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Model Builders' Reunion

Date: 1984
Description: A reunion of former members of Hangar 13, an organization of Beloit boys that built and raced model airplanes during the 1930s.
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Model Train

Date: 03 03 1987
Description: Members of the Kettle Moraine Railroad Club operate an HO gauge railroad on a 7x25 foot platform at a weekend model railroad show.
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Fair Concessions

Date: 07 10 1985
Description: People, including a very eager little girl, stand around a concession stand to buy popcorn, peanuts, cotton candy, snow-cones, and other snacks at the 50th...
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Eddie Carthan Victory Party

Date: 1982
Description: Victory celebration for Eddie Carthan, the black activist mayor of Tchula, Mississippi. Carthan was convicted on charges of robbery and murder in 1981. Thi...
Drawing

"Rainbow Warrior II" Blueprint

Date: 06 09 1986
Description: A blueprint prepared for Emile de Antonio by the de Pavloff Company in San Francisco. The blueprint is a rendering of "Rainbow Warrior II," a proposed nava...
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Men Pose Before the Parade

Date: 08 1984
Description: Huber Oechsner and Jim Polster pose with a Beck Motors parade entry.
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Frank Zetzman in Performance

Date: 1983
Description: Artist Frank Zetzman, sitting on a stone wall and wearing a head sculpture created from native vegetation for a grant-funded on-site performance piece conc...
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Nick Stassi at "Tell It Like It Was" Event

Date: 04 20 1982
Description: Nick Stassi, proprietor of Stassi's Children's Shoes, giving a speech about the Greenbush neighborhood at a "Tell It Like It Was" oral history event at the...
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Audience Members at Nick Stassi Event

Date: 04 20 1982
Description: Audience members (from left to right: Gina S., Hazel Kline, Cathy Coberly, Otto Masshardt) at a Nick Stassi speech ("Business as Usual"), as part of the "T...
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Preparations for the 3rd Annual Greenbush Reunion

Date: 1982
Description: Nancy Schmelzer holds up a sign about the 2nd Annual Greenbush Reunion, as Pete Gianquinto stands beside her. Seated from left to right are Josephine Brasc...
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Gene Boyer

Date: 1987
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Gene Boyer, a founder and the first treasurer of the National Organization for Women (NOW).
Poster

"Stop the Arms Race" Poster

Date: 1983
Description: Social action poster advertising 'STAR.' Depicts a star over the Venus symbol. The original caption reads: "Star. Stop The Arms Race. Bruxelles Brussel 8.3...
Photograph

Skate-A-Way for ERA

Date: 10 23 1980
Description: Several women and children are walking, riding bicycles, or on roller skates. Some are carrying signs that read: "Equality of rights under the law shall no...
Poster

What are Your Taxes Buying in El Salvador?

Date: 1987
Description: Poster advocating against United States governmental support for the Salvadoran military and government. The poster reproduces a photograph of people, incl...
Poster

Anti-Kaminer Poster

Date: 1987
Description: A flyer issued by Kach International opposing Reuvin Kaminer who was coming to Madison to give a talk.
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Poster About Kaminer Lecture

Date: 1987
Description: A flyer announcing a lecture by Reuvin Kaminer, an Israeli peace activist.
Poster

We Share the Dream

Date: 1983
Description: Poster with an illustration of Martin Luther King Jr. against a red background. Text at top reads: "20th Anniversary Mobilation for Jobs, Peace and Freed...
Poster

The March on Washington

Date: 1981
Description: Poster with an illustration of people at the Washington Monument. The background is black, and the color pink is used on a sign that reads: "Solidarity," a...

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