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| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Summertime view of people at tables on University of Wisconsin-Madison Memorial Union terrace, looking out to canoes and sailboats on the lake. In the back... |
| Date: | 11 1946 |
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| Description: | A vigorous campaigner, Joseph R. McCarthy relaxes in front of a log cabin fireplace after his electoral campaign. |
| Date: | 06 14 1944 |
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| Description: | Private Edward Garbarszyle, with a football in his hands, is kneeling over Lorian Day demonstrating that games at the beach are sometimes not much fun for ... |
| Date: | 06 14 1944 |
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| Description: | Pat Stevens is lying on her stomach, and Donna Arnold is checking her for the first signs of angry red indicating the first stages of a sunburn. |
| Date: | 11 18 1944 |
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| Description: | Five boys gathered around the table at the opening of the LOFT youth center. Left to right: Gordon Findorff, Maple Bluff; Dick Sandersen, 919 Vilas Avenue;... |
| Date: | 11 18 1944 |
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| Description: | Three girls in front of the fireplace in the Blue Room at the LOFT. The following students are from Wisconsin High School, left to right: Kate Tegge, 149 W... |
| Date: | 06 25 1945 |
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| Description: | Five campers sitting on their towels in the sunshine at Camp Wakanda, YMCA camp on Lake Mendota. Left to right: Bill Wood, Tommy Reese, Jimmy Fleury, Walte... |
| Date: | 09 27 1945 |
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| Description: | Three farm wives are taking a break at the terrace plowing demonstration and conservation field day on the Carl Ribbke farm near Ableman. From left are Mr... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Artwork showing man with his feet up in front of a woodburning stove. A dog is sleeping on the floor at the farmer's feet. A woman uses a rolling pin in an... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Pela Rosen Alpert, holding badminton racket, at a cottage belonging to the Schain family; Sweden. |
| Date: | 09 19 1949 |
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| Description: | The knotty pine recreation room of Byron and Mary Burch house at 205 South Owen Drive. The room includes a bar with stools and a mirror in the shape of a s... |
| Date: | 06 1942 |
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| Description: | Off- duty shipmate on United Fruit Company's S.S. Santa Marta. The man is wearing a first mate hat and a white t-shirt. Behind him is a sink with a ... |
| Date: | 06 1942 |
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| Description: | A member of the United Fruit Company's S.S. Santa Marta relaxing in his bunk while reading a book in Spanish and smoking a cigarette. The man is on ... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Two soldiers laughing and relaxing under a tree in Panama. One man is lying on his back and the other man is leaning against him. They are both wearing wor... |
| Date: | 06 1948 |
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| Description: | "This working party at Firemen's Park, drinking Pioneer beer, is (L-R) Peter Bodden, Jack Burns, Philip Schwinn, & ?." |
| Date: | 12 21 1943 |
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| Description: | Technical Sergeant Leonard Stoltz (left) and Technical Sergeant Warren Fuhrman (right), both of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, relax in front of a tent at a base in... |
| Date: | 01 14 1944 |
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| Description: | Two officers sit on improvised seats (boards on barrels) at the T-Beach Whittling Club, located on the north coast of New Guinea (present day Papua New Gui... |
| Date: | 01 14 1944 |
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| Description: | Three men sit on improvised seats (boards on barrels) at the T-Beach Whittling Club, located on the north coast of New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea... |
| Date: | 01 22 1944 |
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| Description: | A soldier, Sergeant Robert Witzlsteiner of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, reads TIME magazine with his very muddy boots propped on a box. His rifle is across... |
| Date: | 02 03 1944 |
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| Description: | Soldiers and officers relax in the "Tropical Inn," a tent that has seating and a raised wooden floor, at Saidor, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea).... |
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