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Horse-Drawn Fire Wagon

Date: 1910
Description: Horse-drawn fire wagon coming down a cobblestone street in Milwaukee. The fact that automobiles are also in the photograph suggests that the transition to ...
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Motorcycle Police on Harley-Davidsons

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Description: World War II Harley-Davidson Army Models mounted by ever-alert Military Police, wearing uniforms and armed with guns.
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Fire Fighters on Ladders

Date: 1910
Description: Fire fighters on ladders climbing up to the windows of a burning building.
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Fire Fighters with Hose

Date: 1910
Description: Fire fighters on the ground spraying water from a fire hose.
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Dow Chemical Demonstration

Date: 1967
Description: Overhead view of large crowd of demonstrators being beaten back by police at the University of Wisconsin-Madison during the Dow Chemical demonstration on c...
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Fire Ruins

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Description: Aftermath of winter fire.
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Man on Tall Ladder

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Description: Fire fighting scene in which a man is at the top of a very tall ladder mounted on a hook and ladder fire truck. A group of men observe. A haze of smoke fil...
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Morey's Flying Billboard

Date: 04 17 1928
Description: Howard Morey posing in an airplane that advertised Pennco Oil, his distributorship of Waco airplanes, and his flying school. Two women sit in front of him....
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Boy Wearing Aviation Helmet and Goggles

Date: 10 24 1934
Description: Two photographs on one negative of a boy wearing an airplane pilot's helmet and goggles. For Sportman Aviation & Model Airplanes. 4907B-1 is the boy with...
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Central High School Football Squad

Date: 10 05 1933
Description: Group portrait of Central High school football squad.
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Two Central High School Football Players

Date: 10 05 1933
Description: Two Central High School football players. 4219B-1 is unknown. 4219B-2 is Ernie Mitchell, who is African American.
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Two Football Players at Edgewood High School

Date: 09 15 1931
Description: Two Madison Edgewood High School football players posing in uniform outdoors. Vic Ripp, all-city halfback (L) and Fonse Hughes, fullback (R). The Edgewood ...
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Wisconsin High School, Two Football Players

Date: 09 15 1931
Description: Wisconsin High School, with two football players in uniforms on the field.
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West High School Football Players

Date: 09 15 1931
Description: West High School, with two football players posing outdoors.
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Wisconsin High School Football Players

Date: 09 11 1931
Description: Wisconsin High School football players, Sheldon Loughborough and Bob Thistlethwaite, standing outdoors in uniform.
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Women Medical Students

Date: 04 06 1931
Description: A group of four women medical students wearing laboratory coats at Wisconsin General hospital. Left to right, Mrs. A.F. Kyhos is sitting at a microscope w...
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East High School Football Players

Date: 12 01 1930
Description: Two football players in uniform, on East High School stage. 2090B-1 = Ellistad 2090B-2 = Ferris.
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Middleton High School Football Players

Date: 11 19 1930
Description: Middleton High School football players, F. Thiede and G. Battes.
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Football Players

Date: 10 03 1930
Description: Portrait of two Madison West High School football players in action stances on a field.
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Football Player

Date: 09 29 1930
Description: Central High School football player outdoors on a field.

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