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Description: | Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of William F. Vilas posing with one hand on a law book and the other inside his long overcoat. |
Date: | 1900 |
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Description: | Studio portrait of Magnus Swenson. He was a Norwegian immigrant who made his name in business and as an inventor. He served on the Wisconsin Capitol Buil... |
Date: | 08 22 1927 |
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Description: | Charles Lindbergh, a former University of Wisconsin student, speaking to a large crowd at Camp Randall Stadium after his history-making trans-Atlantic flig... |
Date: | 08 1927 |
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Description: | Charles Lindbergh, Mayor Albert G. Schmedeman, and Governor Fred R. Zimmerman, during the visit of Lindbergh to Camp Randall, on his tour after crossing th... |
Date: | 08 22 1927 |
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Description: | Crowd greeting the "Spirit of St. Louis" when Charles Lindbergh flew to Madison on August 22, 1927. The crowd at Pennco Field (Royal Airport)was so large ... |
Date: | 08 22 1927 |
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Description: | Charles Lindbergh landing the Spirit of St. Louis, a Ryan NYP at Pennco Field (Royal Airport). This stop was one of only two appearances made in Wis... |
Date: | 02 20 1954 |
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Description: | Zoo director George Speidel and members of the Milwaukee County Zoological society talking over plans for the new zoo while looking at a tentative model fo... |
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Description: | Two men are posing standing on a steam tractor on the right, probably a Linnell, attached to sod-breaking plows steered by two men on the left. Behind them... |
Date: | 1896 |
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Description: | A boy and a man are holding up small white pine trees, while workers are planting them at Alexander Lake's nursery. In the background are horses and wagons... |
Date: | 1905 |
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Description: | Four men harvesting grain in a field with two horse-drawn McCormick binders. (D.R. Robbins?) |
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Description: | Customers pose at the soda fountain counter. Clerks are behind the counter. |
Date: | 1950 |
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Description: | Man driving an International Harvester Farmall M tractor which is pulling a forage harvester next to a truck. |
Date: | 1900 |
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Description: | Man operating a McCormick horse-drawn grain binder in a field. A tugboat is pulling sailing ships on a body of water in the distance. The photograph appear... |
Date: | 1939 |
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Description: | A foldout, illustrated poster for a Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) youth program featuring images of teenaged boys working. The text reads: "The CCC — A... |
Date: | 03 16 1946 |
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Description: | Thomas Lackland, proprietor of Lackland Pharmacy, poses with a clerk behind a well-stocked counter, full of a variety of personal hygiene items. |
Date: | 07 09 1970 |
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Description: | Picket line of striking Northwest Airlines ticket agents and office workers who were represented by the Brotherhood of Railway and Airline Clerks. |
Date: | 1953 |
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Description: | A group of carpenters pose in front of an unfinished building. The caption reads "Carpenters union donate wages to community fund". |
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Description: | A woman sits at a Union Label booth, perhaps at a county or state fair. |
Date: | 1969 |
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Description: | Three men, including Governor Patrick J. Lucey, pose in front of a sign that reads: "Labor Works For Highway Safety. Make Labor Day Weekend A Safe, Pleasan... |
Date: | 1912 |
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Description: | Children working in a vegetable cannery as the supervisor with pipe in his mouth stands over them. |
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