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Amateur Baseball in the Park

Date: 1938
Description: The catcher squats as the batter gets ready to swing at a pitch while the umpire looks on. This image was taken as part of the WPA Federal Writers Project...
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WPA Work at the State Fairgrounds

Date: 1939
Description: A WPA program on the State Fair Grounds. The workers have dug a long trench, and the project probably concerns improved sanitary facilities for the fair, a...
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Horse Pulling Contest

Date: 1936
Description: Horse pulling contest at an unidentified Wisconsin county fair. At the time, farmers were making the transition from horse-drawn equipment to tractors and ...
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Crystal Lake CCC Camp

Date: 1935
Description: Barracks buildings at the Crystal Lake Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp.
Book or Pamphlet

Wisconsin Circus Lore

Date: 1937
Description: Cover of "Wisconsin Circus Lore" written by the Federal Writer's Project in Wisconsin and bound by the Milwaukee Handicraft Project. The cover features a d...
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Wisconsin Worker's Alliance Float

Date: 05 01 1938
Description: The Wisconsin Worker's Alliance May Day parade float. The float has three workers on it with tools and signs read "Roosevelt's Recovery Program: Never More...
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Jump River CCC Clerks with Trophies

Date: 1935
Description: Russ Edlerkin, Army Chief Clerk in shorts and tank top; George Arthur Weidner, Army Chief Clerk holding two trophy cups; unknown F.S. Clerk holding two tro...
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Sid Boyum Painting a Mural

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Description: Sid Boyum painting a Works Progress Administration (WPA) mural of a toy shop. The 1940 census lists Sid as an artist/government worker for the Toy Loan Pro...
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Display for Madison Toy Loan

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Description: Display for the Madison Toy Loan program, set up in the corner of an industrial building. Signs for the display read: "Madison Toy Loan takes toys, like th...
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Mess Hall, Camp Madison

Date: 1935
Description: View between rows of tables inside the mess hall of Camp Madison. This was the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp created at the Arboretum of the Unive...
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Camp Madison, 2670th Company

Date: 1935
Description: View of several cabins in winter. A path has been cut through snow to the camp. This is Camp Madison, the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp located at...

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