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Men with Plow

Date: 1873
Description: Group portrait of men gathered in a farmyard, posed behind two plows. The plow in front has Argyle, Wisc. from Michalson Implement Company inscribed on the...
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Female Band Serenading Cows

Date: 08 1930
Description: The Ingenues, an all-girl band and vaudeville act, serenading the cows in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Dairy Barn in a scientific test of whether th...
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Men with Farm Tools

Date: 1879
Description: Five men, facing away from the camera, are standing in a field. Some of them are holding a rakes and a scythe. A boy is in the foreground facing the camera...
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Farm Family with Implements

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Description: A stonecutter, a cooper or smith (identified by the tools of their trade) and a girl with a pail are standing on the left in contrast to a group of ladies ...
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Madison College Group in front of Forest Products

Date: 04 21 1939
Description: Group portrait of students from Madison College, in front of Forest Products Laboratory, 709 Highland Avenue.
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Kennedy Dairy Wagon

Date: 03 13 1936
Description: View from street of Barney Miller, the driver, feeding hay to Ned, the oldest dairy horse in service in Madison. The horse is hitched to a Kennedy Dairy wa...
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Niglis Implement Store

Date: 07 23 1935
Description: Interior of Niglis Implement Store, an International Harvester dealership located at 724 Williamson Street, with four customers and three employees standin...
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Three Lost Children

Date: 06 26 1933
Description: Three lost children are sitting on the running board of a car and eating bananas. Left to right: Bobbie Simpson, 5, Vina Mae Simpson, 4, Harold Ring, 4. Th...
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Phi Sigma Delta Costume Party

Date: 02 21 1933
Description: Phi Sigma Delta fraternity costume party. Elevated view of men and women, with many of them in bib overalls.
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Triangle Fraternity

Date: 03 18 1932
Description: Group portrait of Triangle fraternity "farm" party. On the wall in the background is an advertising sign for Atlas Special Brew.
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Champion Wisconsin Cattle Judging Team

Date: 10 17 1931
Description: Group portrait of four boys that make up the Champion Wisconsin Cattle Judging Team.
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ESBMA Men Group Portrait

Date: 05 25 1928
Description: Group portrait of ESBMA (East Side Business Men's Association) men posing after clearing field for playground at Burr Jones Field, 1800 E. Washington Avenu...
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Family and Farm

Date: 1873
Description: Family and farm implements in a field with farm buildings and haystacks in the background.
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Williamson Family Poses outside with Grandmother

Date: 1873
Description: A family poses in a yard around a table. The grandmother appears to have an embroidery hoop in her lap. In the background on the right is a grindstone. Fur...
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W.A. Oppel Grocery

Date: 1896
Description: Grocers standing in front of the W.A. Oppel Grocery located at 116 East Main Street. The five men are standing on the sidewalk among bine and crates displa...
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Wisconsin Pest Control Conference

Date: 04 06 1950
Description: Group portrait of the 5th conference of the Wisconsin Pest Control, taken in the Crystal Ball Room of the Loraine Hotel.
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Wisconsin Pest Control Conference

Date: 03 29 1951
Description: Group portrait of attendees at the Wisconsin Pest Control 6th Conference in the Waubesa Room, Park Hotel, 22 South Carroll Street.
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Family Breakfast at Rennebohms

Date: 1979
Description: A family of four waits for their breakfast to be served at the Rennebohm Drug Store No. 4 restaurant in the Hilldale Shopping Center, 702 N. Midvale Blvd. ...
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Rennebohm Lunch Counter

Date: 1979
Description: Carlene, Corey, and Laura, pose with a group of customers at the lunch counter in a Rennebohm's Drug Store restaurant. Part of the restaurant and store is ...
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Farmer-Labor Unity Meeting Speakers

Date: 03 18 1944
Description: Six of the speakers for the farmer-labor "unity meeting" held at the Loraine Hotel; left to right: N.R. Johnson, head of the Railway Brotherhoods; Claude R...

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