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Crowd Outside Deering(?) Works

Date: 1919
Description: Elevated view of hundreds of people, possibly factory workers, gathered to hear speeches outside International Harvester's Deering(?) Works. The event appe...
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Gemini 8 Astronauts

Date: 03 1966
Description: Astronauts Neil A. Armstrong (right) and David R. Scott, the two-man crew scheduled to fly Gemini 8, visiting the Lockheed plant where the Agena target veh...
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Northwest Airlines Anniversary

Date: 07 15 1997
Description: Northwest Airlines celebrated the 50th anniversary of its around-the-globe service to the Orient at Minneapolis Airport in 1997. For this event the airlin...
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Wisconsin & Northern Railroad Engine

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Description: Engine #7 of the Wisconsin & Northern Railroad, which was purchased in 1917, seen here at Scott Siding, Wisconsin. The known railroad employees in the pict...
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Milwaukee Road Railroad

Date: 08 1974
Description: View down double set of railroad tracks towards a Milwaukee Road train, with the engineer about to board. Other men are standing in the background.
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Rennebohm's on University Avenue

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Description: Interior of the Rennebohm Drug Store #7 at 901 University Avenue, with the soda fountain, two soda jerks, and the general sales area.
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Wisconsin Rapids Mills

Date: 1915
Description: Mills in Wisconsin Rapids.
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North Henry Street

Date: 1951
Description: A view looking west along the 500 block of North Henry Street from its intersection with Gilman Street. The Greek Revival residence visible at right center...
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Gene McCarthy Supporters

Date: 1968
Description: Midge Miller of Madison talking with an unidentified supporter of Eugene McCarthy at the Democratic Convention. Listening intently to their conversation is...
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Pie Maker

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Description: Fruit pies speed past Morton assembly line worker Ethel McCollough on their way to the machine in which they will be boxed for freezing.
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Contract Negotiations

Date: 1961
Description: Ralph Helstein, president of the United Packinghouse Workers of America, with head in hands, exhibits obvious fatigue and frustration during the 1961 Armou...
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Mears House

Date: 1951
Description: Mears house, the residence of Flora E. Mears at 116 East Gilman Street, built by Charles Mears in 1859 or 1860.
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Little Norway

Date: 1953
Description: Gardens of "Little Norway."
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Toll Bridge Under Construction

Date: 1920
Description: View from shoreline of toll bridge under construction.
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Mitchell-Rountree House

Date: 1945
Description: View of the Mitchell-Rountree house (the first).
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Menominee County Economic Development

Date: 10 1968
Description: During a visit to Menominee County, Secretary of the Interior Stuart Udall and Senator Gaylord Nelson learn about a proposed resort complex.
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Milwaukee-Western Fuel Company Offices

Date: 1935
Description: Nighttime view. A small sign for the company is in a middle window on the first floor. The left entrance has a potted plant in the window.
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Journalism House

Date: 1940
Description: View from street of the porch of the house at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. A group of women are gathered on the fron porch. Snow covers the ground.
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Evans, Novak, and Cheney

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Description: Journalists Rowland Evans and Robert Novak interviewing Dick Cheney while he was secretary of defense.
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International Harvester Motor Truck Advertisement

Date: 1915
Description: Large sheet poster used by International Harvester to promote the affordability and practicality for every business of the company's motor trucks. Depicted...

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