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Men and Women by Tents

Date: 1879
Description: A group of interestingly dressed men and women posed before a line of tents. The men are wearing uniforms, possibly those of a band. Fishing poles and cha...
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Postmen

Date: 1880
Description: Group portrait of postmen from the Milwaukee Area.
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Clippers Baseball Team

Date: 1886
Description: The Neillsville "Clippers" baseball team pose for portrait in front of a painted backdrop.
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Two Young Women in Tennis Costumes

Date: 1890
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted background of two young women dressed in long, striped tennis costumes and matching striped caps. They each hold a te...
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Brass Band

Date: 1895
Description: Brass band musicians in uniform pose with their instruments.
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Football Team; Whitewater State College

Date: 1895
Description: The Whitewater State College football team posing in a snap formation on a hill just outside the college. People are watching from a college building at th...
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Bicycle Racers

Date: 1897
Description: View from infield of two bicycle racers at the starting line of the quarter-mile cement bicycle track maintained by the Racine Athletic Association. Two me...
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Ballplayer at Bat

Date: 06 07 1900
Description: The faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater play a game of baseball.
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Wisconsin Building at the St. Louis World's Fair

Date: 1904
Description: The Joseph Clauder Marching Band from Milwaukee pose in front of the Wisconsin Building at the St. Louis World's Fair. Clauder's band was one of the most p...
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Semi-Pro Baseball

Date: 1915
Description: Two men playing baseball for semi-pro teams in a Milwaukee ballpark.
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Milwaukee Electric Railway Ticket Collector

Date: 1917
Description: A ticket collector for the Milwaukee Electric Railway is sitting at her station.
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Zor Shrine German Band

Date: 1930
Description: A maestro leads shriner musicians from the Zor Shrine German Band as they play their instruments on the steps of the Masonic Temple on Wisconsin Avenue.
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Amateur Baseball in the Park

Date: 1938
Description: The catcher squats as the batter gets ready to swing at a pitch while the umpire looks on. This image was taken as part of the WPA Federal Writers Project...
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Red Dot Potato Chip Workers

Date: 1939
Description: A group portrait of female workers at the Red Dot Potato Chip Company. Fourth from the left in the top row is Vivian Harrison Matheson, identified by Ellis...
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Flag Day Events

Date: 06 14 1940
Description: Boy Scouts and others recite the Pledge of Allegiance during Madison's first public Flag Day ceremony held at the UW football stadium.
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The Dionne Quintuplets in Superior

Date: 1943
Description: The five Dionne quintuplet girls, their sister and parents standing at the end of the observation car occupied by the Dionne party. They were in Superior t...
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Basketball at the Field House

Date: 1947
Description: Badger basketball game against Illinois in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Field House. (Up to 1947) Wisconsin has won or tied for more Western Confere...
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Adults Playing Bingo

Date: 1948
Description: Young boy watching adults playing bingo.
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Paper Converting

Date: 1952
Description: Interior view of the Bay West Paper Company with paper converting machinery. Men in uniform are running the equipment.
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Precious Sight

Date: 09 1952
Description: A lens grinder working with specialized equipment in a lab.

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