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| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | Close-up view of patterns in a broken piece of pottery. Caption reads: "Interior of potsherd from Point Sable, Town of Scott, Brown Co., Wis. State Hist. M... |
| Date: | 11 01 1947 |
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| Description: | Men are working in a hole dug in the ground, which is roped off with stakes. Caption reads: "Excavation in circular mound on R. J. Harker property, Frost W... |
| Date: | 04 1941 |
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| Description: | Three men are posing shaking hands. Caption reads: "Second Biennial Convention. Textile Workers Union of America. C.I.O. Hotel Capitol - New York City - Ap... |
| Date: | 05 1946 |
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| Description: | A man stands at a podium, gesturing. A seal on the front of the podium reads: "Atlantic City Audito[rium]." Caption identifies him as William Pollock, gene... |
| Date: | 02 24 1943 |
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| Description: | Head and shoulders portrait of radio actor Jim Ameche. The image was used for a newspaper advertisement. Caption reads: "Jim Ameche, The MANHATTAN STORY Te... |
| Date: | 11 01 1947 |
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| Description: | View across an excavation toward men and women standing above and behind it. Men are in another excavated hole behind it. Caption reads: "Excavation in cir... |
| Date: | 01 1944 |
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| Description: | A group of men encircle a lightpost. A caption identifies them as "Hosiery Union housing project men's choral group." |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Several people marching together. A man and woman are marching in the front next to each other; the woman is holding a cigarette. A sign reads: "[Danville]... |
| Date: | 05 15 1949 |
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| Description: | Portrait of TWUA founding executive vice president George Baldanzi. A note says that it was taken at the Stewards Dinner. |
| Date: | 1946 |
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| Description: | Two men sit together in conversation. The man on the left is smoking a cigarette, and both men have booklets in front of them for the CIO's 8th Constitutio... |
| Date: | 09 19 1944 |
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| Description: | Five men in uniform stand over a partially obscured body on a hillside. Another soldier is behind the group on the left. Caption reads: "Fifth Army, Bonzal... |
| Date: | 11 1947 |
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| Description: | A person is kneeling next to objects that have been unearthed. Caption reads: "Excavation in circular mound on R. J. Harker property, Frost Woods, Monona, ... |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | A broken piece of ceramic. Caption reads: "Potsherd from Two Rivers village site. H. P. Hamilton Collection. State Hist. Museum Object." |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Three men standing together holding cups and saucers. Two have cigars or cigarettes. Caption reads: "George V. Allen (left) with the Foreign Minister of Ir... |
| Date: | 05 1949 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Edwin H. Allen Jr., of Janesville. In 1935, he was elected assistant editor of The Dormite, a University of Cincinnati publication. In 1... |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Chester Allen, a World War I veteran and educator with the University of Wisconsin Extension. Dr. Allen was a lifelong crusader for education p... |
| Date: | 04 1947 |
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| Description: | View of a man standing at a microphone. A man is seated at a table next to him and appears to be laughing. Caption reads: "Col. Robert S. Allen, Washington... |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Dr. Lillie Rosa Minoka Hill, a physician of Mohawk ancestry. She is sitting at a table examining a book through a magnifying glass. Dr. Minoka ... |
| Date: | 06 1944 |
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| Description: | Notes taken by George F. Hicks from June 1 through June 7, 1944, including an account of the D-Day attack. |
| Date: | 09 04 1947 |
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| Description: | An outdoor advertisement of a railroad train and three men playing a fife and drums. A U.S. Flag is behind them. The text reads: "Watch for the Freedom Tra... |
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