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| Date: | 1979 |
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| Description: | View of the sunken Statue of Liberty created by legendary University of Wisconsin student Leon Varjian. |
| Date: | 06 08 1964 |
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| Description: | Woman spectator sitting at the commencement ceremony inside Camp Randall stadium wearing an "improvised sun bonnet" made of folded newspaper. |
| Date: | 02 18 1948 |
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| Description: | Three University of Wisconsin co-eds sporting "outsize" beauty spots lampooning a fad that is sweeping the country for a stye show sponsored by the Univers... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Mounted on a ladder, a man is poised to empty a bucket onto the open umbrella of a man sitting on a sidewalk bench. |
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| Description: | A man is posing in a running profile on top of one of two stone gargoyles that flanks an historical marker for the Dawn Manor in the Wisconsin Dells. Dedic... |
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| Description: | Alma Reinhardt Taylor, the photographer's wife, holding a large-mouth bass. |
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| Description: | Portrait of a man sitting indoors in a chair with his eyes closed. A bottle is resting on his shoulder, and a sign has been placed on his lap that reads: "... |
| Date: | 2011 |
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| Description: | A young lady kissing a stuffed Badger on game day as two friends are watching and laughing. Behind the group is a red automobile. |
| Date: | 06 08 1939 |
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| Description: | Governor Julius Heil squirting milk from a cow on a parade float. The Governor climbed aboard the float during the dairyland parade, a part of Milwaukee's ... |
| Date: | 08 1916 |
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| Description: | Jack is roped into his bedroll while asleep by prankster Doc Copeland. |
| Date: | 1979 |
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| Description: | View uphill towards a woman sitting among a flock of pink flamingo lawn ornaments covering Bascom Hill. She is pretending to feed bread to two pink flaming... |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | A small girl and a turkey posing in front of a rafter (flock) of turkeys. She is wearing a snowsuit, mittens, and a plaid hat with a pompom. She is holding... |
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| Description: | A close-up of a human foot with a sprung "Sure Catch" mousetrap on the big toe. |
| Date: | 1894 |
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| Description: | Seven members of the canoe association are posed around an eighth member, who is lying face down on a padded cot, covered with ferns. Ferns have been strat... |
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| Description: | Several men in safety harnesses pose on and around a utility pole. One of them is holding a small child. |
| Date: | 08 1916 |
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| Description: | Doc Copeland helps Jack wash off the toothpaste by dipping Jack's face in the Chippewa River. |
| Date: | 11 1959 |
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| Description: | Danny Sands and Dick Goldfield (right) standing by a wood-sided station wagon with two deer tied to the front hood lid, and a third deer on top of the car.... |
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| Description: | Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two men and two women in a dramatic pose. The woman in the center has her head in a noose and is sticking... |
| Date: | 1978 |
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| Description: | Close-up of a man gazing at the Statue of Liberty installation on a frozen and snow-covered Lake Mendota. The sculpture was constructed by the Pail and Sho... |
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| Description: | A staged scene depicting men poised with weapons pointed at a hodag, a mythical beast, who has attacked a child. |
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