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Killing of Registre Gagnier

Date: 1940
Description: Photograph of a painting by Cal Peters depicting the Winnebago attack on the Gagnier homestead in 1827 and the killing of Registre Gagnier. The homestead w...
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Classroom Cave People

Date: 02 27 1984
Description: A sixth grade class dresses up as cave people to experience the likeness of living in pre-historic times.
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Renaissance Faire

Date: 1909
Description: A group of people dressed up in medieval-style clothing.
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Joseph McCarthy as "Tail Gunner Joe"

Date: 1943
Description: Marine Captain Joseph R. McCarthy, later a Wisconsin senator, posing as a tail gunner during World War II in Douglas SBD Bomber. McCarthy was an intelligen...
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Military Ball Sabre Arch

Date: 04 15 1932
Description: Military ball sabre arch.
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Capitol Theatre Marquee

Date: 08 17 1930
Description: Capitol Theatre marquee at 209 State Street reads: "Eric Remarque's World's Best-Seller 'All Quiet on the Western Front,'" with usher and several bystander...
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Solomon Islands Men Standing on U.S. Marine Corps Truck

Date: 1943
Description: Men, natives of the Solomon Islands, standing on a U.S. Marine Corps truck made by International Harvester. Some of the men are holding rifles.
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Women Inspecting 37-Millimeter Shells

Date: 1942
Description: Factory workers at International Harvester's West Pullman Works inspecting 37-millimeter shells.
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New Female Employee Training

Date: 01 13 1941
Description: A group of new female factory workers receiving their first day of training at an International Harvester factory. The factory was responsible for making ...
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Loading a 20mm Cannon

Date: 1945
Description: Original caption reads: "A loaded magazine is mounted on a 20mm cannon in one of the test stands at Hazel Park Firing Range." Frederick Viator is the gunne...
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General and Crew

Date: 1942
Description: The four shirtless men in helmets shown with ammunition are a general and his crew of the 14th infantry in Panama.
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Capturing the Hodag

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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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Freedom House Burning

Date: 1967
Description: Freedom House in flames after Milwaukee Police fired tear gas into the building. Two armed officers stand in front of the burning building. Both officers h...
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International Harvester 20 mm Gun Plant

Date: 05 25 1942
Description: A factory worker operating a broaching machine at International Harvester's 20 millimeter gun plant. Original caption reads: "Broaching is a conspicuous fe...
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Woman Working in 20 mm Gun Plant

Date: 05 25 1942
Description: Female factory worker operating a broaching machine at International Harvester's 20 millimeter gun plant. Caption on photograph reads: "This American hydra...
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Women Working In 20 mm Gun Plant

Date: 05 25 1942
Description: Female factory workers operate lathes at International Harvester's 20 (twenty) millimeter gun plant. Original caption reads: "Women employees have been tra...
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Women Inspecting Gun Parts International Harvester Factory

Date: 05 25 1942
Description: Female factory workers inspect parts at International Harvester's 20 (twenty) millimeter gun plant. Original caption reads: "Many small parts for the gun a...
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Men Lifting Gun from Rack at 20 mm Gun Plant

Date: 05 25 1942
Description: Factory workers lift a gun at International Harvester's 20 (twenty) millimeter gun plant. Original caption reads: "The workmen shown in this picture are li...
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Two Men Inspecting a Gun at a War Production Plant

Date: 05 25 1942
Description: Factory workers inspect a gun at International Harvester's 20 (twenty) millimeter gun plant. Original caption reads: "In the test firing department careful...
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Woman Operating a Surface Grinder at War Plant

Date: 05 25 1942
Description: Female factory worker operates a surface grinder at International Harvester's 20 (twenty) millimeter gun plant. Original caption reads: "This woman employe...

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