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Senator Proxmire Greets Constituents

Date: 1970
Description: Senator William Proxmire shakes hands with a young constituent at the Wisconsin State Fair. For many years Proxmire's appearance was an institution at the ...
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Governor Goodland at the Fair

Date: 1944
Description: Looking every bit his age (82), Governor Walter S. Goodland arrives at the Wisconsin State Fair.
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Zeidler on Parade

Date: 07 08 1941
Description: Escorted by an honor guard of scouts, Mayor Carl Zeidler leaves City Hall to dine at the Dairy Lunch at the State Fair. As always, Zeidler is impeccably dr...
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Gorman and other AMCBWNA Leaders

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Description: Patrick Gorman, then the secretary treasurer of the international union, with other leaders at the 19th national convention.
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International Club Coach

Date: 10 11 1924
Description: An International bus, 54-H-1, serving as a "Club Coach." The bus is parked and men are looking out of the windows.
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Harvester-Thresher Delivery

Date: 05 17 1927
Description: Mr. Dennison (left), manager of the Lucas Hardware Company, an International Harvester dealership, stands with another man in front of six assembled harves...
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Campaign Shoot

Date: 1994
Description: Filming a campaign spot for Congressman David R. Obey (left), probably in the Wausau Family Practice Center. Health care and its associated costs were an i...
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The Conrad Schmitt Family

Date: 1892
Description: Group portrait in front of a painted backdrop of the Conrad Schmitt family of Muscoda. Emma Schmitt married Sherwin Gillett in 1906.
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Portrait of a Young Couple

Date: 1955
Description: Double quarter-length portrait of a smiling young couple.
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Man and Woman with International Harvester Float

Date: 05 29 1925
Description: A man wearing a suit and bow tie, and a woman wearing a Kimono-style jacket, and pants and a turban, are standing indoors in front of an International floa...
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Man Posing with Truck

Date: 05 28 1925
Description: Man posing in front of the passenger door of an International Motor Truck which is parked on a street. In the background on the right is a monument of a ma...
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Ferguson Coal Company Coal Truck

Date: 08 25 1925
Description: View across street toward a man sitting in a Ferguson Coal Company delivery truck. A sign on the brick building in the background reads: "Wm Deering & __ O...
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Cities Service Oil Company Delivery Truck

Date: 09 04 1925
Description: Three-quarter view from front left of a Cities Service Oil Company delivery truck parked outdoors. In the background is a building with a sign for "Cities ...
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Man Driving Kerosene Tractor

Date: 07 22 1926
Description: View from front of a man wearing a suit and hat driving a McCormick-Deering kerosene tractor pulling threshing equipment. A group of men are watching in th...
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Thresher Operation in Field

Date: 08 07 1926
Description: View across field towards a large group of men gathered around new agricultural demo machinery and a tractor.
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Men and Women Posing in Showroom

Date: 06 26 1927
Description: Two men and a woman are posing in the showroom of a dealership. Behind them is a McCormick-Deering harvester-thresher.
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High School Boys Conducting Liberty Loan Drive

Date: 04 1918
Description: Several young men stand around a kiosk decorated with American flags. One is dressed as Uncle Sam. Behind, them, young men and women are standing. A War Sa...
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McCormick-Deering Hoist

Date: 07 19 1928
Description: View across street towards a man using a hoist to mount street lights a near an intersection in a city. Men are standing on the sidewalk watching the insta...
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Charles Gates Dawes and Family

Date: 09 1926
Description: Vice President Charles Dawes (right) and his three brothers are standing in front of their father's and grandfather's home on a farm seven miles south of M...
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Dawes Visits a Farm

Date: 09 1926
Description: Vice President Charles Dawes visiting neighbors at a farm in Mauston.

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