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Women in Motorboat

Date: 1941
Description: Two bathing suit-clad women demonstrating their Evinrude motorboat on a Wisconsin lake.
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Pressing Curd

Date: 1941
Description: Two men pressing the curd into a form at the Swiss Cheese Factory.
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Cochrane and ATA Pilots

Date: 1941
Description: Jacqueline Cochrane (directly under the propeller) with a group of women pilots in the British Air Transport Auxiliary. One of the leading race and test pi...
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Fred Bear and Deer

Date: 1941
Description: Bow-hunter Fred Bear poses with his bow and a deer carcass.
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Baptist Church

Date: 1941
Description: View of the Baptist church prior to restoration by the Lake Mills-Aztalan Historical Society.
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Baptist Church

Date: 1941
Description: View of the Aztalan Baptist Church prior to restoration by the Lake Mills-Aztalan Historical Society.
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Townsend Club Convention

Date: 1941
Description: Wisconsin attendees at the 6th annual convention of Townsend Clubs, June 30-July 4, 1941. The convention was held in Buffalo, New York. The Townsend Club...
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Monument for Methodist Episcopal Church

Date: 1941
Description: An original stone from the Methodist Episcopal Church built by Austin Kellogg around 1837. The text reads: "Kelloggs Corners 1837 Original Stone from Metho...
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Two Women in Swiss Costume

Date: 1941
Description: Two women in Swiss costume, possibly for the Wilhelm Tell Festival.
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St. John's Cathedral

Date: 1941
Description: Cathedral across Jackson Street. There is a large clock in the belfry.
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"Citizen Kane"

Date: 1941
Description: Orson Welles on podium in front of giant 'Kane' backdrop, in scene still for "Citizen Kane".
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Quinney Family

Date: 1941
Description: Bridget, Floyd, Katherine (Kate), Earl (Richard) and Ralph Quinney with visiting friends in front of their family's farmhouse.
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Wisconsin Senate

Date: 1941
Description: Composite photograph of the Wisconsin Senate of 1941.
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Hamptom Institute

Date: 1941
Description: A view of the working dairy barn taken from the central alley of the barn. The cows face inward toward the alley, and the barn employs stanchions to keep t...
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Lora Lee

Date: 1941
Description: Portrait of Lora Lee holding a cane and wearing a top hat, dancing costume and ballet shoes. It is inscribed "To Marian, who is my pal at Normal School & c...
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"Citizen Kane" Production Still

Date: 1941
Description: Production still during the filming of "Citizen Kane." Orson Wells smokes a pipe and directs Dorothy Comingore (playing Susan Alexander Kane) from a wheel...
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Ronald Reagan and Ann Sheridan in "Kings Row"

Date: 1941
Description: Ronald Reagan and Ann Sheridan in a scene from the Warner Brothers' film "Kings Row."
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Houdini Award

Date: 1941
Description: Ben Bergor, a Madison magician, receiving the Houdini Award from the widow of Harry Houdini. Behind him is the trunk from which Bergor had escaped, and fou...
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Cast of a Play

Date: 1941
Description: Female cast members of the play “How the Story Grew” performed during the Milwaukee Turners Winterfest.
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View of the 200 Block of State Street

Date: 1941
Description: Elevated view of the south side 200 block of State Street. A large sign announces the coming of a new Montgomery Ward's store on the site. Stores shown inc...

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