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Vince Lombardi at the Pro Football Writers Dinner

Date: 02 10 1969
Description: Green Bay Packers football coach, Vince Lombardi, being interviewed at the professional football writers dinner.
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Andreas Dahl and the Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 1876
Description: Stereograph. This view from East Washington Avenue shows photographer Andrew Dahl on his horse "Curnel" in front of the Wisconsin State Capitol. Dahl had j...
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Circus People with Fish

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Description: A crew of people from the circus, possibly Ringling Brothers, Barnum, and Bailey, holding up their catch after a fishing trip.
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Charles Lindbergh

Date: 08 1927
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...
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Speidel and Milwaukee County Zoo Model

Date: 02 20 1954
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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African American Tenant Farmers at Barbecue

Date: 02 22 1915
Description: African American tenant farmers assembled for a barbecue. The tenants worked for Louis Frank Sessions who is in the front row, third from the left (wearing...
Postcard

Victorian Era Postcard

Date: 11 17 1909
Description: Colorized view depicting men and women office workers taking a break in a celebratory mode. Two of the women are taking a sheet off the calendar on the wal...
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Playing Cards

Date: 05 10 1955
Description: Members of a musician's union playing cards together.
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Waukesha Flying Club

Date: 05 25 1931
Description: The Waukesha Flying Club and their jointly owned Waco 10. The members are (row 1, left to right) Charles Gittner, Joe Rombough, and Roy Winzenreid and (row...
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International Truck Executives

Date: 1960
Description: Six International truck executives posed with model trucks on large globe at International Harvester's Fort Wayne Works.
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Apollo 8 Honors

Date: 02 20 1969
Description: Astronaut James A. Lovell accepting a gift of cheese from Wisconsin Governor Warren P. Knowles during a gathering in Lovell's honor. A model of the Apollo ...
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Joseph L. "Roundy" Coughlin

Date: 09 26 1951
Description: Wisconsin State Journal sports columnist, Joseph L. "Roundy" Coughlin and "character about town" relaxes on a park bench.
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Kayser Motors Employees and Families

Date: 09 19 1937
Description: Group portrait of Kayser Motors employees and their families on a picnic at Burrows Park.
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Gardner Baking Co. Employees

Date: 10 14 1934
Description: Group portrait of Gardner Baking Co. drivers/salesmen from out of town, taken outdoors near 849 E. Washington Avenue. Breese Stevens Field is in the backgr...
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Baptism in Lake Monona

Date: 06 07 1933
Description: Evangelist W.P. Butler with hand upraised and Rev. Joseph Washington, pastor of Mt. Zion Baptist Church stand beside Lulu Elroy who is about to be baptized...
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Wisconsin Central Baseball Club

Date: 1909
Description: The Wisconsin Central Baseball Club, probably at Fond du Lac. Left to right the players are: Heinie Unferth, machinist's helper; A. Neuberger, boilermaker;...
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Wisconsin Telephone Company Employees

Date: 03 09 1954
Description: Group portrait of officers of the employee club sitting around game tables in the Pioneer Room at the Wisconsin Telephone Company, 122 West Main Street.
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Star Bar and Grill Room

Date: 04 10 1942
Description: Friday night at the Star Bar and Grill Room, at the intersection of Highways 41 and 43 in Kenosha County.
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Henry J. McCormick

Date: 06 1944
Description: Portrait of Henry J. "Hank" McCormick, sports editor of the Wisconsin State Journal.
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Gisholt Picnic

Date: 08 06 1944
Description: Five speakers at the Gisholt Machine Company picnic, taken at the Blooming Grove carnival grounds. Left to right: Marion "Red" Borland, president of Gishol...

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