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| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Mounted on a ladder, a man is poised to empty a bucket onto the open umbrella of a man sitting on a sidewalk bench. |
| Date: | 02 18 1948 |
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| Description: | Three University of Wisconsin co-eds sporting "outsize" beauty spots lampooning a fad that is sweeping the country for a stye show sponsored by the Univers... |
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| Description: | Angie Vail and Alice Bedard pose in an attempt to break up a staged fight between Robert Vail and Sprague Vonier, while Harold Gauer lies on the ground und... |
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| Description: | A close-up of a human foot with a sprung "Sure Catch" mousetrap on the big toe. |
| Date: | 06 08 1939 |
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| Description: | Governor Julius Heil squirting milk from a cow on a parade float. The Governor climbed aboard the float during the dairyland parade, a part of Milwaukee's ... |
| Date: | 11 13 1943 |
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| Description: | Four war correspondents, (left to right), Robert Doyle of the Milwaukee Journal, an unknown man, Ralph Boyce of YANK Army Weekly magazine and... |
| Date: | 07 1943 |
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| Description: | Gag photo of Robert Doyle with his head seemingly sticking out of a box. Above the box is a sign that reads: "TRASH BOX." The box and sign are attached to ... |
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| Description: | Portrait of a man sitting indoors in a chair with his eyes closed. A bottle is resting on his shoulder, and a sign has been placed on his lap that reads: "... |
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| Description: | Composite image of a man wearing a suit standing in front of the Gisholt Machine Company entrance. He is looking up at a man scaled as tall as the building... |
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| Description: | Sid posing as a hobo, standing on a ladder on the back of a box car. He is wearing a wristwatch, and is looking over his left shoulder and carrying a bindl... |
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| Description: | Funny portrait of a man looking up at a Gisholt machine resting on top of a his bald head. Below the round Gisholt trademark is the number 372-7306A. |
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| Description: | View from street of two men standing on the sidewalk in front of the Hofstetter tavern. The Gisholt sales representative standing on the left is holding a ... |
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| Description: | Sid sitting on a stool at the Karabis Bar with a cigar in his mouth. He is holding an umbrella in his right hand and a drink in his left hand, being filled... |
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| Description: | Photographic cutout of a man driving an automobile pasted over another image of parked cars. The automobile appears to be flying over the row of cars. The ... |
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| Description: | A man is standing on the top of a racing car and posing as if the car is in motion. The man is wearing a white jumpsuit with patches on the chest, eyeglass... |
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| Description: | NEW: Sid is standing outside of Mel's Food, begging with his hat in his hands. Sid is wearing sunglasses and has a cigar in his mouth. The back of a passe... |
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| Description: | View from sidewalk of Sid sitting in jail with a cigar in his mouth while reading a Gideon Bible. Sid is looking out of the iron gate of a stone building, ... |
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| Description: | Portrait of a man with a pipe in his mouth posing while standing between storage shelves holding a large piece of cardboard or paper in the shape of a "U."... |
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| Description: | A man wearing rain gear is holding a pot of seafood with a fish in his mouth while standing in the center of tables during a Ducks Unlimited dinner. Men ar... |
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| Description: | Text in large red lettering reads: "Opinions Are Like Aholes, Everybody Has One!" over an amorphous shape of a person's rear end. |
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