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Photograph

Groundbreaking at Preschool

Date: 11 20 1963
Description: A three-year-old poses with a man-sized shovel of soil during a groundbreaking ceremony at the site of a new preschool. Behind him is a large steam shovel.
Photograph

Harold F. McCormick and Ganna Walska

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Description: Harold F. McCormick (1872-1941) and his second wife Ganna Walska walking side by side.
Photograph

Thomas A. Edison

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Description: Quarter-length portrait of a young Thomas Alva Edison.
Photograph

Pie in the Face

Date: 12 10 1968
Description: 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 carni...
Photograph

Chinko the Juggler

Date: 
Description: Chinko The Juggler balances a large portrait of a woman on his head.
Photograph

Frosty House

Date: 12 18 1963
Description: A craft class member of Milwaukee public school system's recreation department frosting a gingerbread cookie house at the Grant Street social center.
Photograph

Crack Corn

Date: 08 03 1963
Description: A young boy is bending over on the sidewalk stoop and is holding a corn plant growing out of a pavement crack.
Print

Kehl Recital Advertisement

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Description: Eleven portraits of young costumed students appear in an advertisement reading "Leo Kehl Dancers To Appear In Recital."
Photograph

William T. Evjue

Date: 1931
Description: Studio portrait of William T. Evjue.
Photograph

Teacher Mary Davidson Bradford

Date: 1892
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Mary Davidson Bradford, a high school teacher.
Book or Pamphlet

Motor Cultivation

Date: 1920
Description: Interior pages of a pamphlet advertising the Parrett tractor titled: "The Need for Motor Cultivation." The pamphlet features three photographs of the tract...
Photograph

Charcoal Kilns

Date: 09 27 1895
Description: Elevated view of men and horses standing atop the platform used to load wood into charcoal kilns, also known as pits. These kilns convert cord wood into ch...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Presidental Political Campaign Ephemera

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Description: A presidential political campaign advertisement with head and shoulders portraits of George H.W. Bush and Dan Quayle and a title that reads: "Finding the r...
Photograph

Grace Adams Houghton

Date: 07 15 1915
Description: Seated portrait of Grace Adams Houghton, a University of Wisconsin 1906 alumnus. She was a high school teacher in Onalaska. She came from West Salem, where...
Print

Samuel Adams

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Description: Engraved portrait of Samuel Adams, a Founding Father of the United States and 4th Governor of Massachusetts (1792-1794).

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