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R.L. Bender Deluxe Cab at 1,000,000 Miles

Date: 1982
Description: Bob Bender, wearing a business suit and a chauffeur hat, is posing next to "Nellie," his shiny, black 1956 Cadillac Fleetwood parked in front of the Wiscon...
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Portaging by White River

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Description: Man sitting at the aft of a canoe in a wooded river area. There is an outboard motor leaning against a tree in the center of the image. Handwritten text ca...
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Interior View of Gisholt Machine Company

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Description: Interior view of Gisholt Machine Company. Two men are standing next to large machinery, marked with the name "GRAY."
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Composite Image of Two Men Standing in front of Gisholt

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Description: Composite image of a man wearing a suit standing in front of the Gisholt Machine Company entrance. He is looking up at a man scaled as tall as the building...
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Sid on Back of Fire Engine

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Description: View across street towards Sid standing on the back of a fire engine with a cigar in his mouth. In the background are storefronts destroyed by fire and cov...
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Sid Looking at Fire Damaged Storefronts

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Description: View of Sid standing in the street with a cigar in his mouth looking at damaged storefronts covered with icicles. Snow and ice cover the sidewalk, and a fi...
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Bob Bender with Christmas Tree

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Description: View down driveway towards Bob Bender posing standing at the curb leaning against a Cadillac Fleetwood limousine holding a small Christmas tree and an axe....
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Sid Posing on Stone Wall in Cemetery

Date: 1961
Description: View of Sid posing sitting with his feet up on the stone wall at the entrance to a cemetery with a July 1961 calendar under his arm and a cigar in his mout...
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Sid Posing on Stone Wall in Cemetery

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Description: View of Sid posing sitting on the stone wall at the entrance to a cemetery with a July 1961 calendar under his arm. He is holding a stem of lilies and has ...
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Catching a Fish in Moor's Barber Shop

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Description: A man (Sid?) sitting in a barber's chair is getting a straight-edge shave while holding a fishing rod with a large cutout of a giant fish caught on the fis...
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Catching a Fish in Moor's Barber Shop

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Description: A man (Sid?) sitting in a barber's chair is getting a straight-edge shave while holding a fishing rod with a large cutout of a giant fish caught on the fis...
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Man Playing Beer Bottle

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Description: View of a man standing near a pool table in a tavern. He is holding a beer bottle like a flute at an angle up to his mouth. A neon sign is hanging in the ...
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Steve Hopkins and Roger Debenham Posing with Trout

Date: 05 1973
Description: Steve Hopkins and Roger Debenham posing in Sturgeon Bay with seven trout they caught on Lake Michigan hanging from pegs under a sign that reads, "Bay Chart...
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Steve Hopkins and Two Men on a Charter Boat in the Baudhuin Yacht Harbor

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Description: Steve Hopkins and two men standing on a Bay Charter Service boat docked at the Baudhuin Yacht Harbor marina in Sturgeon Bay. The yacht club house stands be...
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Sid at Oscar Mayer Company

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Description: Sid talking to two employees in the Oscar Mayer Company. All three men are wearing long white coats and hats. Sid is standing in the middle next to meat ha...
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Sid in the Oscar Mayer Company

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Description: Sid talking to two employees in the Oscar Mayer Company. All three men are wearing long white coats and hats. Sid is standing in the middle next to meat ha...
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Man and Woman Posing on Sidewalk

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Description: A man and a woman standing and posing together on a sidewalk near State and Gorham Streets. (Oscar Mayer's Coolerator store was located at 401-05 State Str...
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Mary's Bee Hive

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Description: Man on the sidewalk in front of Mary's Bee Hive, a lunch counter. Cars are parked at an angle to the curb on the right.
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Sid in Moon's Barber Shop

Date: 04 1954
Description: Sid giving a man a shave in Moon's Barber Shop. Sid has a cigar in his mouth. The man sitting in the chair getting the shave is wearing hip waders. A large...
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Madison Drum and Bugle Corps

Date: 1969
Description: Outdoor group portrait of the Madison Drum and Bugle Corps in uniform. The group is posing on the field at Warner Park with bleachers in the background.

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