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Veterans Housing

Date: 1947
Description: Three men at the University of Wisconsin, with tent and sign that reads "People of Madison! Vets in tent need rooms to rent".
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Wisconsin Makes Its Laws

Date: 1947
Description: An assembly clerk withdrawing the record of a vote from the automatic voting machine in the Assembly chamber. Madison, WI.
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Jimmy Demetral

Date: 1947
Description: Local wrestler "Jimmy" Demetral poses flexing his muscles in front of a painting of himself.
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National Telephone Strike

Date: 1947
Description: National telephone strike, showing one operator in the left half of east switchboard room of Wisconsin Telephone Company, 16 South Carroll Street.
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Assembly and Conservation Commission Meeting

Date: 1947
Description: A Wisconsin State Assembly committee confers with members of the State Conservation Commission.
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V-6 Naval Reservists

Date: 1947
Description: New V-6 Naval Reserve enrollees in Naval Armory, 1610-20 University Avenue, for their first gunnery drill with Lieut. C.C. Templeton, Naval Reserve Unit, D...
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Dairy Laboratory Truck

Date: 1947
Description: Two men standing at the rear of the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture dairy laboratory truck, which has wooden steps leading up to the open rear doors.
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American Dairy Association Group Portrait

Date: 1947
Description: American Dairy Association truck with 17 men standing in front. Six faces of men are imposed over the building in the background above the truck.
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Memorial Union

Date: 1947
Description: Langdon Street entrance of Memorial Union on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
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The White Grocery and Filling Station

Date: 1947
Description: A gas station attendant puts on his coat outside the White Grocery and Filling Station in Madison. A sign near the pumps reads, "Please Give Me Ten Seconds...
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Farmall H with Soil Pulverizers

Date: 1947
Description: Three-quarter view from left rear of a man driving a Farmall H with soil pulverizers, with grass seeding attachment and seed box. Farm of Tom Stolen, Route...
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No. 2 Ensilage and Forage Blower

Date: 1947
Description: View across farmyard towards a man working with a No. 2 ensilage and forage blower near a barn and two silos. Bowman dairy farm.
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Man Using No. 2 Ensilage Harvester with Farmall M Tractor

Date: 1947
Description: View across harvested cornfield towards a man using a Farmall M tractor to pull a No. 2 ensilage harvester and wagon and box on the Bowman Dairy Farm. Farm...
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Maple Bluff Country Club

Date: 1947
Description: Exterior view of the Maple Bluff Country Club. There is a group of people standing on the golf course. Caption reads: "Maple Bluff Country Club, Madison, W...
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Loan Collection Day

Date: 1947
Description: Loan collection day at the Memorial Union. Paintings were loaned to students for exhibition.
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Basketball at the Field House

Date: 1947
Description: Badger basketball game against Illinois in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Field House. (Up to 1947) Wisconsin has won or tied for more Western Confere...

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