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| Date: | 05 1936 |
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| Description: | A view of the U.S. Pharmacopeia's exhibit at the American Medical Association's 1931 Conference in Kansas City. The exhibit includes printed reference mate... |
| Date: | 10 05 1936 |
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| Description: | The Liquor Shop, at 101 West Mifflin Street. Liquor bottles are on display in the show windows. A sign in the window reads: "Go Shopping in the Madison New... |
| Date: | 1957 |
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| Description: | View through the covered bridge over Cedar Creek in Ozaukee County on highway, about one mile north of Cedarburg. The last remaining covered bridge in Wisc... |
| Date: | 1923 |
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| Description: | Decorated for the 250th celebration of the discovery of the Mississippi River. The ribbons and banners are all American flag themed. The storefront to the ... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Exterior from Bascom Hill of side entrance of Birge Hall (Biology building) on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. A tree in front of the building ... |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | A sign with a garland around it, and pennants on poles are hanging above a plaque at International Harvester's Breslau branch house. The sign is in German,... |
| Date: | 09 04 1925 |
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| Description: | A man sits behind the wheel of an International truck used by the Ideal Laundry Company. In the background is a building with a sign over the door that say... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | A view of the entrance to the Daniel Boone Tavern, possibly from 1920. |
| Date: | 08 21 1952 |
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| Description: | A man, probably Walter Howaniec, stands outside the McCormick Works factory while holding two picket signs during a worker strike. |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the central business district. The Avoca Cooperative Company is on the street corner on the left. Three men congregate near a car parked a... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of bank building with empty lots on either side. The wording on the door reads, "Banking Hours 9 to 4." A "Milwaukee Mechanics Insurance" sig... |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | Exterior of the Chaseburg Cooperative Creamery. Smoke comes from the back of the building. There is an advertisement for C.R. Watterson, "the painless dent... |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | View down a cobblestone brick road. Stores on the street include: the Columbus Hotel, Tremont Hotel, and a drug store. |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | View across street of five men posing on the sidewalk outside the State Bank. Next door to the bank, on the left, is the City Meat Market. |
| Date: | 1983 |
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| Description: | "Marguerite Olsen, seated, was honored on this day. Her father, Frank Anninger, was a pioneer photographer who took many Theresa documentary photographs. A... |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Mindoro high school and grade school, housed in the same two-story, brick building. A plaque in front of the school commemorates Farmi... |
| Date: | 1965 |
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| Description: | Wilbur Cohen and Robert Ball sit on a stage behind a table listening to a speaker at the podium during a celebration of the 30th anniversary of the social ... |
| Date: | 08 14 1968 |
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| Description: | View towards podium of Wilbur Cohen presenting Arthur Altmeyer, the first director of the Social Security Board, with a plaque at the anniversary celebrati... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Black and white photographic postcard of Milwaukee Street, with storefronts, parked cars and a small monument in the middle of the street. Caption reads: "... |
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