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Ford Dealer Presenting Bart Starr with New Car

Date: 07 15 1961
Description: Bart Starr of the Green Bay Packers receives a new 1961 Ford Falcon from a Green Bay Ford dealer. The compact Falcon was introduced by Ford in 1959 to appe...
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Edward N. Farber

Date: 09 06 1957
Description: Edward Farber, a prominent Milwaukee druggist, double checks a prescription order on the day before he retired. Farber operated his popular drugstore, loca...
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Fishing On Breakwater

Date: 1910
Description: Long row of men in suits and hats fishing on the breakwater.
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Men Posing with Mogul 15-30 Tractor in City Street

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Description: Ten men and boys are posing behind a Mogul 15-30 tractor in front of the Bank of Kiowa and the H.G. Waltner Mercantile Company. The tractor is hitched to a...
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Postal Employees Demand Higher Wages

Date: 08 1919
Description: View down long line of workers from the United States Postal Service demonstrating for an increase in salary to meet war-time cost of living increases.
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Farmers Hauling Goods in Columbus Wagon

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Description: Two farmers standing in the bed of a wooden Columbus wagon loaded with groceries and other goods. The original caption reads: "One of the reasons why Alaba...
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William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt

Date: 1899
Description: Campaign poster with the title "Posterity" for Theodore Roosevelt and William McKinley featuring their portraits. In the center is an illustration of a wom...
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Young Woman Drinking Bottle of Orange Crush

Date: 08 25 1925
Description: Young woman drinking a bottle of Orange Crush soda in front of two International Model S Orange Crush delivery trucks parked along a storefront. A driver l...
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International Dealer with Truck

Date: 11 01 1934
Description: Three men standing around and International truck parked outside the dealership building of Ora McVey and Sons. The dealership sold International motor tru...
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L.C. Smith Typewriter Truck

Date: 08 17 1937
Description: View towards one man standing beside a semi-trailer truck delivering 200 new 1937 super speed L.C. Smith typewriters to Jones Typewriter — Business Furnitu...
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Man and Fan at Lawrence Lunch

Date: 05 22 1936
Description: Man standing next to new fan at Lawrence Lunch, 662-664 State Street.
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Chevrolet #10,000,021

Date: 11 23 1934
Description: Wisconsin Chevrolet officials celebrating a milestone in company history, the 23rd anniversary of the company. On that anniversary date this car was built ...
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Mayor Law and Chic Sale

Date: 07 20 1933
Description: Mayor James R. Law presenting the keys of the city to Chic Sale, former Dane County land owner and character impersonator performing at the Orpheum Theater...
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Olson Veerheusen Display Window

Date: 09 23 1929
Description: Olson Veerheusen display window, 7-9 N Pinckney Street, featuring Varsity Stripe neckwear.
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Central High School Athletic Ushers

Date: 03 18 1929
Description: Central High School athletic ushers outdoor group portrait. They are standing on steps in front of a building.
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Russell Jones, ABC News

Date: 1964
Description: Foreign correspondent, Russell Jones, on assignement. Jones worked for ABC News, and is being filmed for an evening news segment on political events in Bud...
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Otto's Tavern

Date: 08 25 1946
Description: Unidentified man outside of Otto's Tavern.
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Air Pollution Inspector

Date: 1975
Description: Color photograph of an air pollution inspector wearing sunglasses is holding his badge near the door emblem on his International Scout II pickup. The truck...
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Halle Steensland and Family

Date: 1875
Description: Halle Steensland and his wife Sophia pose with their five children (left to right: Morten, Henry, Edward, Halbert and Helen) in front of their home in Mapl...
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Interior View of Suspension Bridge

Date: 1877
Description: View towards men and women sitting and standing, beneath the lower deck of a suspension bridge (train uses upper deck). There are two booths (for tolls or ...

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