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Woman Holding Sign

Date: 1954
Description: Scene still from "Salt of the Earth" showing five women talking, including one holding a sign that reads "We want sanitation, not discrimination".
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Main Street

Date: 05 25 1925
Description: Main Street with storefronts, automobiles, and horses and carriages parked along it.
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Ice Fishing on Salmo Pond

Date: 01 1954
Description: Harvey Gifford, of 2541 East Johnson Street in Madison, chops a hole in the ice on Salmo Pond near Back Earth in preparation for ice fishing, where he thin...
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Ice Fishing on Salmo Pond

Date: 01 1954
Description: Fisherman Walter Meske of Watertown holds up a fish he caught while ice fishing on Salmo Pond near Black Earth.
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Man Using Kerosene McCormick-Deering Tractor as Earth Mover

Date: 06 1926
Description: Right side view of a man using a McCormick-Deering tractor to move earth. An unpaved road, and houses among trees are in the background.
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Fence and Dead Foxes

Date: 05 22 1960
Description: Two dead foxes hang from a barbed wire fence in a field.
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Tall Grass Stalks

Date: 05 21 1961
Description: A close-up view of tall grass stalks in a field, with trees beyond.
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Flowering Tree in the Rain

Date: 05 20 1960
Description: Flowering tree in the rain. Several other trees are visible through the fog.
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Outdoor Science at Black Earth Creek

Date: 07 18 1955
Description: Two teen boys and an adult stand in ankle deep Black Earth Creek (west of Cross Plains) while working together to build a "V" shaped conversion dam, pointi...
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Juan Chacon Studying Script

Date: 1954
Description: Actor Juan Chacon is shown leaning against a building studying his script on the set of "Salt of the Earth".
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Earth Day March

Date: 04 21 1970
Description: People walking near a bus before the first Earth Day march. One man is holding up an ecology flag. In the background people are standing on the sidewalk un...
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Depot — Black Earth

Date: 1922
Description: View of the train depot. A train is stopped at the depot. An automobile is parked on the left. A train conductor and a man stand at the outside.
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Bison Bones

Date: 10 09 1936
Description: Bones of a bison still in the earth as found.
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Jaw Bone

Date: 1936
Description: The jaw bone of a bison as found in the earth.
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Croplands

Date: 12 01 1962
Description: A furrow of a newly plowed field, with a small tree-lined ridge visible in the background.
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Woman at Spring

Date: 1925
Description: An unidentified woman stands beside a stone spring house at a spring between Mt. Horeb and Black Earth.
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Alonzo Pond Displaying Escargotiere

Date: 01 26 1927
Description: Alonzo Pond posing sitting and holding a pickaxe next to a block of earth showing the composition of the escargotiere (an old dump for domestic waste). Her...
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Man Using Kerosene McCormick-Deering Tractor as Earth Mover

Date: 06 1926
Description: Three-quarter view from left rear of a man using a 10-20 McCormick-Deering tractor to move earth in a field. There is a windmill and farm buildings in the ...
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Octagonal Bandstand

Date: 1960
Description: Bandstand and old Town Hall in the park.
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Confederate Graves with Flags

Date: 1980
Description: Confederate Graves at Forest Hill Cemetery. Each headstone has a Confederate flag stuck in the earth next to it.

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