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Women in the Rain

Date: 1900
Description: Three women in hats and long skirts walk with umbrellas in the rain.
Photograph

Rainy Day

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Description: A street scape with people holding umbrellas walking on a sidewalk in the rain. The street shows a business section, and there is a horse-drawn vehicle in ...
Photograph

Rainy Day Traffic

Date: 1941
Description: Automobile traffic, with a street railroad car in the background, on a rainy day.
Book or Pamphlet

International School Bus Brochure

Date: 1981
Description: Front cover of a brochure advertising International Schoolmaster school buses. Features children boarding a bus in the rain. The children are wearing yello...
Photograph

Holy Hour at Breese Stevens Field

Date: 09 09 1945
Description: Archbishop Moses E. Kiley of Milwaukee and other clergy at the altar on Breese Stevens Field celebrating Holy Hour. Intentions of the Holy Hour for this ye...
Photograph

Two Women on Rainy Street

Date: 1910
Description: Several pedestrians cross a city street on a rainy day.
Photograph

Flood Victims

Date: 
Description: A group of flood victims stand in the rain after (Hurricane) Betsy at Algers Naval Base, where conditions were inadequate for them.
Print

International Litho Artists and Engravers Insurance and Protective Assn. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead proof for the International Litho Artists and Engravers Insurance and Protective Association of the United States and Canada, of Milwaukee, Wisc...
Photograph

Geraldine Ferraro on the Campaign Trail

Date: 1984
Description: Democratic vice-presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro greets supporters while campaigning. A little rain failed to dampen their enthusiasm for the first...
Poster

Rural Highways Poster

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Description: A poster promoting the importance of good roads. Image includes a horse-drawn wagon in the driving rain.
Photograph

Clinton-Gore in Wisconsin

Date: 1992
Description: Bill Clinton (standing) and Al Gore (in the red shirt to Clinton's right) campaigning together in Wisconsin. Although the precise location is unidentified,...
Photograph

IH 3400 Commercial Bus at Hotel de la Monnaie

Date: 1995
Description: View towards an International model 3400 Commercial Bus parked in front of the Hotel de la Monnaie. The bus is white with red and blue stripes, with the "I...
Postcard

Ringling Brothers Circus Parade

Date: 
Description: Photographic postcard of an elevated view of the Circus Parade on a rainy day. Crowds of people line the street, and many are holding umbrellas.
Photograph

Albert Basserman, Actor

Date: 1940
Description: Albert Basserman is seen on the set of the film "Foreign Correspondent." He is walking up a flight of stairs in the rain holding an umbrella. A crowd of pe...
Photograph

Running for Cover

Date: 1965
Description: Visitors to the Wisconsin State Fair running for shelter at the onset of a sudden rain shower.
Photograph

Long Voyage Home Marquee

Date: 1940
Description: View down sidewalk towards people standing in a line outside a movie theater showing the film The Long Voyage Home. Many people are holding umbrella...
Photograph

Outdoor Living Week

Date: 05 25 1961
Description: A woman and three children standing under umbrellas behind a barrier in the street during Madison's Outdoor Living Week activities.
Photograph

Elzie Higginbottom, U.W. Quarter-Miler Runner

Date: 05 04 1963
Description: Elzie Higginbottom, U.W. star quarter-miler, winning his event at an outdoor track meet against Iowa.
Postcard

Depot on a Rainy Day

Date: 1908
Description: View across road towards the Chetek train depot on a rainy day. People are walking along the platform and walkway, some carrying umbrellas. Caption reads: ...
Photograph

Rain on a Dreary Winter Day

Date: 12 03 1953
Description: A solitary woman is carrying an umbrella while crossing the street at the intersection of South Carroll and Main Streets. The Wisconsin State Capitol is in...

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