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| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | Jean Nicolet (1598-1642) was the first European to see Wisconsin and was a prominent French explorer who, for many years, lived among the Indians of Quebec... |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | Maypole dancers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on Bascom Hill (Main Hill). In the foreground is the Lincoln Monument. In the distance is the Wiscon... |
| Date: | 04 06 1969 |
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| Description: | Children walking out of church after the Easter Sunday service at St. James United Methodist Church at 1114 West Brown Street. |
| Date: | 1957 |
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| Description: | Photograph of a completed painting by artist Robert Thom titled: "The Founding of the United States Pharmacopeia". The painting depicts a scene from the fi... |
| Date: | 06 01 1957 |
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| Description: | Graduates in caps and gowns attend the graduation ceremony. |
| Date: | 06 14 1940 |
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| Description: | Boy Scouts and others recite the Pledge of Allegiance during Madison's first public Flag Day ceremony held at the UW football stadium. |
| Date: | 01 26 1945 |
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| Description: | Kresge $1.00 Store, located at 13 South Pinckney Street, with a window display of Valentine cards and folders. |
| Date: | 12 28 1934 |
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| Description: | "Miss 1935," one-year-old Lois Ann Endres, daughter of Emil and Berniece Endres, 534 W. Mifflin Street, standing in an overstuffed chair wearing top hat an... |
| Date: | 07 20 1932 |
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| Description: | Outdoor group portrait of women at Nakoma Golf Course on Guest Day. |
| Date: | 08 15 1945 |
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| Description: | Crowds at the corner of East Mifflin Street and North Pinckney Street on V-J Day, August 15, 1945, the day on which the Allies announced the surrender of J... |
| Date: | 10 18 1952 |
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| Description: | Central High School Homecoming King, Miles Kiefer; Queen, Mildred Fish; attendants Bonnie Willmoth, Shirley Jackson, Peggy Swadley, and Beverly Larson; and... |
| Date: | 09 02 1918 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Labor Day parade on the Capitol Square, at King Street, featuring a float that has the words "Win The War For Freedom" on the front. |
| Date: | 04 22 1970 |
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| Description: | Gaylord Nelson speaking at a podium on Earth Day with a flag partially visible in the background. |
| Date: | 04 1970 |
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| Description: | Gaylord Nelson speaking at a podium during Earth Week with an American flag in the foreground, and the Earth Day flag behind it. |
| Date: | 04 21 1970 |
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| Description: | Crowd gathering for the first Earth Day march. Someone is holding the ecology flag. The Wisconsin State Capitol is in the background. |
| Date: | 08 14 1948 |
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| Description: | Spring Green's float entitled "The Century Limited," in Sauk County's Wisconsin Centennial Parade. |
| Date: | 03 08 1950 |
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| Description: | Three "Irishmen" in the St. Patrick's Day mood. Left to right: Tom McManus of Central High School, Jo Gilbert of Edgewood High School, and "Rusty" Moran of... |
| Date: | 04 26 1950 |
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| Description: | Margaret, age 11 months, sitting on a couch. She is the daughter of Dr. Lester and Elizabeth Antonius of 221 South Owen Drive. The portrait was taken as pa... |
| Date: | 04 26 1950 |
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| Description: | Joan Carol, 3 years, and Ruth Ann, 15 months, daughters of Lieut. Col. Glenn and Mrs. Stell of 5-D University Houses, sitting on a couch for a portrait. Th... |
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