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Mayor Law and Chic Sale

Date: 07 20 1933
Description: Mayor James R. Law presenting the keys of the city to Chic Sale, former Dane County land owner and character impersonator performing at the Orpheum Theater...
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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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House - Coleman Wedding

Date: 08 07 1926
Description: Mildred House and Lloyd Coleman wedding party, with the bride and groom with the maid of honor and best man standing outdoors in front of the church doors.
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House - Coleman Wedding

Date: 08 07 1926
Description: Mildred House and Lloyd Coleman wedding. The bride and groom are standing with guests in front of 1st Methodist Church, 203 Wisconsin Avenue.
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House - Coleman Wedding

Date: 08 07 1926
Description: Mildred House and Lloyd Coleman Wedding Party, with the bride and groom with maid of honor and best man.
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House - Coleman Wedding

Date: 08 07 1926
Description: Group portrait of Mildred House and Lloyd Coleman wedding party and guests in front of the 1st Methodist Church, 203 Wisconsin Avenue.
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East Koshkonong Church

Date: 1874
Description: View of the East Koshkonong Church, a stone church built in 1858 and rebuilt in 1893. One grave marking and a stone fence are in the foreground. A brick wa...
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Frank Lloyd Wright Birthday Party

Date: 1956
Description: Elevated view of guests at Frank Lloyd Wright's 89th party in the courtyard of Taliesin. Taliesin is located in the vicinity of Spring Green, Wisconsin.
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Lincoln Tomb

Date: 1874
Description: View across lawn toward the Lincoln Tomb, the final resting place of Abraham Lincoln, his wife Mary, and three of their four sons, Edward, William, and Tho...
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Grand Army of the Republic Reunion

Date: 06 1928
Description: Outdoor group portrait of some of the members of the Grand Army of the Republic at a reunion.
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May Day at Wilson College

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Description: Students kneel in the grass and wave banners during a May Day ceremony at Wilson College while faculty and students gather on the lawn to watch. The colleg...
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Mowrer-Cole Wedding

Date: 04 28 1939
Description: The wedding of journalist Richard Scott Mowrer of the "Chicago Daily News" (hat in hand) and Rosemund Emily Cole in Rome, Italy. Mowrer had just been expel...
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Happy Holidays

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Description: Color photographic holiday card from Governor and Mrs. Earl and family, governor of Wisconsin, 1983-1987. To the right it reads: "Happy Holidays" with "The...
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Christ Churchyard

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Description: View of a stone burial vault at Christ Church Cemetery, founded in 1808.
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Spanish Burial Grounds

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Description: View into the ruins of a stone burial vault in Spanish Burial Grounds.
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Memorial Day

Date: 1968
Description: "Memorial Day."
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Throwing Rice After the Ceremony

Date: 09 30 1978
Description: As a bride and groom leave the First Unitarian Society Meeting House, they are showered with rice.
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Truck Pulling Float with Giant Turkey

Date: 11 25 1976
Description: Thanksgiving Day Parade, either Macy's Parade in Manhattan, New York, or Gimbels' Parade in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A red and white International Harve...
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Group of Pilgrims at St. Anne's Shrine

Date: 1928
Description: Pilgrims gathered outside the shrine. Many of the people are sitting on the ground among the tree. There are banners hanging in front of the stone chapel.
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Mission Church

Date: 1933
Description: The Catholic church of St. Francis Solanus is located on the Lac Courte Oreilles reservation. The church was built 1923-1924 of native pipestone under the ...

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