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First to Fly — Army Demonstration

Date: 09 1908
Description: Among the spectators present to watch Orville Wright's demonstration of the Wright Flyer at Fort Myer, Virginia, were Lt. Frank P. Lahm (left), one of the ...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Champion

Date: 07 24 1949
Description: Pierre Slightam (right), winner of the 11th annual Madison Soap Box Derby, is congratulated by Warren Jollymore, director of the Wisconsin State Journal...
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Madison Soap Box Derby

Date: 08 18 1935
Description: Fred Raemisch, 16, of 2234 E. Johnson Street, sitting in his championship soap box derby car, #41. This was the first official soap box derby held in Madis...
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4-H Members Showing Bovines

Date: 1935
Description: Two young men who are 4-H members are each standing and holding a rope lead next to a young bovine, possibly at the Iron County Fair.
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Boys after Pie-Eating Contest

Date: 1936
Description: Four boys smiling with pie filling on their faces standing around a table with four empty pie tins. Behind them is a large crowd of children.
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 178-186

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Description: The fife and drum are not so innocent
the vulture's eye is on the dance
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 793-799

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Description: Either way, the sides are bridged,
from wine to water, cutting back to wine

Paradoxical appointments, anticipated hour —

No one event can ...
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Brenda Wilz at Packers Game

Date: 10 1996
Description: Brenda Wilz at Green Bay Packers game.
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Vietnam Veteran

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Description: Outdoor portrait of a Vietnam veteran. He has military bars on his shirt, and a crowd of people is behind him. He is at an anti-war demonstration and took ...
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Bike Race Competitors

Date: 1938
Description: Two bike race competitors pose with their bicycles in a field as an admiring crowd stands behind them. One man wears a "stars and stripes" shirt and a bere...
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Governor Vernon Thompson and Elephant

Date: 1958
Description: Governor Vernon Thompson (left) has his hand on the trunk of an elephant, the symbol of the Republican Party. The elephant is draped with a banner that rea...

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