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Delivery of 4-H Accounting Award

Date: 05 20 1936
Description: 4-H County Agent Ray Aune delivers a McCormick-Deering cream separator to Miss Luella Pagel. Ms. Pagel was the winner of the state 4-H Accounting Award. Pi...
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Unveiling of Eleazer Williams Tablet by the D.A.R.

Date: 10 26 1927
Description: View of a crowd of formally dressed men and women standing around a stone monument with a plaque on it. The edge of what may be a large American flag is vi...
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Unveiling of the Eleazer Williams Tablet by the D.A.R.

Date: 10 26 1927
Description: View of a crowd of formally-dressed men and women standing around the plaque mounted on a a large rock.
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Young Adult Club Subscription Dance

Date: 12 26 1947
Description: From the left: Michael Dean, Jo Ann Donovan, Cameron Adams, and Mary Weston, at the subscription dance at the Madison club held for the teenage children of...
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Two University of Wisconsin Hoofers' Equestriennes

Date: 04 19 1948
Description: Two University of Wisconsin Hoofers' Club members who will ride in the annual horse show are shown sitting on a fence holding the reins of their horses. Pi...
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Staughton Lynd at an Anti-War Demonstration

Date: 03 26 1966
Description: Standing near the Lincoln Statue on Bascom Hill at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Historian Staughton Lynd speaks to a nighttime, anti-war demonstrat...
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Rodeo Horses and Riders

Date: 07 29 1950
Description: Five members of the Madison Junior Chamber of Commerce dressed in western costume prepare for a rodeo at the Dane County fairgrounds. Four of the members r...
Postcard

Kiddie Train at the Vilas Park Zoo

Date: 1960
Description: Colorful locomotive pulling several cars full of children at the Vilas Park Zoo (Henry Vilas Zoo). Although referred to as the "Kiddie Train," the caption ...
Photograph

Mount Washington Cemetery

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Description: A view of an elk atop the Elks Rest Monument in Mount Washington Cemetery. Gravestones and trees can be seen in the background. The inscription on the monu...
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Badger Kennel Club Dog Show

Date: 06 17 1952
Description: Mrs. C.L. Darling, route 3, Madison, with her Irish wolfhound, "Kilroman of Kellybrachen." The dog will be competing at the Badger Kennel Club dog show.
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Nukewatch at the Gate

Date: 01 1999
Description: Bonnie Urfer, one of the leaders of Nukewatch, speaking with local police officer Ken Johnson outside the Project ELF facility. Nukewatch was present for o...
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Saluting the War Dead

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Description: David Cline, a Vietnam War veterans and a national leader in Veterans for Peace and Vietnam Veterans Against the War, during a Memorial Day ceremony in Jer...
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Schnitzler Barn

Date: 2004
Description: Andy and Karen Schnitzler, owner/operator of the River View Hills and Apartments, 100 Kelly Boulevard, use this barn for their Community Center.
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Commandos L Marksmanship Class

Date: 1963
Description: Members of the anti-Castro group Commandos L practicing rifle marksmanship in the Everglades. A man with a rifle is crouching on the ground next to boxes o...
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Commandos L Marksmanship Class

Date: 1963
Description: Two members of the anti-Castro group, Commandos L, at rifle marksmanship training in the Everglades. One man lies on the gravelly ground aiming a rifle and...
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Commandos L Marksmanship Class

Date: 1963
Description: Rifle marksmanship class of the anti-Castro group Commandos L in the Everglades. A man is lying on the gravelly ground operating the bolt action of a rifle...
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Explosive Testing in Everglades

Date: 1963
Description: Member of the anti-Castro group Commandos L setting up to test an incendiary device in the Everglades. A man stands above a brown package in a gravel clear...
Photograph

Concord Chapter House

Date: 
Description: View of a colonial home which became the Daughters of the American Revolution Chapter House in 1894. Tombstones can be seen to the left behind the home.
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Milwaukee Industrial Exposition Association Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Milwaukee Industrial Exposition Association, with a three-quarter view of the association building, people walking, riding horses, and dr...
Manuscript

Neighborhood House Bike Hosteling Scrapbook: Summer 1942

Date: 1942
Description: Views of two different bike hosteling trips to Pine Bluff (Dane County) and Lake Mills (Jefferson County), sponsored by Neighborhood House, with girls rest...

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