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Wisconsin State Capitol Interior — Quarters of the Historical Society

Date: 1880
Description: The Historical Society's early library and painting collections on display in the third Wisconsin State Capitol. This photograph was taken about 1880 befor...
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Wisconsin State Capitol Interior — Quarters of the Historical Society

Date: 1880
Description: Librarian Daniel S. Durrie seated in the two-story high gallery that the Historical Society occupied in the old South Wing of the Wisconsin State Capitol f...
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IHC exhibit at the American Library Association Conference

Date: 06 1928
Description: Man sitting in an exhibit of International Harvester films at an American Library Association Conference. The exhibit was titled: "Moving Pictures and the ...
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Manchester's, Inc., Bridal Registry Booth

Date: 05 17 1950
Description: "The Bride Has Whispered" bridal registry booth, 1st floor, at Manchester's, Inc., 2 East Mifflin Street, showing a desk and 2 chairs surrounded by floral ...
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Registration and Information Booth at "A Century of Progress"

Date: 06 30 1933
Description: People standing around the International Harvester information and registration booth at the "A Century of Progress" world's fair. The sign attached to the...
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New Quarters for University of Wisconsin-Extension

Date: 03 04 1948
Description: University of Wisconsin Extension's new quarters for the department of discussion and public discussion. Workers Mrs. Marion West and Ruth Rowland are show...
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IH Information Booth at Iowa State Fair

Date: 1946
Description: A man and a woman sit behind the International Harvester information booth at the Iowa State Fair. An International Harvester clock hangs on the booth's wa...
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IH Information Booth and Office at Iowa State Fair

Date: 1946
Description: Exterior view of the International Harvester Company information booth and office at the Iowa State Fair.
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A.J. Taft, Maple Bluff Police Marshal

Date: 12 13 1948
Description: The street directory for Maple Bluff was delivered by Marshall A.J. Taft around the Christmas season. The contents of the directory reveal the growth of Ma...
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Associated Women Students Co-ed Week

Date: 02 15 1954
Description: As part of Co-ed's Week, an event designed to combine features of special interest to college women, three University of Wisconsin women look over a copy o...
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Director of UW's Bureau of Information and Program Services

Date: 09 17 1956
Description: Portrait of Robert Schacht, the director of the University of Wisconsin's Bureau of Information and Program services. He was the principal speaker at a clu...
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Wisconsin Historical Society Bookcase

Date: 07 1971
Description: Bookcase in the second floor hallway outside the library of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. The case contains 50 books that were part of the ori...
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Bulletin Board at State Historical Society Building

Date: 03 27 1900
Description: Bulletin board at the State Historical Society building.
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Schenk Junior High School Receives Encyclopedia Set

Date: 03 03 1965
Description: David Bednarek, left, education writer for the Wisconsin State Journal, presenting a set of World Book encyclopedia to Schenk Junior High school for submit...
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McCormick-Deering/International Harvester at Minnesota State Fair

Date: 1940
Description: Registration booth for International Harvester at the Minnesota State Fair. Includes a list of IH dealers "Present Today."
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Catalog Display

Date: 07 14 1926
Description: Catalog display at a dealership.
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Tourist Information Booth

Date: 1942
Description: A young woman in a light-colored dress is standing behind a counter as an older man is writing in a notebook. He is holding a tourism brochure for Boulder ...
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Weather Bureau Operation at Truax Field Control Tower

Date: 12 22 1953
Description: Chief of weather operations, L.A. Joos, is on the telephone, while W.C. Williamson is standing at a slanted desk checking one of several weather maps. They...
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Weather Bureau Operation at Truax Field Control Tower

Date: 12 22 1953
Description: Harold Evans launching a weather balloon from the pilot balloon shelter on top of the Truax Field control tower.
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Madison Free Library

Date: 01 28 1954
Description: A student is looking through the card catalog (or what the newspaper calls "the library's key, a simple cross-filer system") at the Madison Free Library at...

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