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Labor Works For Highway Safety

Date: 1969
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...
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Christmas Returns

Date: 12 26 1982
Description: A Target retail store is flooded with customers returning Christmas gifts.
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New World Life Insurance Agents

Date: 10 05 1945
Description: New World Life Insurance Company, 110 East Main Street, with ten male agents.
Photograph

New World Life Insurance Agents

Date: 10 05 1945
Description: Group portrait of six Madison agents of the New World Life Insurance Company. One man is sitting at the desk, and five men are standing around him, at 110 ...
Photograph

Manchester's Department Store Photo Studio

Date: 11 29 1944
Description: The photo studio department in Manchester's Department Store. A man is assisting a female customer, while female employees do their work.
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Selling Defense Savings Bonds

Date: 01 1942
Description: Man and woman consider buying Defense Savings Bonds and Stamps from a clerk at a basement CUNA Credit Union National Association office.
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First National Bank of Edgerton Officers

Date: 04 17 1931
Description: First National Bank of Edgerton officers, who witnessed robbery, posing and standing outdoors in front of the bank.
Poster

Champion Harvesting Machines Advertisement

Date: 1890
Description: Advertising poster for Champion brand agricultural machines, manufactured by Warder, Bushnell and Glessner Company. The main illustration depicts a salesma...
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Joe Rothschild and Barbara L'Hommedieu

Date: 03 30 1945
Description: Joe Rothschild, Dane county chairman of the United National Clothing Collection, is shown receiving a donation from Barbara L'Hommedieu, daughter of Mr. an...
Photograph

International Harvester Dealership

Date: 04 1929
Description: Elevated view of a customer at the sales counter of O.T. Kercheval's International Harvester dealership. Advertising posters and a calender are on the wall...
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Rennebohm Drug Store 25-Year Club

Date: 05 20 1952
Description: Oscar Rennebohm, president of Rennebohm Drug Stores, Inc., welcoming two new members to the Rennebohm Drug Store 25-year club at the firm's annual pension ...
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Black Earth State Bank

Date: 1925
Description: View across street of a group of men standing on the sidewalk in front of the bank. A streetlamp hangs from a utility line.
Print

Thurston Good Luck Card

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Description: Two-sided playing card used for advertising by magician Howard Thurston (d. 1936), arguably the greatest magician of his day. The reverse side of the card ...
Print

Dell O'Dell

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Description: Advertising brochure for Dell O'Dell, one of a few professional female magicians.
Photograph

Run on the First National Bank

Date: 04 1905
Description: Elevated view of street scene of a run on the First National Bank. The sidewalk is crowded with people, spilling into the street. A horse-drawn buggy is dr...
Print

August Kroll Letterhead

Date: 1888
Description: Letterhead of August Kroll of Leopolis, Wisconsin, dealer in hardware, stoves, and tinware, with an image of the interior of a store and customers being he...
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Girl Scout Cookie Sale

Date: 02 08 1956
Description: F.S. Brandenburg, a long time supporter of camping, gives his annual Girl Scout Cookie order to Black Hawk Girl Scout Louise Youngquist. The cookie sale ha...
Print

Farm Your Farm

Date: 1915
Description: Advertisement for the Peoria tractor featuring two photographs of men plowing in a field with tractors, along with the headline "Farm Your Farm. The Tracto...
Photograph

Ringling Brothers Circus

Date: 08 17 1892
Description: Elevated view of crowd gathered at the intersection of First and Main Streets to watch a calliope and chariot riders in a circus parade, probably the Ringl...
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Ringling Brothers Circus

Date: 08 17 1892
Description: Elevated view of a crowd gathered at the intersection of First and Main Streets to watch a bell wagon pass in a circus parade, probably the Ringling Brothe...

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