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| Date: | 1946 |
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| Description: | Colonel Robert S. Allen, a well-known journalist before World War II, lost his arm while on active duty in Europe. He is seated here with Dr Anton Dvorak, ... |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | Advertising poster for the "Romance of the Reaper" film for use in Australia. The poster features an illustration of Cyrus Hall McCormick building the firs... |
| Date: | 1876 |
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| Description: | A Withington wire binder sits on display inside a building at the Centennial Exposition, the first official World's Fair in the United States. |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | An unidentified man demonstrates his unsuccessful bird-like mechanism, which was part of an experiment in aviation. |
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| Description: | Jack Penewell of Madison, originator of the twelve string Hawaiian guitar (or so his business card says), with another musician tentatively identified as T... |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | Three-quarter left side view of a tractor built by S.S. Morton. The photograph is labeled, "The Predecessor of the International Line." |
| Date: | 02 27 1956 |
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| Description: | Olaf Hanson, operator of a meat counter, displays his invention: a plastic mold to assemble city chicken on wood skewers. |
| Date: | 1873 |
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| Description: | Automobile made by J. Wesley Carhart, Methodist minister of Racine, later of Oshkosh, Maryland and Texas. The vehicle was dismantled and the engine used to... |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | View from rocky shoreline of the launching of the "Monona-Mobile" (pontoon car) onto Lake Monona. The boat launch is on the left. "11248" is painted on the... |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | View across water towards the "Monona-Mobile" (pontoon car) on Lake Monona, close to a pier on the left where a man is standing and watching. Buildings on ... |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | A group of men are standing on the pontoons of the "Monona-Mobile" (pontoon car) which is near a pier on the left. The Wisconsin State Capitol is in the fa... |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Unidentified man wearing a suit and a bow tie is standing on a pontoon of the "Monona-Mobile" (pontoon car) and holding the tow rope. Across the lake is th... |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | View from pier of John "Commodore" Heggestad of Department 40 of Gisholt proudly standing on the pontoon of the "Monona-Mobile" (pontoon boat) on which his... |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from shoreline of the "Monona-Mobile" (pontoon boat) which is powered by an automobile. There is a man standing on a pier on the left watchin... |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | View across water of three men relaxing on the pontoons of the "Monona-Mobile." Two men are sitting in the front seat of the car. John "Commodore" Heggesta... |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | View from pier towards two men sitting in the front seat of the "Monona-Mobile," a pontoon boat powered by an automobile. The knee of a man is in the right... |
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| Description: | Faye Geise, wearing a bikini, is sitting on a lawn and posing with Aqua Form, a local invention. |
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| Description: | Faye Geise, wearing a bikini, is standing outdoors and posing with Aqua Form, a local invention. She is standing on colored gravel next to a building with ... |
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| Description: | Faye Geise, wearing a bikini, is standing and posing with the Aqua Form on her head. |
| Date: | 04 2014 |
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| Description: | View of the display case of John Muir's mechanical clock desk, which is on the ground floor of the Wisconsin Historical Society. |
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