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| Date: | 08 1928 |
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| Description: | John P. Wood of Wausau, winner of the 1928 National Air Reliability Tour, with his "Waco from Wausau." Also in the photograph are Wood's prizes: the Edsel ... |
| Date: | 04 03 1931 |
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| Description: | Harold Smith, University of Wisconsin football tackle, working his way through school by cleaning windshields at a Valvoline station. |
| Date: | 10 17 1945 |
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| Description: | An employee of the Royal Body Company, 9-13 North Brooks Street, operating an air hammer to straighten a dented fender of a automobile. |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | Dr. Butler, editor of the Progressive Farmer, and W.C. Mauley, manager of International Harvester's Memphis branch, stand together for a portrait on... |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | J. Robert Taylor standing in the middle of a street, holding a large camera. On the left, a car is driving by, and a person is walking on the sidewalk in t... |
| Date: | 03 02 1950 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Calvin Beverly, age 40, of 807 Mound Street. Beverly was one of seven employees of the Pyramid Motor Company, located at 434 West Gilman Street... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | The photographer stands beside an automobile with a 1935 Wisconsin license plate. Four large (possibly Norwegian) trunks with decorative painting are tied ... |
| Date: | 1972 |
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| Description: | Political scientist Samuel L. Popkin and his wife. This photograph was taken about the time Wisconsin-born Popkin was jailed for his refusal to testify abo... |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | Harry Houdini, the well-known escape artist, was born in Budapest, Hungary and raised in Appleton, Wisconsin. At the time of his immigration his name was s... |
| Date: | 02 17 1954 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Persh Curran, Service Director at Schappe Motors Incorporated, 801 East Washington Avenue. |
| Date: | 02 17 1954 |
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| Description: | Portrait of William "Bill" Zurian, in the car-repair business for 34 years. He has been recognized as a Master Technician after graduating from Chrysler Mo... |
| Date: | 07 04 1987 |
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| Description: | "The corn in John Schmidt's field at the intersection of Cty Tr P & Allen Road was knee-high plus a lot more on the 4th of July." |
| Date: | 10 1987 |
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| Description: | "Gordon Berg, left, Brownsville area farmer, posed with his hired helper at his state-of-the-art farm." |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | Russell Wepking, 14, posing beside an automobile. The son of Frank Wepking and a student at Strawberry School, Russell "Won distinction of having Grand Cha... |
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| Description: | An unhappy majority some of whom voted for frivolous reasons reflected the north/south split In their nascent paranoia, they preached their vi... |
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| Description: | Some towering hand-made genius had fighting words to sell |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | George Miller, a local barber, poses sitting in a Studebaker parked on a lawn. In the background are trees and a house. |
| Date: | 09 01 1965 |
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| Description: | Stanley Boyes is shown at his job as Body Shop Manager for Lou Ehlers Buick, Inc. He is featured in an article as an example of a Fair Share donor to the U... |
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| Description: | Sid standing with a fishing pole in his backyard. He is wearing folded down hip waders and he has a cigar in his mouth. He is standing with his foot proppe... |
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| Description: | Sid standing with a fishing pole in his backyard. He is wearing folded down hip waders and he has a cigar in his mouth. He is standing with his foot proppe... |
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