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Fudge Party

Date: 1890
Description: College students at the University of Wisconsin having a fudge-making party around a small gas burner.
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Chris Copus Family

Date: 10 29 1934
Description: Portrait of seven of the twelve members of the Chris Copus family standing beside a pot belly stove in their makeshift garage home on Roth Street. They wer...
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Farm Utilities Co. Interior

Date: 02 16 1931
Description: Farm Utilities Co. interior, 124 S. Butler Street. There are four men standing with water heaters, a Quaker cook stove and Quaker furnaces.
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Mitchell Sales Company Employees

Date: 04 05 1930
Description: Mitchell Sales Company sales force posing in front of the store, 204 East Main Street. Kitchen ranges are on display in the windows.
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Executives Examine New International Freezer

Date: 1947
Description: Three executives pose in front of the new International Harvester freezer at International Harvester's Evansville Works. The Evansville Works also produced...
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Four Men Photographed for Hankscraft Company

Date: 10 1946
Description: Group portrait of four men, including one in uniform, taken for the Hankscraft Company, 1007 East Washington Avenue. Photograph may include Marshall W. Han...
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Mr. and Mrs. Perry at Dankolers Home

Date: 1902
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Perry posing in the Dankoler house. Syl is seated on the floor in front of them, and Harry stands on the far right near a cast iron stove.
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Sewing Machine Delivery Truck

Date: 1925
Description: View from across street of a small truck loaded with two "Singer Electric Sewing Machines" parked in front of a store. The store, identified as "The Hat S...
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Pointon Appliance

Date: 1946
Description: Four men pose in front of the Pointon Appliance store, 132 Fourth Avenue, located between the Al. Ringling Theatre and Trimpey Studio. Signs advertise Fri...
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Farm Family Eating Dinner

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Description: Mother, father, and seven children seated at a kitchen table eating dinner.
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Group in Front of Log House

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Description: Standing in the yard in front of a log house is a man standing and holding crutches in the middle, a woman on the left holding a small girl who is perched ...
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 750-757

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Description: Some towering hand-made genius had fighting words to sell
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Atomic Fallout Shelter Demonstration Project at 457 Togstad Glen

Date: 11 18 1960
Description: An atomic fallout shelter is on display at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Albert D. Hamann, 457 Togstad Glen. The shelter was built by the federal Office of Civi...

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