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United Givers' Fund Red Feather Services

Date: 10 15 1957
Description: Mrs. Cass Williams, executive director of the Black Hawk Council of Girl Scouts, explains the workings of an outdoor stove to Jeanne Matoba. The council is...
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Swear In To Vote Day

Date: 01 15 1980
Description: "New Voters — It was "Swear In to Vote Day' at Pulaski High School. Students who have reached 18 were sworn in as voters during a ceremony at the school, a...
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Men at Mt. Victory General Store

Date: 1962
Description: Two men converse in the general store area of the Mt. Victory truck stop. The man on the right is holding a cigarette. Shoes are arranged on the countertop...
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Mt. Victory Service Plaza Store

Date: 1962
Description: A man sits behind the counter of the Mt. Victory truck stop general store. Shoes and boots are arranged on the counter in front of him, and various items a...
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Trucker Using Pay Phone at Truck Stop

Date: 1962
Description: A trucker uses a pay phone in a phone booth inside the Mt. Victory service plaza while taking a break from the road.
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Four Men in Warehouse Full of Sofas

Date: 1972
Description: Four men, all brothers, posing in a warehouse full of sofas at Mastercraft Furniture Corporation. Two of the men are sitting on a sofa or couch, while two ...
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Workers in Furniture Factory

Date: 1972
Description: Elevated view of room in which several women sitting and sewing machines are sewing pieces of material for couches or sofas. A man is standing in the aisle...
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Waiting for the Explosion

Date: 11 13 1943
Description: Three war correspondents, (left to right), Bob Eunson of Associated Press, Ralph Boyce of YANK Army Weekly magazine and Robert Doyle of the Milwa...
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Three War Correspondents Napping

Date: 06 06 1944
Description: Three war correspondents napping on a cot in the Public Relations office at Earls Colne Airfield, England, on D-Day. Many newspaper articles are pinned on ...
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Campaign Shoot

Date: 1994
Description: Filming a campaign spot for Congressman David R. Obey (left), probably in the Wausau Family Practice Center. Health care and its associated costs were an i...
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Concert for Fleet Admiral C.W. Nimitz and Staff

Date: 05 1945
Description: An outdoor concert for Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz and his staff at CinCPac/CinCPOA Advanced Headquarters on Guam. Admiral Nimitz is 3rd from the right...
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What Do Women Golfers Wear?

Date: 07 1960
Description: Dorothy Webber, president of the Municipal Golf Association, models Bermuda shorts and a sleeveless blouse.
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Group Posed in front of the Ansorge House

Date: 1910
Description: Four women and three men pose outdoors along the side of Otto Ansorge's house. They include (standing, left to right): Mrs. Ansorge, two unidentified women...
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S.M. Babcock

Date: 1888
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of group of nine men, identified on the reverse as associates of the Geneva, New York Experiment Station. St...
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Texting

Date: 2012
Description: Trixie, a young woman texting while standing on the sidewalk on 7th Street. She is wearing eyeglasses, a houndstooth patterned coat with jeans, and sheepsk...
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Two Shoemakers

Date: 10 25 1940
Description: Carte-de-visite with a photograph of a painting by James R. Stuart. It depicts two white-haired, bearded shoemakers, with Langford on the left and his part...
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Nuclear Free

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Description: Two people hug on the left while four other people picket on the sidewalk on the right. Two women carry signs, with one sign reading: "Reclaim Missile Silo...
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Steve Hopkins Reading in His Cabin

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Description: Steve Hopkins, the outdoor writer for the Wisconsin State Journal, sits in an armchair reading a manuscript next to a fireplace in his cabin. There ...
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Barber Shaving Man in Moon's Barber Shop

Date: 04 1954
Description: A barber is shaving a man in Moon's Barber Shop. The man sitting in the chair getting the shave is wearing hip waders. A large mirror is on the wall in the...
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Sid Boyum on his Toonerville Trolley

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Description: View across the backyard of 237 Waubesa St. looking at Sid Boyum standing on the back of his wooden trolley, "Toonerville". Sid has a corncob pipe in his m...

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