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| Date: | 1953 |
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| Description: | A group of carpenters pose in front of an unfinished building. The caption reads "Carpenters union donate wages to community fund". |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Two students welding at the University of Wisconsin Agricultural Short Course. |
| Date: | 04 17 1957 |
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| Description: | An elderly woman, Josephine Fell, is the "adopted grandmother" to a Girl Scout that visits her and works with her on a puzzle at Rosemary's Nursing Home in... |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | A man who does odd jobs around his neighborhood mows a banked lawn. |
| Date: | 10 31 1951 |
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| Description: | Carl Lueders' children stand at the door and trick-or-treat in their neighborhood on Halloween. |
| Date: | 12 23 1955 |
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| Description: | Postal workers sort parcels into bins during the Christmas holiday rush. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Burial plot at Forest Hill Cemetery, where 140 Confederate prisoners of war were interred after perishing at Camp Randall military prison during the spring... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Curlers sweep in front of a stone during a curling match. |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | Graduation at Camp Randall at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. |
| Date: | 11 04 1952 |
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| Description: | Thomas Fairchild casts his vote in the 1952 general election. Fairchild lost his bid for the U.S. Senate seat held by Joseph R. McCarthy. With him are hi... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Air National Guard. A man in a leather jacket and cap is loading (?) guns in wings of an F-51 fighter plane. |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Professor Kenneth Weckel of the University of Wisconsin demonstrates his new method of preserving and canning cranberries whole without smashing them. The ... |
| Date: | 05 16 1953 |
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| Description: | View from street of the University of Wisconsin Marching Band parading down Mifflin Street, past the Strand Theater. This parade took place on Armed Forces... |
| Date: | 05 16 1953 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view taken from the Capitol Square looking down State Street. There is an unidentified marching group is coming up the middle of the stre... |
| Date: | 05 16 1953 |
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| Description: | View down the 700 block of State Street towards the Truax Field Honor Guard marching past the State Barber Shop on Armed Forces Day. Park Street and the bo... |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | Man, seen from waist down, pushing a small girl in a stroller in Vilas Park. He is carrying a camera in his right hand. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of the Wisconsin State Capitol and Square. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of construction on the Temple Beth El. Several cars are parked nearby, and a crane is in the background. |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Beth Israel Center synagogue during construction. A worker is standing on the roof of the building, and construction materials are pil... |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | View from slope towards a farm, with barn, silos, and farmhouse. Caption reads: "Mt. Horeb (Vicinity) Wis. Highway 92, c. 1951-1955." |
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