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Running for Cover

Date: 1965
Description: Visitors to the Wisconsin State Fair running for shelter at the onset of a sudden rain shower.
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Man Sharpening Axe

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Description: Man sharpening an axe on a grinding wheel next to a cabin at Old World Wisconsin.
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Ellsworth H. Brown

Date: 06 13 2015
Description: Modern tintype, full length, formal portrait, of Ellsworth H. Brown, Ph.D., The Ruth and Hartley Barker Director, Wisconsin Historical Foundation. Developm...
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Bernice Pomainville

Date: 05 20 1965
Description: A woman is ladling something from a bowl onto a platter. Caption reads: "MRS. HAROLD G. [Bernice] POMAINVILLE, Wisconsin Rapids, put the creme chantilly on...
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Scott A. and Kate Neitzel

Date: 06 13 2015
Description: Modern tintype, full length, formal portrait, of Scott and Kate Neitzel. Scott is the Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Administration for the State...
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Angela R. Davis

Date: 06 13 2015
Description: Modern tintype, full length, formal portrait, of Angela R. Davis, Development Officer, Wisconsin Historical Foundation. She is seated in a chair with her a...
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Nelson Campaigning for Obey

Date: 03 1969
Description: Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson speaking to an audience in northern Wisconsin in behalf of the congressional campaign of David R. Obey who is seated to Ne...
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Wisconsin Farm

Date: 1952
Description: Aerial view of a farm in the summer.
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Milwaukee-Downer College Historic Marker

Date: 06 15 1965
Description: Leslie Fishel, Director of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, speaking from the stage at the dedication and unveiling of the Milwaukee-Downer Colle...
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Log Cabin

Date: 06 1963
Description: Weathered log cabin surrounded by foliage and trees.
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Women at Table

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Description: Five women are sitting at a table set for perhaps a Valentine's Day party. The setting was likely a Home Economics project for the women at the Northern Wi...
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Assembly Floor

Date: 1967
Description: Democratic leadership on the Wisconsin Assembly floor: left to right: Robert T. Huber, minority leader; David R. Obey, assistant minority leader, and Norma...
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Boy and Bullfrog

Date: 08 1969
Description: A young boy is amazed as he holds a big bullfrog.
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View From Top — Governor Warren Knowles

Date: 08 12 1967
Description: A smiling Governor Knowles surveys the Wisconsin State Fairground from the top of the giant Ferris Wheel on the fair's midway. He spent the day at the Stat...
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Crowds Welcome Soldiers Home

Date: 05 21 1919
Description: Elevated view of street entertainment, with crowds, dancing and band concert to welcome home Wisconsin National Guard, 3d Regiment, Company H, after servic...
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Harvest's End

Date: 1978
Description: A vegetable seller waiting with her produce behind an old stove.
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Children Roughhousing

Date: 1965
Description: Young girl and younger boy roughhousing.
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Daniel J. Travanti with Banner

Date: 1958
Description: A teenage Daniel J. Travanti stands next to a man, with the two men holding a banner that reads: "S. Wisconsin N.F.L., Dramatic Interpretation, First Place...
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Homestead

Date: 1955
Description: View down unpaved road towards a rustic house and garage, with a truck parked in front. There are woods behind the buildings.
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Villa Louis

Date: 06 1969
Description: The veranda at Villa Louis reflected in a pond. Many stately trees surround the mansion.

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