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Theodore Roosevelt in Milwaukee

Date: 10 14 1912
Description: President Theodore Roosevelt leaving the Chicago and North Western depot after arriving in Milwaukee on his October 14th, 1912 visit, during which he was s...
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Lindbergh Returns

Date: 08 22 1927
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...
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Flying Tea Party

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Description: A tea party on an airplane, a publicity stunt conceived by Harry Bruno to promote his Cleveland-area airline, Aeromarine Airlines. By taking local reporter...
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Oliver Chilled Plow Works Advertisement

Date: 1883
Description: Lithographed advertising card for the Oliver Chilled Plow Works commemorating the new year, 1884. The card features two color illustrations within a gold f...
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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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Submitting Petitions for the Progressive Party

Date: 06 18 1934
Description: Two men and a woman are turning in signature petitions to Secretary of State Theodore Damann to form the Progressive Party.
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Placing Order for First Legal Beer

Date: 03 15 1933
Description: Donald Huseby, office manager of the Fauerbach Brewery, receiving from Herman Lochner, police reporter for the "Capital Times," an order for the first case...
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Four Male Fashion Models

Date: 03 31 1933
Description: Ed Kinsley, Ray Wichman, Bill Johns and Phil Coon, on the Sigma Chi steps, 630 N. Lake Street, modeling clothing from the Co-op for the "Daily Cardinal."
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Fashion Model in Capitol Park

Date: 03 31 1933
Description: Lois Montgomery, standing next to the railing around the Wisconsin State Capitol, modeling a coat and Fez hat from Baron Brothers Department Store, 14 W. M...
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Man Posing in Factory Office

Date: 1905
Description: Man lounging against a full bookcase in an office area at McCormick Works in Chicago. A second man can just be seen behind the bookcase. A large dark room ...
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June Dieckman, Newspaper Reporter

Date: 12 02 1945
Description: June Dieckman, police reporter for the "Wisconsin State Journal," shown examining a hole in a ventilating pipe cut by two federal prisoners attempting to e...
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Man Outdoors Taking Photograph

Date: 1912
Description: A man prepares a camera to take a photograph, while two other men stand behind him. The man is likely an International Harvester company photographer. The ...
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Queen of America's Dairyland

Date: 10 20 1946
Description: Betty Gene Gardner, Ridgeway, who was chosen Queen of America's Dairyland at the 1946 Wisconsin State Fair, is shown boarding a train for the Dairy Industr...
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Charles Christopher Parry, Botanist

Date: 1865
Description: Full-length carte-de-visite portrait of Charles C. Parry (1823-1890), American Botanist. Parry is most famous for his botanical research in the southern Ro...
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Photographer at Work near a River

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Description: A photographer is setting up for a shot of a man by a river. Across the river are buildings with advertisements and signs. A large log transport is on the ...
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Job Applicant at St. Paul Works

Date: 1941
Description: A job applicant interviews at International Harvester's St. Paul Works. Original caption reads: "Medium Caliber Artillery Gun Manufacture. H.E. Palmer, ind...
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Milt Polland at Desk

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Description: Milt Polland wearing eyeglasses and a bow tie sits at a cluttered desk with framed photographs visible on the wall in the background. Gauer worked for Poll...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Winner

Date: 08 02 1950
Description: Larry Laverty of Mineral Point accepts a sports jacket as the prize for being the runner-up in Class B of the Madison Soap Box Derby. Presenting the jacket...
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Wisconsin State Journal Editor Leaving for World Tour

Date: 01 15 1952
Description: Roy L. Matson, editor of the Wisconsin State Journal, boarding a plane to start a 25,000-mile air tour of Europe and the Near East under the sponsorship of...
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Two Journalists Depart for World Wide Tour

Date: 01 15 1952
Description: University of Wisconsin journalism professor Graham Hovey (left) and Wisconsin State Journal editor Roy Matson confer at the Madison airport before departi...

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