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Pie in the Face
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Roland Sieg wiping pie from his face while smiling, after someone threw enough ping pong balls in a bucket to win a chance to hit him with a pie at a carnival at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
December 10, 1968
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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Kindergarten Astronauts
October 11, 1968
Kindergarten students wear space helmets they made from buckets as part of a class project designed to interest them in current events. A cardboard "Apollo 7" is in the background.
Students Tour Hospital Delivery Room
January 23, 1968
Students wearing face masks and sterile gowns visit the delivery room at Doctors Hospital as part of a family living class. The student on the right who is pointing is from Nicolet High School.
Another Winner
December 1, 1968
A girl wearing a coat and hat with her arm raised, as if she has just tossed something. In front of her is a clear bowl holding three small balls. Behind her are three people standing and watching....
A Plethora of Golf Balls
circa 1930-1939
A woman dressed to play golf smiles as a bucket of golf balls is spilled at her feet. This is one of several demonstrations of strobe light functions at Frank Scherschel's Strobo Research Lab.
Two Women Near Campers
April 7, 1968
Two women in bikinis are walking their dogs by a row of campers at Terry Andrae State Park.
Carnival Scene at the Fair
1936
Midway area of the Wisconsin State Fair, showing a truck advertising peanuts at 5 cents in the center background.
