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Holiday Canned Food Drive

Date: 11 22 1955
Description: Thomas Constable (left) and Walter Medenski (right), pose in front of canned food gathered by pupils at the Center Street school for the Salvation Army's T...
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Aldo Leopold

Date: 1940
Description: Caption on negative sleeve: "Aldo Leopold and son Luna (standing); Mrs. Leopold and two daughters Nina and Estella (kneeling). 'Shack' in background." The ...
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Teenagers Listening to WVLR at the Eagle's Nest

Date: 1965
Description: Teenagers studying and playing pool at the Eagle's Nest, a popular teen hangout in downtown Sauk-Prairie. The Eagle's Nest had a juke-box, but the WVLR (Wi...
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Farm Boys Playing Basketball

Date: 1929
Description: Boys practicing for winter basketball games on the farm of Marcus Johnson.
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Sedgwick County 4-H Band

Date: 1929
Description: 4-H band from Sedgewick County, Kansas. The band attended the International Harvester livestock show and Boys & Girls Club conclave.
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Electric Hair

Date: 01 10 1966
Description: Gail Lukas' hair stands on end when she places her hand on a Van de Graalf generator in a demonstration by the Atomic Energy Commission for junior high sch...
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High School Girls

Date: 1929
Description: Group of stylishly dressed girls from a Wisconsin high school posing outdoors.
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Chemistry Experiment

Date: 05 25 1951
Description: Chemistry experiment by two men being conducted with steam rising from equipment.
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Out of Action

Date: 01 13 1967
Description: Dejected skier at home with cast and crutches, after breaking her leg practicing for competition.
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Splash Party

Date: 08 01 1970
Description: To escape the heat, teenage girls have a water fight in the backyard pool they built.
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The Answer Machine

Date: 11 13 1963
Description: A question is fed into a "computer" created by the mathematics club at John Marshall Junior High School. This was a project in observance of American Educa...
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Class in Session

Date: 05 01 1963
Description: A female student leads a class of fellow students. She is a member of the Future Teachers of America Club.
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Young Girl on Telephone

Date: 1950
Description: A teenager sitting on a bed talking on the telephone.
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May I Use the Phone?

Date: 1950
Description: Two teenage girls are both interested in talking on the telephone.
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A Teenage Girl on the Telephone

Date: 1950
Description: A kitchen counter is a good perch for a teenage girl's telephone conversation.
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First Aid Kits

Date: 05 09 1955
Description: Seventh grade students putting together first aid kits to have at home.
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Women and Young Girls Posing in Dresses and Hats

Date: 1907
Description: Outdoor group portrait of women and young girls posing in dresses and flowered hats in an urban area, perhaps near the McCormick Works Club House. There ap...
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Young Worker Sands Wooden Wagon Wheel Section

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Description: Young man - possibly a teenager - sanding a section of a wooden wagon wheel with a belt sander at International Harvester's Accurate Engineering Works.
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Model Airplane Company

Date: 1940
Description: Assembly line packing by the Supreme Model Supply Co., a model airplane company started by Waukesha teenagers in 1940.
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Fans at Sporting Event

Date: 03 15 1957
Description: High school fans in the bleachers cheer on their team during a night game.

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