the diving board of the Lathrop Hall pool.
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Avenue Food Shop

Date: 04 12 1933
Description: Avenue Food Shop, 546 W. Washington Avenue, showing water in basement.
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Chapman Home Interior after Fire

Date: 12 29 1932
Description: Chandler B. and Frances Chapman home, 640 N. Carroll Street, showing the west bedroom after fire.
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Pumping Station Switchboard

Date: 08 02 1931
Description: Switchboard at City of Madison water well no. 4 pumping station, 5 N. Randall Street.
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Women in Synchronized Swimming Formation

Date: 05 12 1927
Description: Elevated view of University of Wisconsin-Madison Dolphin Club women in the Lathrop swimming pool in a synchronized swimming formation.
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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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Johnson Wax Building

Date: 1935
Description: Construction of the Johnson Wax Building.
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Johnson Wax Building

Date: 1935
Description: Interior of the two-story work space in the Johnson Wax Building during construction showing the tapered columns. The building was designed by Frank Lloyd ...
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Glenn's Mineral Spring

Date: 1877
Description: Stereograph view of Glenn's mineral spring with a group of people gathered around it.
Postcard

Cottage Interior, Medicine Lake Lodge

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Description: Cottage interior with a large window looking out on the lake. Caption reads: "Typical Cottage Interior, Medicine Lake Lodge, Three Lakes, Wis."
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Uphoff's Swimming Pool

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Description: Swimming pool at Uphoff's Motel, with windows to street and lobby.
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Elizabeth Johnson and Hobart Johnson

Date: 08 13 1945
Description: Elizabeth Johnson and Hobart Johnson. Elizabeth will be attending the Potter School in Tucson, Arizona. Hobart will return to the Middlesex School in Conco...
Poster

Health and Safety Poster on Pure Drinking Water

Date: 1916
Description: Poster or signboard with the title "Pure Drinking Water - Friend to Health - Foe to Typhoid." Includes images illustrating old and new ways of providing dr...

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