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Boy with Watermelons at Farmers' Market

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Description: Boy posing with watermelons under a wooden stand at the Farmers' Market. The Wisconsin State Capitol is in the background.
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Waiting for the Bus

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Description: An elderly woman sitting on a bench while waiting for a bus in a bus shelter. Behind her is a window which looks down the street.
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Lynette Margulies and Friend

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Description: Lynette Margulies (left) and a friend holding signs and protesting against the "Madison Press Connection" newspaper. They are looking at a person standing ...
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State Street Bust 02

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Description: A police officer apprehending a shoplifter on the sidewalk along State Street.
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Students Picketing on Library Mall

Date: 1976
Description: Students protesting the Kuomintang's authoritarian control of Taiwan on Library Mall at the Calvary Lutheran Chapel. In the foreground a man is leaning aga...
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Mrs. Karl's Delivery Man

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Description: A Mrs. Karl's delivery man holding a loaf of bread near the open door of a delivery truck.
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Woman Wearing Sash

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Description: Waist-up portrait of a woman (Pat) with a scarf on her head, posing with a sash over her sweater that reads, in part: "Living God". She is wearing mittens ...
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Deep Snow on Lakeland Avenue

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Description: A car on Lakeland Avenue is buried in snow during a blizzard. A bumper sticker on the car reads: "Nature Bats Last." In the background a person is shovelin...
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The Cinema Theater on Atwood Avenue

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Description: View from from the Severson service station (currently Monty's Blueplate) of the Cinema Theater on Atwood Avenue. Snow is on the ground.
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Tom Di Salvo

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Description: A grocer sorting through produce in Di Salvo's Italian grocery store.
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Equinox Festival

Date: 09 09 1978
Description: A group portrait of musicians posing with a banner at the Equinox Festival. Seated in front from left to right are Tony Castaneda, drummer Ken Koepler (kne...
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Manpower

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Description: Rear view of men walking down the sidewalk at the intersection of Pinckney and Main Streets.
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Truck Stop Pay Phones

Date: 1983
Description: Truck drivers using pay phones at a truck stop off Interstate 90.
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Madison Muskies

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Description: A young ballplayer warming up at the Madison Muskies ballpark in Warner Park.
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Nuns on Campus

Date: 1975
Description: Two nuns walking past a graffitied wall on the University of Wisconsin campus.
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Majestic Marquee

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Description: Woman on ladder changing the letters on the marquee at the Majestic Theater on King Street.
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Friends

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Description: Two friends outdoors near railroad tracks. In the background is the historic Wilson Hotel, on the corner of E. Wilson and S. Blair Streets.
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Women's Transit Authority

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Description: A driver sitting in the driver's seat is talking on the car radio while awaiting passengers for the Women's Transit Authority. The WTA was a sexual assault...
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Claude Gregory Shoots a Layup

Date: 12 01 1979
Description: Claude Gregory showing good body control as he leaps off-balance for a layup over East Tennessee State guard Rusty Poole. Larry Petty is positioning himsel...
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Marques Johnson Takes the Ball to the Rim

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Description: Marques Johnson of the Milwaukee Bucks drives the ball to the rim over David Thompson (33) and John Kuester (10) of the Denver Nuggets.

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