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Dow Chemical Demonstration

Date: 1967
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison students clash with riot police during campus demonstration to protest Dow Chemical involvement in the Vietnam conflict. He...
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Actor as Army Officer

Date: 1857
Description: An actor dressed as an army officer, holding a saber, for the performance of "Black Hawk, or Lily of the Prairie," a drama written by Mary Elizabeth Mears ...
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Wisconsin Air National Guard

Date: 1954
Description: A Wisconsin Air National Guard F-89 Scorpion at Truax Field. Armaments for this fighter included two air-to-air rockets capable of being armed with nuclear...
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Monster Knife

Date: 1990
Description: A woman holds the monster knife and its sheath. Giant knife presented to John Fox Potter by Missouri Republicans after Potter's threatened duel with a Virg...
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Manchester's, Inc., Scrap Paper Window Display

Date: 09 07 1944
Description: H.S. Manchester's, Inc., window display promoting saving paper. Shows fake bomb falling on various ammunition with slogans that read: "Get in the Scrap," "...
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Stan Cutler's Bar X Tavern

Date: 08 25 1941
Description: Stan Cutler's Bar X Tavern interior, 123 East Main Street, the bar and booths have a Western theme.
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Dutch Tavern

Date: 04 01 1941
Description: Interior of Dutch Tavern, back bar, 121 North Blount Street.
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Dutch Tavern

Date: 04 01 1941
Description: Interior of Dutch Tavern, 121 North Blount Street, featuring pinball and cigarette machines.
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Howard Hahn with a Shotgun

Date: 08 23 1932
Description: Howard Hahn, a young boy, holding the shotgun used to foil a kidnap attempt in rural Morrisonville.
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Military Ball Sabre Arch

Date: 04 15 1932
Description: Military ball sabre arch.
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Display of Pocket Knives

Date: 10 09 1930
Description: Display of pocket knives. Photograph for Wisconsin Engraving Co.
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Capitol Theatre Marquee

Date: 08 17 1930
Description: Capitol Theatre marquee at 209 State Street reads: "Eric Remarque's World's Best-Seller 'All Quiet on the Western Front,'" with usher and several bystander...
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Native American Artifacts

Date: 1926
Description: Prehistoric Wisconsin Native American implements and weapons, from the Wisconsin State Historical Society collection.
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Four Lakes Sports Co. Workshop Interior

Date: 10 30 1946
Description: Interior of Four Lakes Sports Company at 2441 East Washington Avenue. Shows part of office, workshop, and gun rack with guns, in relation to open stairway....
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Large Group of Kehl Dancers

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Description: A large group of female dancers of varying ages pose in a variety of costumes at the Kehl School of Dance. The young girls in the front row wear dresses ad...
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Centennial Encampment on Lake Monona

Date: 1876
Description: Four men in front of tent in the woods. There is a man with a hatchet next to a clothesline between two trees. This is a Centennial encampment on the shore...
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View of Capt. L.M. Lange's Company

Date: 1876
Description: Quite possibly this is the "View of Capt. L.M. Lange's Company" listed in the "Centennial Views of the City of Madison, July 4th, 1876. Views of Chicago Li...
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Members of the Chicago Traveling Club

Date: 1875
Description: Members of the Chicago Traveling Club are encamped on the shores of Lake Mendota and are posed with their tents, guns, cooking equipment, boat, paddles, sh...
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View of Guard Tent and Guard

Date: 1876
Description: Quite possibly this is the "View of Guard Tent and Guard" listed in the "Centennial Views of the City of Madison, July 4th, 1876. Views of Chicago Light Gu...
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Group of Campers at McBride's Point

Date: 1879
Description: A group of campers at McBride's Point at Maple Bluff on Lake Mendota near Madison, Wisconsin. They are equipped with German exercise equipment (exercise pi...

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