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| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | Maypole dancers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on Bascom Hill (Main Hill). In the foreground is the Lincoln Monument. In the distance is the Wiscon... |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | Painting by N.C. Wyeth depicting the public demonstration of the first reaper by Cyrus Hall McCormick at Steele's Tavern, Virginia in 1831. The painting sh... |
| Date: | 04 21 1970 |
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| Description: | Crowd gathering for the first Earth Day march. Someone is holding the ecology flag. The Wisconsin State Capitol is in the background. |
| Date: | 05 1970 |
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| Description: | The front page of "The Gaylord Nelson Newsletter" announcing Earth Day 1970, with the headline: "Mass Movement Begins." |
| Date: | 1887 |
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| Description: | "The Grand Regatta, at Devil's Lake, June 21st & 22nd, 1877." A stereograph showing spectators gathered behind the starter's cannon on Devil's Lake. |
| Date: | 07 15 1906 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from the south of a crowd gathered to witness and celebrate the laying of the cornerstone of the new St. Mary of the Seven Dolors Catholic Ch... |
| Date: | 06 27 1954 |
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| Description: | Two people walk near a large rock formation in a wooded area with a picnic table in the foreground. The occasion was the opening of a new wayside park loca... |
| Date: | 09 1996 |
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| Description: | "As we approach Firemen's Park, we are at the end of our ride." |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | Pilgrims gathered outside the shrine. Many of the people are sitting on the ground among the tree. There are banners hanging in front of the stone chapel. |
| Date: | 08 16 1925 |
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| Description: | View of field full of parked automobiles at the commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Swiss Colony at New Glarus. A log structure in... |
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| Description: | Patience we learned and requiem to rest the tense who die For we forgot the brazen earth in courtship of the sky |
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| Description: | Although they remembered everything that could not be tolerated, their better natures, surfacing through waves of church-worn care, prevailed over... |
| Date: | 05 1997 |
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| Description: | Arbor Day activities for school children at Theresa Fireman's Park: a light lunch, a slide presentation, and the planting of two trees. |
| Date: | 05 2000 |
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| Description: | Group of students at Theresa Fireman's Park for Arbor Day activities. |
| Date: | 04 1970 |
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| Description: | Fundraising advertisement for the Environmental Teach-In on April 22 in honor of Earth Day. The first sentence reads: "A disease has infected our country."... |
| Date: | 1961 |
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| Description: | Front of two-fold invitation to the Ice Chipper's annual gathering, held on February 28, 1961. The front design is a drawing by Sid of a fisherman walking ... |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | Leonore Middleton, in hat, facing camera, posing with two unidentified women, left, near two small market stalls under blooming cherry trees along a roadwa... |
| Date: | 1970 |
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| Description: | Young student's crayon and watercolor art inspired by Earth Day, consisting of a large setting sun with mountains and trees in the foreground. |
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