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Horse-Drawn Fire Wagon

Date: 1910
Description: Horse-drawn fire wagon coming down a cobblestone street in Milwaukee. The fact that automobiles are also in the photograph suggests that the transition to ...
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Wisconsin Dells Minirama

Date: 08 26 1960
Description: Miniature model of the Wisconsin Dells. Goggled diver, Ollie Reese, swimming with Dells recreation boat. This completely landscaped exhibit was built to sc...
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Football Team

Date: 1899
Description: Group portrait in front of a painted backdrop of members of a Whitewater, Wisconsin football team.
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International D-Line Truck used by Astrodome Groundskeepers

Date: 04 12 1966
Description: Color photograph of Houston Astrodome groundskeepers dressed in "moon suits" getting the field ready for the 1966 baseball season. An International D-Line ...
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Fire Fighters Practice with Scout Fire Truck

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Description: Color photograph of a fire crew battling small house fire during a training exercise. The men are using an International Scout fire truck.
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Working at the Parker Pen Factory

Date: 10 16 1952
Description: A worker is using a machine to cut metal strips for fountain pen nibs at the Parker Pen factory.
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Boys of the Hawthorne, Chicago Traveling Club

Date: 1878
Description: Boys outside tent that has sign, "Boys of the Hawthorne" above its door. This picture is identified as the Chicago Traveling Club's trip #8.
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Madison Soap Box Derby

Date: 07 24 1955
Description: Soap Box Derby race cars line up while participants and spectators look at the cars. Madison's Derby was held on East Washington Avenue leading from the Wi...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Champion

Date: 07 24 1955
Description: Madison Soap Box Derby champion, David Laverty of Mineral Point, posing with the plaque and his brother Larry who is a past champion. In the background is ...
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Issuing Hunting License

Date: 1934
Description: Man at the counter of office in Dane County where clerk, Selma Fjelstad, is issuing a hunting license.
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University of Wisconsin Boxer

Date: 01 16 1948
Description: University of Wisconsin boxing team member Nick Collias.
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University of Wisconsin Boxer

Date: 01 16 1948
Description: University of Wisconsin boxing team member Robert Ranck.
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University of Wisconsin Boxer

Date: 01 16 1948
Description: University of Wisconsin boxing team member Fred Krueger.
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University of Wisconsin Boxer

Date: 01 16 1948
Description: University of Wisconsin boxing team member Al Blinder.
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University of Wisconsin Textile Testing

Date: 04 01 1948
Description: Margaret Cooper, Associate Professor of Home Economics at the University of Wisconsin, Madison and director of the textile laboratory, testing the bursting...
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Windsor Fire

Date: 06 11 1948
Description: Donald Hanson, who discovered the fire at the lumber and appliance building of the Central Wisconsin Supply Company and turned in the alarm. The fire total...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Champion

Date: 07 25 1948
Description: The Grand Champion Winner Frankie Meyers, son of Mr. and Mrs. David Meyers, 310 West Dayton Street, is shown sitting in his White Racer.
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John Hoffman on Old Fire Truck

Date: 08 10 1948
Description: Close-up of Fireman John Hoffman at the wheel of a 1929 pumper truck which is going to be "retired".
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Fire at Fitzgibbons Building

Date: 08 28 1948
Description: Fire fighters applying water to the burning Fitzgibbons building downtown.
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Woman in Athletic Clothing

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Description: A woman wearing athletic clothing stands in a room with a punching bag.

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