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| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | A group of onlookers watches as an International Six-Speed Special truck ascends a ramp in an International Harvester tent at the Indiana State Fair. A cas... |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | Cardboard cutouts of a man and a girl with a doll demonstrate the use of a cream separator. Cans of oil are arranged nearby. The display may have been part... |
| Date: | 1965 |
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| Description: | Nighttime view of theater entrance. Doorway has a fabric overhang with the theatre name printed on each side. Posters for Robert Lewis and Tom Daily flan... |
| Date: | 1958 |
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| Description: | Peavey Falls group of dancers and musicians from the Menominee Indian Reservation in Wisconsin. The group is standing in front of a building with a sign th... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | The boys' bedroom of the Richard Lloyd Jones residence, 1010 Walker Court (now 1010 Rutledge Court). Several pennants decorate the walls, including those o... |
| Date: | 08 18 1948 |
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| Description: | A young woman and a young man with a poster announcing the '48-'49 opening of the LOFT on September 18, with Don Voegeli's 15 piece orchestra. |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Exterior of stage entrance. The state door is below a fire escape that connects to a white balcony to the right. Below the balcony is a poster for the Mil... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | A pioneer Scandinavian immigrant hotel on Clinton Street, south side, built before the Civil War. Posters are a board on the left side of the house, and a... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Three ladies and four men examine a McCormick-Deering 6-can milk cooler at a dealership or branch house. The photograph was taken in a large well-lit room ... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Streetcars are lined up in front of the buildings on the right. On the left people are walking down the sidewalk. A poster hangs from the front of the trol... |
| Date: | 10 06 1948 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Conservation Department Display. |
| Date: | 11 09 1948 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of the winners of the Madison Fire Fighters union poster contest, held in conjunction with the annual Firemen's ball. Left to right in the f... |
| Date: | 11 16 1948 |
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| Description: | Seven members of the Madison CARE committee looking at a poster about CARE Week. Left to right are Rev. W.B. Waltmire, Madison Council of Churches; Rabbi ... |
| Date: | 1977 |
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| Description: | Young girl standing in front of a large document of family history displayed on a board. There is a large group of people in the background. |
| Date: | 12 11 1948 |
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| Description: | Berg's Sporting Goods window at the corner of 2123 Atwood Avenue and Division Street, featuring Thompson boats and Evinrude motors. |
| Date: | 1941 |
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| Description: | Orson Welles on podium in front of giant 'Kane' backdrop, in scene still for "Citizen Kane". |
| Date: | 1946 |
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| Description: | A poster made for the Purim party of the "Survivors Club". The sign reads: "The Jews will not experience Purim again." The sign is inspired by the hanging... |
| Date: | 01 24 1949 |
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| Description: | Four Wisconsin High School female students painting posters for the Philomathia formal to be held February 19 at Wisconsin High School. Philomathia is a gi... |
| Date: | 02 02 1949 |
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| Description: | University of Wisconsin Winter Carnival general chairman Hans Hopf, and Joan Schroeder, both wearing sweaters, are shown admiring one of the trophies award... |
| Date: | 02 07 1949 |
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| Description: | Three women preparing for a YWCA benefit party to send representatives to an YWCA conference. Delores Nelson, left, is painting a poster. Violet Fisher, c... |
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