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Fireplace at Hull Cottage

Date: 1915
Description: Tile fireplace inside the Hull cottage on Madeline Island. Display of Native American artifacts and other items are on the mantel. The Hull cottage, a.k.a....
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Christian Frautschi Furniture Store

Date: 1895
Description: Members of the Frautschi family pose at the Christian Frautschi Furniture Store. From left to right are Alice, Irving, Christian and Arthur Frautschi.
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Sheehy's Pharmacy

Date: 02 20 1941
Description: Interior of Sheehy's Pharmacy. On the left is a lunch counter and soda fountain. Customer tables are to the right, surrounded by displays for toiletries su...
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Wright's Model For Service Station

Date: 1931
Description: An architectural model of a village-type roadside service station designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
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Roadside Service Station Model

Date: 1926
Description: Architectural model of a village type roadside service station designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Men are standing behind the model, and there is a fire in th...
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Buckhorn Tavern

Date: 1949
Description: Customers sitting at the bar in the Buckhorn Tavern. There are five mounted deerheads above the bar. The bartender is standing behind the bar.
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Modern 1970s "Pad" Furnished in Plexiglas

Date: 1971
Description: "Modern" 1970s style room with "love" design, white vinyl chairs, flowered coffee mugs and Plexiglas furnishings. Includes a stack of records with "The In ...
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Joe's Place

Date: 05 20 1931
Description: Interior of Joe's Place with bartender, possibly Joseph Puccio. The bar was located at 786 W. Washington Avenue in what was known as the Greenbush neighbor...
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Cafeteria

Date: 10 13 1980
Description: Empty cafeteria in state office building.
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Community Polio Vaccine

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Description: Tables are set up at a City Hall basement lobby as a venue for public access to the polio vaccine.
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Election Booths and Volunteers

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Description: Elevated view of a gymnasium that has been converted into a place where citizens can vote on election day.
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International Harvester Cream Separator Exhibit

Date: 11 12 1927
Description: Exhibit of McCormick-Deering ball-bearing cream separators by International Harvester.
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General Store Interior

Date: 1920
Description: Counters and display cases show goods for sale in the General Store.
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McCormick Foreman's Banquet

Date: 04 17 1907
Description: Large group of men sitting and posing at long dining tables in the Club House of International Harvester's McCormick Works factory. The men are attending t...
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Alexander Legge

Date: 1929
Description: Alexander Legge (1866-1933) signing a statement titled "Quality and Costs" for an advertising poster. Legge was president of International Harvester Compan...
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International Harvester Office Workers

Date: 1914
Description: Women and men at work inside an office. The women are using typewriters. A large advertisement for International motor trucks is on one wall.
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Madison Public Library

Date: 11 15 1945
Description: Elevated view of interior of the Madison Public Library, 206 North Carroll Street. Margaret Nordholm, on the left, and Emma Bryan on the right are standing...
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Park Hotel Liquor Shop

Date: 03 19 1945
Description: Interior view of the Park Hotel liquor store, 22 South Carroll Street, with tubular metal table and chair sitting in the middle of the room.
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State Employees Making Surgical Dressings

Date: 08 17 1942
Description: State female employees making surgical dressings / bandages for the American Red Cross in the Wisconsin State Employees Association building, 448 W. Washin...
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Manchester's, Inc., Baby Shop

Date: 04 08 1941
Description: The Baby Shop at Harry S. Manchester's, Incorporated, 2-6 East Mifflin Street, with clothes and changing table.

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