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Chapelle Eating Military Rations

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Description: Dickey Chapelle crouching on the ground eating food from cans.
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Models of Frank Lloyd Wright Designed Buildings

Date: 1930
Description: Exhibit of the works of Frank Lloyd Wright at the Layton Art Gallery in Milwaukee which toured the United States between 1930 and 1931 and which aided in t...
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Temperance Rebus

Date: 1885
Description: Rebus from the National Temperance Advocate, 1884-1886 p.207. Solution is: "What harm can there be in a glass of beer? None, my man, in one or two. 'Tis...
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"Haystacks and Steeples" Scene

Date: 1916
Description: Gloria Swanson and Bobby Vernon in a scene from "Haystacks and Steeples".
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Fontanne in her Drawing Room

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Description: Lynn Fontanne having breakfast in her drawing room at Ten Chimneys.
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Aline W. Hazard and Two Women

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Description: Aline W. Hazard stands behind two seated women who are making crafts.
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Alfred Stanley Johnson, Jr.

Date: 1932
Description: Portrait of photographer Alfred Stanley Johnson, Jr., a Waupun photographer best known for his "tall-tale" or "freak" postcards.
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Welcome, Mr. Roosevelt

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Description: The cover of sheet music for the song "Welcome, Mr. Roosevelt" featuring a drawing of Franklin D. Roosevelt's portrait within the state of Wisconsin. Text ...
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Guy Carawan

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Description: Signed photograph of Guy Carawan, a folk musician, playing an open-backed 5-string banjo. Presented to Highlander Folk School. Inscription reads, "Wishing ...
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Wipe Out Discrimination

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Description: Interior view of the entrance to the Highlander Library, with a CIO student entering the doorway. The poster on the window reads: "CIO says, 'Wipe out Disc...
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Angel with Gavel

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Description: Illustration of a male angel figure, wearing eyeglasses and carrying a gavel. Part of a poster made for the Highlander Folk School.
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Ringing the Dinner Bell

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Description: A student ringing the dinner bell at Highlander Folk School.
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Johnny Olson

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Description: Radio announcer Johnny Olson wearing a pair of Oshkosh B' Gosh overalls. Olson hosted the "Oshkosh B' Gosh" Radio Program broadcast on stations WTMJ (Milwa...
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Man Gesturing with Cigar

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Description: A man holding a cigar is gesturing wildly. A portrait of Franklin Delano Roosevelt hangs behind him. An unidentified man and Catherine Winston sit on eit...
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Men Acting Like Ducks at Highlander

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Description: A group of men imitating ducks, participating in a theatrical performance. A man wielding a shotgun is in the background, and is wearing a hat bearing the ...
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Zilphia Horton Operating Film Projector

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Description: Zilphia Horton(?) learning to operate a film projector at Highlander Folk School. Three people observe behind her.
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Dancing in Henry Thomas' Yard

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Description: Dancing in Henry Thomas' yard led by Tefferteller. Next to the fiddler is Uncle Willy Marlowe, a neighbor. Henry Thomas is sitting on the porch.
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Playing Banjo at a Bar-B-Que

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Description: Night bar-b-que at Highlander Folk School, featuring a banjo player, Malcolm (Mike?) Ross, frailing on an open-back five-string banjo.
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Woman With Baby On Screen

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Description: A woman with a large projected image of a baby behind her. Possibly a film being screened at Highlander Folk School.
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Photomontage of Highlander Square Dancing

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Description: Photomontage of musicians playing their instruments, with people square dancing beneath. Ike Church is playing the banjo in the upper right, and J.D. Marlo...

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