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Schlitz Train Celebrating End of Prohibition

Date: 04 07 1933
Description: Schlitz train and group of revelers, celebrating the end of prohibition in Milwaukee. Schlitz Engine #8027 departs to deliver the first Schlitz beer at 12:...
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Celebrating the End of Prohibition

Date: 04 07 1933
Description: Overhead view of bar and crowd in Fauerbach Brewing Co. tavern at 651 Williamson Street, celebrating the end of Prohibition.
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First Unemployment Check in Wisconsin

Date: 08 17 1936
Description: Neils Ruud, 824 E. Dayton Street, receiving the first unemployment compensation check issued in Wisconsin from Voyta Wrabetz, chairman of the state industr...
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N.C. Wyeth Depiction of McCormick Reaper Demonstration

Date: 1931
Description: Painting by N.C. Wyeth depicting the public demonstration of the first reaper by Cyrus Hall McCormick at Steele's Tavern, Virginia in 1831. The painting sh...
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"The Pharmacopeia and the Physician"

Date: 06 07 1937
Description: View of a U.S. Pharmacopeia exhibit titled: "The Pharmacopeia and the Physician", at the American Medical Association conference. The informational display...
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"Prescribe U.S.P. Therapeutic Agents" Exhibit

Date: 1931
Description: View of an U.S. Pharmacopeia exhibit at the 1931 American Medical Association Conference. The exhibit showcases hypnotics, digitalis, analgesics, and iodin...
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Presentation of Portrait of Edward Kremers

Date: 1932
Description: View of a ceremony in which an oil portrait of University of Wisconsin pharmacist Edward Kremers was unveiled. Pictured are (right to left): Nellie Wakeman...
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100,000th Farmall Tractor

Date: 04 12 1930
Description: Cyrus McCormick III riding the 100,000th Farmall tractor off the Farmall Works assembly line. The tractor was painted silver to mark the occasion. At the f...
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New Year's Baby

Date: 12 28 1934
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...
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Women at Nakoma Golf Course

Date: 07 20 1932
Description: Outdoor group portrait of women at Nakoma Golf Course on Guest Day.
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Women with Mayor Schmedeman

Date: 10 14 1931
Description: A group of women representing Disabled American Veterans posing with Mayor Albert G. Schmedeman and a plaque proclaiming Forget-Me-Not Day.
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Chi Phi House Homecoming Decorations

Date: 10 18 1930
Description: Chi Phi House, 200 Langdon Street, with the facade decorated as a theater with a marquee for homecoming. "See the Badgers in 'Smashing Pennsylvania.'" 1st ...
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100,000th International Farmall Celebration

Date: 1930
Description: Elevated view over crowd towards an executive who is speaking to workers assembled by the receiving department at Farmall Works to celebrate the 100,000th ...
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Helene Greenwood and Jean Dyer

Date: 1931
Description: Helene Greenwood and Jean Dyer pose wearing hats and long dresses at the Bowman Park dedication.
Poster

Swiss Day Celebration Poster

Date: 07 1931
Description: Advertisement for a celebration to commemorate the 640th anniversary of the founding of the Republic of Switzerland and the 86th anniversary of the foundin...
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Strawberry Festival

Date: 1938
Description: Three men pose with boxes of Wisconsin strawberries at the Strawberry Festival. From left to right are Rex Eberdt, who is the manager of Warrens Fruit Grow...
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McCormick Celebration Luncheon Menu

Date: 09 25 1931
Description: Luncheon menu and program from a McCormick Celebration at Washington and Lee University, with an etching of a three-quarter view of Cyrus McCormick's first...
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Menu for Farewell Dinner on Board R.M.S. Volendam

Date: 01 22 1939
Description: Exterior and page from the interior of the menu for the farewell dinner aboard the R.M.S. Volendam, with party streamers and dinner guests in formal...
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At Muscoda's First Cheese Day

Date: 10 24 1930
Description: Man sitting in driver's seat of a Skelly Truck promoting itself with banners and streamers. In the background on the right is a church.
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At Muscoda's First Cheese Day

Date: 10 24 1930
Description: Group portrait of children in costume posed on the back of a truck decorated with streamers for the Cheese Day Parade. Some of the children hold handwritte...

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