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Women's Basketball Team

Date: 1911
Description: Group portrait of women's basketball team.
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Buddy's Place

Date: 02 27 1942
Description: Two women pose next to gambling machines at Buddy's Place, in the township of Rib Mountain. The bar operated as a house of prostitution.
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When the President Comes to Town

Date: 1979
Description: Congressman David Obey introduces a local resident (back to camera), to President Jimmy Carter. Many photographers stand around the edge of the group and a...
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Pro-Life Demonstrators

Date: 1979
Description: A group of pro-life demonstrators holding protest signs assembled to greet President Jimmy Carter during a visit to Wausau. The group is confined behind ba...
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Welcome Peace President Jimmy Carter

Date: 1979
Description: President Jimmy Carter's visit meant extra duty for the local police force. An elevated sign in the background reads "Newman High School, Welcome, Peace Pr...
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Baseball in Wausau

Date: 1905
Description: Young boys playing baseball on a baseball field. One of the boys is running towards first base after hitting the ball, while another boy, in the infield, a...
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Obey and Law Enforcement

Date: 1963
Description: State Assemblyman David Obey, Marathon County Sheriff Louis Gianali and Harvey Woodward looking at a map. Harvey Woodward was a veteran of law enforcement ...
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Wisconsin Circuit Court

Date: 1895
Description: Wisconsin Supreme Court in session at the second hearing of the trial of Emery, Lord and Houston for murder. The case also had two Circuit Court hearings.<...
Poster

Back The Boys, Do it Now

Date: 1918
Description: Poster promoting a war fund drive in Marathon County, bordered by American flags and logos for the "Marathon County War Fund, Back the Boys," featuring an ...
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Mosinee Goes Communist for a Day: Stockade

Date: 05 01 1950
Description: Caption reads: "Citizens of Mosinee who could not show proper credentials were thrown into the stockade. Photo shows women pleading for food as armed guard...
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Mosinee Goes Communist for a Day: Propaganda Films

Date: 05 01 1950
Description: Caption reads: "Simulated Communist Control-The local movie theater is seized by Communist authorities and pictures confiscated with Communist dominated fi...
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Mosinee Goes Communist for a Day: Red Raid

Date: 05 01 1950
Description: Caption reads: "Simulated Communist seizure--Editor Francis Schweinler, (Left) of the local paper is seized by Communist Commisar[sic] Joseph Kornfeder as ...
Postcard

Wausau Cardinals Basketball Team

Date: 1915
Description: Text on the basketball reads: "Wausau Cardinals '15." Five young men are sitting on small stools for a studio portrait. The man in the center is wearing sh...

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