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Women Inspecting Gun Parts International Harvester Factory

Date: 05 25 1942
Description: Female factory workers inspect parts at International Harvester's 20 (twenty) millimeter gun plant. Original caption reads: "Many small parts for the gun a...
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Spooner Performs at Headliners

Date: 1982
Description: The band Spooner performs at Headliners nightclub on University Avenue. Band members included Butch Vig (drums), Duke Erikson (guitar), Dave Benton (guitar...
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Gloria Swanson Publicity Still

Date: 1918
Description: Gloria Swanson backstage handling a Kliegl electric spotlight. She wears a plaid skirt and jacket.
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"Naughty Marietta" Operetta

Date: 03 20 1957
Description: Three students of the backstage and lighting crews pose around a spot light during a production of "Naughty Marietta" at West High School. They are Kent Ki...
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University of Wisconsin Gymnasium Decorated for Junior Prom

Date: 1903
Description: The University of Wisconsin Gymnasium decorated for the junior prom. Lights, fabric drapes, and foliage are strung along the ceiling and walls. Chairs, pla...
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Drummers Outside the Republican Presidential Debate

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: A man is standing in the foreground on the right, near a group of protesters seen in the background. The man is holding a drum slung over his right shoulde...
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Gately's Furniture Company Displays

Date: 09 27 1954
Description: Dining-room furniture display at Gately's Furniture Company, located at 5005 West Beltline Highway.
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Gately's Furniture Company Displays

Date: 09 27 1954
Description: Bedroom furniture display at Gately's Furniture Company located at 5005 West Beltline Highway.
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Gately's Furniture Company Displays

Date: 09 27 1954
Description: Living-room furniture display at Gately's Furniture Company located at 5005 West Beltline Highway.
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Filming a Scene for "The African Queen"

Date: 1951
Description: Crew, in foreground, filming a scene for the 1951 film "The African Queen." Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn are in a boat with a microphone over thei...
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Staircase

Date: 1924
Description: A view of the third floor landing of the main stairway in the George and Henriette Brumder mansion at the corner of Grand (later Wisconsin) Avenue and 18th...
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Christmas 1929

Date: 12 1929
Description: The three children of Herbert P. and Margaret Bouer Brumder, from left, Herbert E., Philip (partially obscured), and Barbara are playing with their Christm...
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Ice Skating

Date: 1928
Description: Seven children are ice skating toward the rear of a long, one-story building with half timber details under the eaves and a massive central chimney. Piles ...
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The Cisco Kid Production Still

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Description: A behind the scenes production still from the TV show The Cisco Kid shot on an outdoor set at Paramount Ranch. Ten men, including one actor, sit and stand...
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The Cisco Kid Production Still

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Description: Photo taken on the set of the TV show The Cisco Kid while filming at the Paramount Ranch. A man on a horse is in the foreground on the right and a wagon is...
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Production Crew Filming "Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man"

Date: 10 03 1961
Description: Several people standing on a street. A ladder and film lights are visible. Caption reads: "Saxon Wis Oct 3 1961. 20th Century Fox motion picture studio cre...
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"The Jungle Book" set photograph

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Description: Photograph of the 1942 film "The Jungle Book." A domed building with an arched entry way with thatched roof is seen in the background. An elephant, crew ...

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