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Marlboro Billboard

Date: 04 1973
Description: A Marlboro cigarette billboard advertisement looms over King Street.
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Pheasant Branch Hotel or Stamm House

Date: 1925
Description: Exterior view of the Pheasant Branch Hotel or Stamm House. Men are sitting on the porch near the front door. A sign above the door reads, in part: "J. Yo.....
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Madison Park Hotel & Prescription Pharmacy

Date: 1955
Description: View of downtown Madison's Park Hotel. The Prescription Pharmacy also occupies a portion of the ground floor.
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Fire at Wisconsin State Capitol (Third)

Date: 02 27 1904
Description: Spectators near the South Wing of the third Wisconsin State Capitol watching the fire that eventually destroyed most of the building.
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Camp Randall Memorial Arch

Date: 1912
Description: Camp Randall Memorial Arch and Civil War cannons honor the Wisconsin Civil War soldiers on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The memorial was nam...
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Portrait of Frederick Kehl

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Description: Portrait of Frederick W. Kehl, founder of the Kehl School of Dance in Madison, Wisconsin.
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Kehl Dancer in Silver and Pink

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Description: An unknown dancer ("Brown") wearing a glittery pink and silver costume poses on her toes with arms outstretched at the Kehl School of Dance.
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Bethel Lutheran Church Interior

Date: 1960
Description: Elevated view of the interior of the front area in Bethel Lutheran Church, showing the altar and large stained glass window.
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Wisconsin State Capitol from Bascom Hill

Date: 1948
Description: Winter scene of the Wisconsin State Capitol as viewed from the snow-covered Bascom Hill on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
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Back to School Makeup

Date: 1985
Description: A member of the crew touches up the makeup of actress Sally Kellerman during the filming of a scene from the motion picture "Back to School" on the Univers...
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Keanu Reeves at the Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 1996
Description: Actor Keanu Reeves during a pause in the filming of the motion picture "Chain Reaction" on the capitol grounds. In the film, the Wisconsin State Capitol wa...
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Grace Episcopal Church

Date: 1956
Description: An interior view of the Grace Episcopal Church, showing the free-standing altar made of Kasota stone. The church was founded in 1838.
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Ruined Barn

Date: 1911
Description: A ruined barn and farm destroyed by a tornado that hit Oregon, Wisconsin.
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St. Bernard's Catholic Church

Date: 1889
Description: The dedication service of St. Bernard's Catholic Church.
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G.A.R. Hall

Date: 1997
Description: Organizing Assembly in G.A.R. (Grand Army of the Republic) Hall.
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Peggy Algren and Henry Lawrence Ahlgren

Date: 1966
Description: Peggy Algren (b. 1943) and her father Henry Lawrence Ahlgren at her graduation from the University of Wisconsin in 1966. At the time Henry Ahlgren was a Un...
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Tommy Thompson Riding a Motorcycle

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Description: Wisconsin Governor Tommy G. Thompson waves from a Harley Davidson motorcycle as he rides on John Nolen Drive. Lake Monona and the Wisconsin State Capitol b...
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Thuy Nguyen and Ronald McDonald

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Description: Thuy Nguyen poses in front of a Ronald McDonald figure in a public play area. She is wearing a red vinyl jacket. A Pizza Hut sign is visible in the backgro...
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Nguyen Children

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Description: The children of Hong and Trong Nguyen sitting on the stoop outside their house. From left to right are Mary, Minh, Charlie, and Thuy, who is eating a sandw...
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Thuy Nguyen in the Sun

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Description: Thuy Nguyen lays on the grass in a park on a sunny day.

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