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Boy with Watermelons at Farmers' Market

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Description: Boy posing with watermelons under a wooden stand at the Farmers' Market. The Wisconsin State Capitol is in the background.
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Waiting for the Bus

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Description: An elderly woman sitting on a bench while waiting for a bus in a bus shelter. Behind her is a window which looks down the street.
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Lynette Margulies and Friend

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Description: Lynette Margulies (left) and a friend holding signs and protesting against the "Madison Press Connection" newspaper. They are looking at a person standing ...
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Doty Street

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Description: Rear view of a man, from the shoulders down, walking on a Doty Street sidewalk holding a hat and a newspaper in his hand. Snow is along both sides of the s...
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Students Picketing on Library Mall

Date: 1976
Description: Students protesting the Kuomintang's authoritarian control of Taiwan on Library Mall at the Calvary Lutheran Chapel. In the foreground a man is leaning aga...
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Elderly Man

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Description: An elderly man near the Wisconsin State Capitol building. He appears to be Asian.
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Jim Grant

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Description: Jim Grant, having just walked up from Oklahoma City, is looking for work in Madison.
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Woman on Bascom Hill

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Description: Woman walking up Bascom Hill in winter.
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Two Kayaks on Yahara River

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Description: Elevated view from the Division Street brdige of two kayaks paddling down the Yahara River.
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Art the Window Washer

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Description: A window washer named Art holding a cigarette and posing with his squeegee. He was a familiar sight on State Street.
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Jim Zimmerman

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Description: Environmental activist Jim Zimmerman outdoors.
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North Frances Street Scene

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Description: A woman is leading two men along the sidewalk past the Towers Apartment building on N. Frances Street. Michael's Shoe Service storefront is in the backgrou...
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Memorial Union in Winter

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Description: Two students sharing a bottle of wine at a table on the snowy terrace of the Memorial Union.
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Manpower

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Description: Rear view of men walking down the sidewalk at the intersection of Pinckney and Main Streets.
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Majestic Marquee

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Description: Woman on ladder changing the letters on the marquee at the Majestic Theater on King Street.
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Homeless Man

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Description: A homeless man in Milwaukee sitting in the snow as he attempts to craft a makeshift shelter from a piece of tarp.
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Posing with "Mother and Child"

Date: 11 22 1978
Description: Members of UW-Madison class of 1927 and Constance Elvehjem posing with William Zorach's statue "Mother and Child." From left to right: Lowell Frautschi, Ha...
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Flooding at Dairy Queen

Date: 04 29 1979
Description: A man is walking through a flooded Dairy Queen parking lot in the downtown area, while cars are driving down the street. The sign in the window of the Dair...
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Walking on Frozen Lake Mendota

Date: 01 02 1979
Description: Two younger men assisting an elderly woman as they are walking across a snowy, frozen Lake Mendota. Shoreline buildings off Langdon Street, including The E...
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Relaxing on Frozen Lake Mendota

Date: 01 02 1979
Description: A young man is enjoying an Old Milwaukee beer while sitting in a broken armchair on frozen Lake Mendota.

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