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| Date: | 1861 |
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| Description: | Thomas Bigford (in cap, on left) and another official swearing-in two Native American Civil War recruits. Thomas Bigford (1815-1890) of Taycheedah, Wiscons... |
| Date: | 07 1959 |
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| Description: | Dickey Chapelle, photographer, on the same Milwaukee beach where she learned to swim as a young girl. She was covering "Operation Inland Seas" celebrating ... |
| Date: | 04 06 1969 |
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| Description: | Children walking out of church after the Easter Sunday service at St. James United Methodist Church at 1114 West Brown Street. |
| Date: | 03 20 1975 |
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| Description: | Original caption reads: "K.P. Mazurek (left), President, International Harvester's Truck Division, receives the key to the city of El Paso, Texas, from May... |
| Date: | 08 12 1932 |
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| Description: | RKO motion picture actress Raquel Torres christening the new model airplane manufactured in Madison by Orland Corben. Corben had flown the airplane that br... |
| Date: | 12 31 1941 |
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| Description: | Wedding party at the altar of Sacred Hearts Catholic Church. Party includes bride Marian Thekla Hebl, groom James Daniel Tormey, Priest George Haeusler, br... |
| Date: | 06 15 1935 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief Justice Marvin B. Rosenberry speaking in the Assembly Chamber during the 10th annual Robert M. La Follette, Sr., memorial ser... |
| Date: | 06 15 1935 |
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| Description: | U.S. Senator Gerald P. Nye of North Dakota, at the podium, speaking in the Assembly Chambers at the 10th annual Robert M. La Follette Sr. Memorial Service. |
| Date: | 06 15 1935 |
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| Description: | U.S. Senator Gerald P. Nye of North Dakota, at the podium, speaking in the Assembly Chambers at the 10th annual Robert M. La Follette Sr. Memorial Service. |
| Date: | 07 20 1933 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 10 08 1928 |
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| Description: | Five-year-old Betty Livesey pauses for a picture after the "Declaration of Chivalry" ceremony conducted at the 81st annual Capitol Grand Encampment of the ... |
| Date: | 02 02 1959 |
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| Description: | Presentation of the Heart Award by President Eisenhower and Senator Lyndon Johnson. The citation is read by Bruce Barton. |
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| Description: | Five Ho-Chunk performers in front of cloth barriers or tents. A powwow group from the 1908 Homecoming. The five are full brothers according to the 1881 tri... |
| Date: | 1977 |
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| Description: | Willie Mae Small, 107 years old, sits in a chair off to the side during an outdoor service (church?). |
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| Description: | Sioux on horseback charging with weapons raised. |
| Date: | 1978 |
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| Description: | Native Americans keeping the music alive. George Whitewing, a Ho Chunk musician from Wittenberg, Wisconsin, plays his drum while a crowd looks on in Red Cl... |
| Date: | 05 20 1951 |
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| Description: | General Douglas MacArthur in the midst of a tickertape parade honoring his return from Korea. |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Two men are looking at a newly unveiled plaque commemorating International Harvester's "100 Years in Chicago" celebration. Original caption reads: "Fowler ... |
| Date: | 1957 |
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| Description: | U.S.S. Wisconsin docked on the Hudson River at Norfolk, during decommissioning ceremonies. |
| Date: | 08 10 1974 |
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| 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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