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| Date: | 03 05 1952 |
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| Description: | Twenty-two year-old Danish immigrant, Neils Lassen, right, uses a globe map to point out his native Denmark to Major Roberts of the Madison Army and Air Fo... |
| Date: | 03 06 1952 |
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| Description: | Peter Storch, engineer at Ann Emery hall, and his children are shown at the Milwaukee Road depot where they met their son and brother, Alois Storch with hi... |
| Date: | 05 03 1804 |
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| Description: | A certificate, signed by Joseph Wilson, that officially declares Matthias Varina a citizen of the United States of America. |
| Date: | 06 11 1952 |
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| Description: | George Tymorek, seated at a typewriter, is the son of Polish immigrants. He grew up in Chicago Heights, Illinois, and received his Master of Arts degree in... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | The Benedict Goldenberger family enjoying a wurst roast in the Madison vicinity. Ben Goldenberger is the leftmost standing man, he was a cooper and vinegar... |
| Date: | 01 05 1954 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Reverend Antonio Parroni standing at the altar of the Chiesa Italiana Methodist Church at 103 South Lake Street where he was minister from 1929... |
| Date: | 03 10 1954 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Rognald and Anna Larson noting their 50th wedding anniversary. The couple married in the Vinje church in Voss, Norway in 1904 and came to Madis... |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | Two maps of Wisconsin showing foreign born populations by county in 1890 and 1910. |
| Date: | 10 20 1954 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Fricis Brakmanis, age 41, and his bride-to-be Maija Smeils, 40, holding their wedding license. Both had spent time in Latvian forced-labor camp... |
| Date: | 01 17 1956 |
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| Description: | The oath of citizenship is administered to a class of 31 in the Madison Federal Court. Edgar Alstad, clerk of court, administers the oath as Judge Patrick ... |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | Fall River Canning Company's president William Evans stands in the center with migrant farm workers around him after their walkout. Eighty workers of His... |
| Date: | 1966 |
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| Description: | Buildings along an unpaved road served as a camp for migrant farm workers working for the Green Bay Food Company. In 1946, more than 4,000 farmworkers fr... |
| Date: | 1967 |
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| Description: | A central Wisconsin labor camp consisting of a row of wooden framed building with asphalt siding which housed migrant laborers. At the center, three childr... |
| Date: | 02 27 1956 |
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| Description: | Stan Lesar, laboratory manager at the American Scientific Laboratories and an immigrant from Yugoslavia, looks forward to voting for the first time in the ... |
| Date: | 1967 |
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| Description: | A nine-year old Jamaican boy wearing a backwards cap, plaid jacket, jeans, and sneakers. He is holding two buckets and is looking at the camera. He is join... |
| Date: | 1967 |
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| Description: | Workers gathering at a cucumber receiving station after striking. Strikes in Wisconsin were organized by the Obreros Unidos (United Workers),as an indepe... |
| Date: | 1967 |
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| Description: | Jesus Salas, right, is the leader of Obreros Unidos (United Workers), a Chicano migrant workers' rights group started in the 1960s for the improvement of w... |
| Date: | 1967 |
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| Description: | A farm worker, facing camera, is sworn in before filing a claim for worker’s compensation at the Obreros Unidos union office in Wautoma in 1967. A voluntee... |
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| Description: | Publicity still of actress Billie Burke, with a black bow in her hair. Caption reads: The charm that is Billie Burke continues to captivate screen audience... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | A hand-colored map of Wisconsin showing distribution ethnic groups based on the 1885 state census. The various nationalities are color-coded and include: I... |
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