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Ho-Chunk Ceremonial Performers

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Description: Ho-Chunk ceremonial performers posing on the sandy riverbank in front of a steamboat and rock formation.
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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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McCormick General Office Building

Date: 1875
Description: Newspaper engraving of the building at Randolph and Dearborn Streets that served as the McCormick General Office from 1879 to 1885. An American flag flies ...
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Union Supporters Cheering at Waushara Rally

Date: 1966
Description: A group of National Farm Workers Association members and supporters applauding rally speakers in front of Waushara County Courthouse. A march to the rally ...
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Truck Moving Statue at Mission San Juan Bautista

Date: 1970
Description: View of an International C-O 4070A Transtar truck parked with the metal statue "St. Francis of the Guns" on a trailer with three flags attached. The statue...
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Truck Towing Santa Claus Float in Parade

Date: 11 25 1976
Description: Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. The Macy's storefront can be seen in the background. A cream and white International Harvester Scout 4x4 is pulling a float...
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Truck Towing Motorcycle Daredevil Themed Parade Float

Date: 11 25 1976
Description: Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. The Macy's storefront can be seen in the background. A white and brown International Harvester Scout 4x4 is pulling a float...
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Truck Towing Santa Claus Float in Parade

Date: 11 26 1976
Description: Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. A cream and white International Harvester Scout 4x4 is pulling a float with a Santa Claus theme. On the float, a group of r...
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Voting Rights Protesters

Date: 1964
Description: View towards sidewalk of a line of demonstrators carrying signs during a Freedom Summer civil rights demonstration. A man walking along the sidewalk holds ...
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"Peter's Special" Stock Train

Date: 12 06 1910
Description: View from snowy ditch looking down side of stock train. The engineer is looking out of the locomotive window, and another man stands on the tracks near the...
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Hansen's Scandia Restaurant Menu

Date: 1953
Description: Front and back of one-page menu from the Scandia Restaurant, with a whimsical cartoon map rendering by Hakon Mielche of the Scandinavian countries and the ...
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Gridiron Club Spring Dinner Menu

Date: 05 21 1949
Description: Menu, mounted on board, for the spring dinner of the Gridiron Club, with a cartoon by (Clifford K.?) Berryman of "Dr. Truman's Utopia Elixir: Relief for Ev...
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Engine No. 1549

Date: 06 23 1912
Description: A railroad crew posing with Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway Engine No. 1549 before going to the Guiding Star Picnic at Kansasville, Wisconsin. On ...
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Engine No. 931

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Description: View down railroad tracks towards engineer Louis Peterson standing in the gangway next to Engine No. 931. Another man is standing on the tracks near one of...
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Television Crews Outside the Republican Presidential Debate

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: A camera operator is filming a reporter outside the Milwaukee Theater at the Republican presidential debate. Other television crews are setting up their eq...
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Michael Petyo with a News Reporter

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: Michael Petyo is shaking hands with a reporter from 12 News, as a camera operator is filming them. Petyo is wearing a suit and a red flower pin. Another ma...
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Need Two Tickets

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: View down grassy lawn bordered by trees towards two men wearing suits who are walking along a metal barricade blocking the sidewalk and street on the righ...
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Televised News Crews at the Republican Presidential Debate

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: Slightly elevated view of two reporters, Veronica Macias from TMJ4, and a man from WFRV-TV Local 5, who are standing on grass behind metal fence barricades...
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Reporting the Republican Presidential Debate

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: A young male reporter for WFRV-TV Local 5 is holding a microphone and talking to the camera, which is operated by a camera operator standing in the foregro...
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Captain America Outside the Republican Presidential Debate

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: Two women are operating cameras recording a reporter who is holding a microphone up to another man, Todd Eiler, dressed as Captain America. Todd holds a si...

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