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Aldo Leopold

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Description: Aldo Leopold, UW Professor of Wildlife Management, posing with binoculars around his neck. He is about to embark on an inspection and bird-watching tour of...
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Dale Farm

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Description: A scrapbook page containing five photographs of John R. Commons and farm labor. The handwriting in the center reads: "Dale Farm with AL and Windy." Caption...
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Marlboro Billboard

Date: 04 1973
Description: A Marlboro cigarette billboard advertisement looms over King Street.
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Rodgers' Vin Fiz

Date: 1912
Description: Calbraith Perry Rodgers, with a cigar characteristically clenched in his jaw, was the first man to fly across the United States. He undertook this flight i...
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Lee with Passenger

Date: 1932
Description: Clyde Allen Lee (left), who grew up in Larsen, Wisconsin, and John Bochkon, a last-minute passenger, before they took off to attempt a trans-Atlantic fligh...
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Carvers at the Wisconsin Historical Society

Date: 1899
Description: Three stone cutters (probably Italian) working on decorative details over the east entrance of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin (Wisconsin Histori...
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Native Americans near Keshena

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Description: Native Americans on the Menominee Reservation near Keshena, Wisconsin. A white man in the foreground appears to be drawing something out of camera range. T...
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Daisy Bates and L.C. Bates

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Description: Daisy Bates and L.C. Bates, apparently wearing press badges, standing outdoors talking with an unidentified man. L.C. Bates, who is wearing a camera, is ap...
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Racine Elks in Oversize Hats

Date: 1908
Description: Outdoor group portrait of the Racine Chapter of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks wearing suits, hats with oversized brims with large flower deco...
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Jacksons at Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 1900
Description: Russell Jackson (?), Joseph W. Jackson, and Dr. James A. Jackson, Sr., (with cigar), in front of the Wisconsin State Capitol.
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Big Bill Thompson and Friends

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Description: "Big" Bill Thompson (center) poses with two friends from Chicago in front of a lodge.
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Boating on Lake Superior

Date: 1945
Description: Three men power boating on Lake Superior. Two of the men are smoking cigarettes.
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Log Cabin

Date: 1914
Description: Log cabin known as the "haunted house" on Rock Island, remodeled by Chester Thordarson. There are three people sitting on the porch.
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Fisherman with Fish

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Description: A fisherman sitting in a boat is holding a cigar and posing with lake trout.
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Mine, Mill, and Smelters Union

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Description: Mine, Mill & Smelters Union reading by a lake at Highlander Folk School. Will Thomas, second on the right, smoking a pipe.
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CIO Students Reading

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Description: Two CIO students reading books outside at Highlander Folk School. One book is titled, "The CIO and World Affairs".
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Food, Tobacco, and Agricultural Workshop Participant

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Description: A member of the Food, Tobacco and Agriculture workshop at Highlander Folk School posing near a tree with a fedora and cigar in his hand.
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South Alabama Fertilizer Coop

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Description: Members of the South Alabama Fertilizer Coop loading bags of fertilizer into a train car.
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Ole Emerson's Lumber Property

Date: 1904
Description: Winter scene with lumber workers hauling a large log with horses.
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Fishermen

Date: 1910
Description: Group portrait of fishermen.

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