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| Date: | 03 30 1958 |
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| Description: | Notice of farm auction sale for farm and personal property of Ed Gein. The farmhouse was destroyed by fire before the auction took place. |
| Date: | 02 12 1984 |
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| Description: | A man shows his cow in front of Penneys during an auction held at the Mid-Cities Mall. |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | Group of farmers observe and participate in a farm auction. |
| Date: | 07 08 1931 |
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| Description: | View from balcony of an auction for Kiddie Camp at the Orpheum theatre, with an automobile on the stage. |
| Date: | 04 27 1976 |
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| Description: | The set of the fundraising auction of Channel 10, Milwaukee's public television station. Senator William Proxmire is standing to the left of the closed B B... |
| Date: | 01 20 1944 |
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| Description: | Senator Jess Miller auctioning a Collie puppy in front of a WIBA microphone in the Wisconsin State Capitol. Governor Goodland donated the proceeds of the s... |
| Date: | 01 20 1944 |
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| Description: | An unidentified man, with a cigarette in his mouth, is holding a Collie puppy up for auction at Governor Walter Goodland's dog sale. |
| Date: | 01 20 1944 |
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| Description: | First Lady Mrs. Goodland says goodbye to their Collie puppies in the State Capitol where the puppies were auctioned off for charity. The dejected pup in th... |
| Date: | 10 17 1946 |
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| Description: | Harry B. Haley (right) bought the diamond pin and 662 jewel bracelet held by George H. Brown, chief deputy U.S. Marshal for the Western Wisconsin District ... |
| Date: | 09 08 1948 |
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| Description: | Joseph L. "Roundy" Coughlin shown wearing a large Spanish hat as the auctioneer at the West Side Business Men's Association auction to benefit the building... |
| Date: | 09 08 1948 |
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| Description: | The repair and conditioning committee of the West Side Business Men's Association that was in charge of preparing the auction site for the sale to benefit ... |
| Date: | 09 12 1948 |
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| Description: | Governor Oscar Rennebohm standing at the podium before a crowd as he auctions off an article at the West Side Business Men's Association auction on Odana R... |
| Date: | 09 07 1949 |
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| Description: | Heads of the various committees who planned the auction for the West Side Business Association are shown, left to right, front row: Emmett Bergenske, aucti... |
| Date: | 09 17 1949 |
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| Description: | Pictured displaying a table at the WSBMA auction are, left to right: auctioneer Joe Sherven, Ron Rosa, WSBMA president, and Lyall T. Beggs, past national c... |
| Date: | 1889 |
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| Description: | Broadside advertising an auction on the Leo Melcher farm. Items for sale included livestock, feed and crops, farm machinery, and household items including ... |
| Date: | 1883 |
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| Description: | Broadside advertising an auction at the L.P. Bailey farm near Delavan. Sale included cattle, horses and hogs. |
| Date: | 1882 |
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| Description: | Broadside advertising a public auction at the estate of Olaus Haagenson. |
| Date: | 03 30 1971 |
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| Description: | Poster advertising the Wisconsin Center Art Auction (formerly Art on the Park). The proceeds of the auction provided scholarship funds. |
| Date: | 06 23 1950 |
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| Description: | Madison police officer Hector Naze is shown in front of a crowd at Breese Stevens Field acting as an auctioneer of lost and found items which have accumula... |
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| Description: | An auctioneer, a clerk, and a helper stand on a stage on a farm conducting an auction as potential bidders surround them. Farming equipment and other items... |
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