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Vending Machines

Date: 04 20 1967
Description: High school freshman use vending machines for lunch.
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Mayor Law and Chic Sale

Date: 07 20 1933
Description: Mayor James R. Law presenting the keys of the city to Chic Sale, former Dane County land owner and character impersonator performing at the Orpheum Theater...
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Off to School

Date: 09 03 1931
Description: Wayne Jr. and Marion Klein leave home at 710 Conklin Place for school.
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Chanticleer Orchestra

Date: 09 02 1931
Description: Group portrait of the men in the Chanticleer "Lanky Neal" Orchestra.
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Chanticleer Orchestra

Date: 09 02 1931
Description: Group portrait of Chanticleer "Lanky Neal" Orchestra dressed in identical suits and two-tone shoes.
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McCormick Works Employee

Date: 03 31 1919
Description: Full-length portrait of a man standing outdoors in front of a building. He is wearing eyeglasses, and overalls over a shirt, vest and necktie.
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Truck Salesman and Son

Date: 04 10 1935
Description: Neel S. Yent poses for a photograph with his son, Jackie, who is seated on the hood of an International truck. Neel was a truck salesman for the Orange Sta...
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O'Konski and Obey

Date: 08 10 1974
Description: Wisconsin congressmen David Obey (left) and former congressman Alvin O'Konski breaking ground for a United States Forest Services genetics lab. After the c...
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Newlyweds at Home

Date: 1936
Description: Mr. and Mrs. T.H. Millman informally posed at their home wedding.
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Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne Picking Fruit

Date: 1949
Description: Alfred Lunt standing on a wooden ladder and picking plums from a tree in the Ten Chimneys orchard. Lynn Fontanne stands below holding a basket to collect t...
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Lifting the Lindsay Street Sign

Date: 04 14 1967
Description: Vel Phillips and Bernice Lindsay helping lift the Lindsay Street sign to be installed. Phillips is wearing a dress and is in front of Lindsay, who is weari...
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Henry Getto

Date: 1930
Description: Henry Getto sits in a rocking chair on the walk in front of the entrance to a log house. He is holding an open book in his hands, and is wearing a suit, a ...
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Buster Keaton

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Description: Publicity photo of Buster Keaton sitting cross-legged on a stool and holding a book in front of a piano. He is looking off to the side.
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Buster Keaton

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Description: Publicity photograph of Buster Keaton. He is standing in front of a backdrop holding a flower up in one hand, with his other hand resting on his leg.
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Muir Locust

Date: 1953
Description: A man and three women standing at the base of a large tree, identified as the Muir Locust. The tree grew along Observatory Drive on the University of Wisco...
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Milton Berle

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Description: Publicity photograph of Milton Berle posing with one foot in the air and a big smile on his face. He is wearing a dark suit with a white handkerchief in th...
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Portrait of Male Employee Standing Outdoors

Date: 12 26 1922
Description: Full-length portrait of a man wearing a suit standing on a sidewalk alongside a factory wall.
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Portrait of Man Standing Outdoors

Date: 07 01 1930
Description: Full-length portrait of a man standing outdoors on a lawn near a sidewalk. He is wearing a suit, eyeglasses, and is leaning on a cane he is holding in his ...
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Henry Fonda

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Description: Full-length publicity portrait of Henry Fonda. He is standing and leaning on a high-backed white sofa. He is wearing a dark suit and has a blank look on hi...
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Horse Show

Date: 1930
Description: Walter Vail Johnston, left, posing with an unidentified woman and man near the grandstand at the Milwaukee Hunt Club Horse Show. The men are wearing suits ...

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