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John Lloyd Taylor, Madison Art Center Director

Date: 03 25 1965
Description: John Lloyd Taylor, new Madison Art Center Director, smoking a pipe.
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Walter J. Kohler Jr. Rings the Liberty Bell

Date: 01 27 1951
Description: Governor Walter J. Kohler Jr. stands next to a replica of the Liberty Bell, holding a rope attached to the clapper of the bell.
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Steam Pipe Construction in Madison

Date: 06 30 1965
Description: Steam pipe construction along Langdon street east of Park street. The corner of the Wisconsin Historical Society is on the left. Science Hall is in the bac...
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Making Room for the New Elvehjem Art Center

Date: 07 27 1965
Description: Workers and equipment are shown tearing down old student dwellings to make room for the Elvehjem Art Center complex. It is surrounded by Park Street, Unive...
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Brooks McCormick with King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden

Date: 04 19 1976
Description: His Majesty, King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden visiting the Museum of Science and Industry.
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Sunday at the Chazen Museum

Date: 02 2014
Description: Indoor view through the lobby of the Chazen Museum towards glass walls which look out on East Campus Mall. Snow is on the ground, and two people are walkin...
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Posing with "Mother and Child"

Date: 11 22 1978
Description: Members of UW-Madison class of 1927 and Constance Elvehjem posing with William Zorach's statue "Mother and Child." From left to right: Lowell Frautschi, Ha...
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Albion Academy Historic Marker

Date: 07 17 1960
Description: Participants at the dedication of the Albion Academy historical marker, from left to right, include, Judge Sverre Roang, program chairman, Dr. Leslie H. Fi...
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Save the Mounds Demonstration

Date: 01 12 2016
Description: Save the Mounds demonstration around the Capitol Square against Assembly Bill 620. In the foreground, seen from behind, is the headdress worn by Chief Clay...
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Save the Mounds Demonstration

Date: 01 12 2016
Description: Save the Mounds demonstration around the Capitol Square against Assembly Bill 620. View looking down at the crowd, with many people holding protest signs. ...
Photograph

Save the Mounds Demonstration

Date: 01 12 2016
Description: Save the Mounds demonstration around the Capitol Square against Assembly Bill 620. View of the protesters on the Capitol grounds looking towards State Stre...
Postcard

Old Wade House; Front Parlor

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Description: Ektachrome postcard of the front parlor, with mannequins of women dressed in period clothing sitting in chairs. Text on reverse reads: "The Front Parlor...
Postcard

Old Wade House; Green Parlor

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Description: Ektachrome postcard of the Green Parlor, with a mannequin of a man in period dress sitting in a chair. Text on reverse reads: "The Green Parlor or sitti...
Postcard

Wade House; Barroom

Date: 1953
Description: Kodachrome postcard of the barroom, with two male mannequins in period dress standing at the bar. Text on reverse reads: "The Wade House is one of the f...
Postcard

Wade House; Ballroom

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Description: Ektachrome postcard of the Wade House ballroom. Text on reverse reads: "The Ballroom was the scene of dances, concerts, shows and lectures, a social cen...
Photograph

Woman with Doll

Date: 1930
Description: An unidentified woman is holding a doll while standing beside an open glass topped display case. She is in a gallery or museum, with paintings hanging on t...
Photograph

Fire Lookout Tower

Date: 1967
Description: A young boy wearing a red plastic firefighter hat is looking up at a five-story fire lookout tower at the Hall of Flame Fire Museum.
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Circus Parade

Date: 1968
Description: View from rear of a crowd of people watching circus wagons passing by on a dirt road at Circus World Museum. Two horses are pulling a blue wagon with red a...
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Circus World Parade

Date: 1968
Description: View from a crowd of people watching horse-drawn circus wagons parading on a dirt road at Circus World Museum. Behind the wagon is a man dressed in a red a...
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Llama Ride at Circus World

Date: 1967
Description: A man and woman are standing near a child riding a llama, with a young girl on the right standing and holding the llama's lead. In the background, people a...

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