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Young Girl on Telephone

Date: 1950
Description: A teenager sitting on a bed talking on the telephone.
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Family Farmers Market

Date: 07 27 1988
Description: Cousins set up a road-side stand to sell fruits and vegetables grown by their grandfather.
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Madison Soap Box Derby, Car Construction

Date: 06 15 1948
Description: Curlee Seals, Jr. discussing plans for his 1949 Soap Box Derby racer with three members of the Madison Junior Chamber of Commerce, Curlee's sponsor for the...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Prizes

Date: 06 14 1950
Description: Hildur Hanson, receptionist in the "Wisconsin State Journal" editorial rooms, looks over the 25-piece tool kit which will be awarded for the best construct...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Organizers

Date: 07 12 1950
Description: Organizers of the 1950 Madison Soap Box Derby gather around a table while examining papers. Pictured left to right, front row, are: Glenn "Pat" Holmes, Joh...
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Explorer Scouts Prepare for Disasters

Date: 05 07 1956
Description: As part of a practice drill to prepare for possible disasters, phone calls are made to the crews of Explorer Post 503. Phoning are Gene Tschida (left), Exp...
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Youth on View — Luther League

Date: 10 28 1957
Description: State Luther Leaguers gather for a convention at Luther Memorial Church. Two members of the housing committee are shown at work; they are, from left: Jeann...
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Madison Youth Council Members Make Calls for Rooms for State Basketball Tournament Fans

Date: 02 17 1960
Description: Members of the Madison Youth Council telephone local home owners about providing sleeping rooms for young fans in town for the State Basketball Tournament....
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Woman Working in Insurance Office

Date: 11 19 1927
Description: Young woman sitting at a typewriter, presumably a staff employee, in the office of the Indiana Liberty Mutual Insurance Company.
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Student Creates Game Machine

Date: 02 03 1964
Description: Wisconsin high school student Jeffrey Mattox is shown playing a game of tic-tac-toe against the machine he constructed. A screen shows the squares, and a m...
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The Audience at the Bernie Sanders Rally

Date: 04 03 2016
Description: Elevated view from crowd of Bernie Sanders standing at a podium in the middle of the Kohl Center. Some of the people in the crowd are recording him on thei...
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Bernie Sanders Entering the Rally

Date: 04 03 2016
Description: The United States Senator from Vermont, Bernie Sanders, smiling and waving while walking towards the stage at his rally held in the Kohl Center. A crowd of...
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President Barack Obama Giving a Speech

Date: 07 02 2015
Description: President Barack Obama is standing at a podium delivering a speech at UW-LaCrosse. The crowd is filled with mostly young men and women, many of whom are ho...

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