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| Date: | 05 30 1904 |
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| Description: | Chromolithograph of Old Abe, Wisconsin War Eagle. The title reads: "Memorial Day in Wisconsin Schools." |
| Date: | 06 17 1949 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of the Reverend and Mrs. Francis J. Bloodgood, former pastor of St. Andrews Episcopal Church and their family, taken at their home, 1102 Lin... |
| Date: | 08 14 1948 |
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| Description: | A covered wagon pulled by oxen, and a stage coach pulled by a team of horses in the "Century of Transportation" section of Sauk County's Wisconsin Centenni... |
| Date: | 04 1973 |
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| Description: | The city of Burlington is visited by Gaylord Nelson during an Earth Week celebration. The photograph shows a horse-drawn carriage riding down main street, ... |
| Date: | 08 19 1906 |
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| Description: | View of a parade for Old Homecoming Week. A marching band led by a man on horseback marches down a crowded commercial street, decorated with flags and bunt... |
| Date: | 09 13 1952 |
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| Description: | Joellen and Jean Schroeder kneeling on the floor beside their dog, Brownie, during National Dog Week. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Bernard Arms holding a firearm poses on a parade float decorated in an autumn theme, including a stuffed bear, fox, and squirrel. The parade was a part of ... |
| Date: | 06 26 1954 |
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| Description: | Winkie, the elephant from Vilas Park Zoo, is led by her keepers from indoor winter quarters to her large outdoor elephant yard. This is the 4th annual "com... |
| Date: | 09 07 1997 |
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| Description: | "Pioneer Days is celebrated at Firemen's Park. Civil War reenactors, in period garb, put on a show of battlefield conditions." |
| Date: | 04 22 1952 |
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| Description: | Menu from the Inaugural Luncheon of the Half-Century Club of the National Association of Tobacco Distributors, with a pioneer driving a team of horses pull... |
| Date: | 11 27 1950 |
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| Description: | Front cover of the menu for a dinner given by Nazrollah Entezam, President of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly during its fifth session and leader ... |
| Date: | 10 02 1917 |
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| Description: | Carte du jour Meatless Tuesday menu from the Hotel Wisconsin, with the hotel's logo, a badger standing over the letter "W." |
| Date: | 10 20 1962 |
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| Description: | An associate of U.W.'s "World-Famous" Primate Laboratory holding out a two-month old monkey for a young smiling girl to pet as her parents are looking on. |
| Date: | 1953 |
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| Description: | Two-fold, imprinted invitation in gold ink on off-white card stock to the annual Ice Chipper event. The cover graphic is humorous play on the fisherman as ... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Certificate for Gisholt Ice Chippers, with a cartoon of group of fishermen, milling about turned over wine bottles and cheering as an oil rig gushes fish o... |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Two-fold, imprinted invitation in red ink on white card stock to the annual Ice Chipper event. The cover graphic is a cartoon of a warmly dressed man expir... |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | Four-fold, copy art greeting card with two photographs. One on the front shows a man's hands writing "Greetings" on a card next to a photograph of Sid smok... |
| Date: | 1970 |
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| Description: | Young student's crayon and watercolor art inspired by Earth Day, consisting of a sun with a smiling face surrounded by a field of blue filled with birds an... |
| Date: | 1970 |
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| Description: | Young student's crayon and watercolor art inspired by Earth Day, consisting of a fish jumping out of the water at the center of a sun design and surrounded... |
| Date: | 1970 |
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| Description: | Young student's crayon and watercolor art inspired by Earth Day, consisting of Earth seen from space overlapping the Moon. A fish, a bird, and a sun decora... |
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