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V-J Day Celebration

Date: 08 15 1945
Description: Elevated view of a mass of cars turning from North Pinckney Street onto East Mifflin Street on the Capitol Square celebrating V-J Day, August 15, the day o...
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Calf Club on Parade

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Description: Members of Pierce County's 4-H calf clubs on parade at a fair.
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Boxing Class for Children

Date: 01 31 1948
Description: Group portrait of 12 boys enrolled in the 11 o'clock boxing class held at the University of Wisconsin boxing quarters on Saturday mornings with two instruc...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Sponsors

Date: 05 28 1948
Description: Dane County traffic police with Jimmy Christensen pointing to his plans for a soap box racer. The traffic police are sponsoring Jimmy in the Soap Box Derby...
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Members of the Loyal Temperance League

Date: 05 07 1927
Description: At a convention of the Fond du Lac County chapters of the Loyal Temperance League, some of the children present for a group picture hold up a sign that say...
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Family Outside of Barn

Date: 08 1903
Description: Alexander Krueger sitting in an open barn door with the twins Edgar and Jennie. Their Grandpa August Krueger is sitting on a fence on the right at the side...
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Children Reading in Library with Librarian Looking On

Date: 1938
Description: A group of children sit at tables in a library reading books and magazines while a librarian looks on from her circulation desk. When it opened in 1938, th...
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"Imitativeness: Take Me Like a Prize-Fighter"

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Description: A group of boys take a boxing stance near two men standing on a street corner, in front of a building that has "Milwaukee Beer" painted on it.
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Madison Soap Box Derby Sponsors

Date: 05 30 1950
Description: Left to right are: Don Spring, 13-year-old Soap Box Derby racer; his dad, Fireman A.E. Spring; and Lieut. Wilson H. Donkle, chairman of the fireman's Soap ...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Champion

Date: 07 28 1957
Description: Van Steiner, winner of the 1957 Madison Soap Box Derby, holding the trophy. Left to right: Larry Steiner, father of the winner; Don Knowles, general manage...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Champion

Date: 07 28 1957
Description: The winner of the 1957 Soap Box Derby, Van Steiner, receiving champion's kiss from Barbara Harned, wife of "Wisconsin State Journal writer, who was a forme...
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Syl and Aunt Helen under Willow Tree

Date: 1901
Description: Syl and aunt Helen stand underneath a willow tree. Octagon Cottage is in the background to the right and wildflowers are in the foreground. The edge of the...
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Three Women Seated with Syl

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Description: Three women in long dresses sit on the front stoop of a house with Syl.
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Group Seated on Front Stoop

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Description: View over fence of a group of people and one dog seated on steps leading up to the door of a house. Syl is seated on the far right of the group wearing a h...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Sponsors

Date: 07 18 1951
Description: Soap Box Derby Entrant, 11-year-old Johnny Huseboe, behind the wheel of a fire truck at No. 5 fire station, 2137 Atwood Avenue, along with four fire fighte...
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Home for Crippled Children

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Description: A view of children, adults, and a tree on the lawn in front of the Home for Crippled Children.
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Leslie H. Fishel, Jr. with Boy Scouts

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Description: Leslie H. Fishel, Jr. participating in a ceremony in front of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin with a large group of Boy Scouts and Boy Scout lead...
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General Store

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Description: Four men, a dog and a boy sitting on the porch of the general store. Signs in the windows read, "Ferry & Co. Seeds" and "Rape seed for sale." A barn and wi...
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Old Stone House

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Description: View over fence of a family posing on the porch of a stone house. Text on photograph says: "Old Stone House Erected About 1800 for an Indian School."
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Second Grade Class

Date: 1904
Description: School #4, Second Grade class, Watertown, Wisconsin. Top Row: Esther Jaeck, unknown, Celest McGobrick, Frank Bomb, Edna Stevy, Ruth Archie, George Dame, Es...

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