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International Model E Truck with "Prosperity" Display

Date: 1916
Description: International Model E highwheeler truck adorned with American flags, advertising banners, and a statue of a sprite named "Prospy." "Prospy" was a little ma...
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Farm Wife Brings Lunch to Her Husband in the Field

Date: 1970
Description: Ingrid Bengtson bringing lunch to the field to help her husband, Norman, get the planting done faster. They are having lunch on top of the McCormick Intern...
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Helicopter Hero Scott Alwin

Date: 1968
Description: Helicopter pilot Scott Alwin, a native of Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, with his UH-1 ("Huey"). Alwin spent five tours of duty in Vietnam from 1967 to 1972, se...
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Military Insignia, Window Display

Date: 09 19 1944
Description: Malcolm McVicar's military insignia collection on display, with a United States flag, in the window of Photo Copy Service shop, 211 West Mifflin Street.
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Surveying Fire Damage

Date: 1904
Description: Aftermath of the Wisconsin State Capitol fire of February 26-27. This image provides the best of only a few known photographs of the ornamentation of the w...
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Billy Huber, Motorcyle Racer

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Description: Billy Huber of Reading, PA, dubbed "America's most popular motorcycle competition rider" by the American Motorcycle Association, is shown astride his Harle...
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State Office Building Decorative Detail

Date: 06 09 1974
Description: A relief of a partial State Seal design over the Wilson Street entrance of the State Office Building's east wing.
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Civil Works Administration Emblem

Date: 03 23 1975
Description: Civil Works Administration emblem on the stone wall of Breese Stevens Field at the corner of East Washington Avenue and Paterson Street.
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Lathrop Hall

Date: 1948
Description: Emblem design in plants, in front of the hall on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
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Fish Stocking Car

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Description: Exterior view of a fish stocking railroad car. Two men are standing at an open doorway of the car, and another man is standing on the ground on the right.
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Lewis Arms on a Motorcycle

Date: 09 1960
Description: View from behind of Lewis Arms riding his 1946 Harley-Davidson Flathead motorcycle on the sidewalk of the 1800 block of Beld Street. On the back of his ja...
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International Model E Truck with "Prospy"

Date: 1915
Description: International Model E truck adorned with American flags, International Harvester pennants and a display of "Prosperity" or "Prospy" for short. "Prospy", th...
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Pythian Orphans' Home

Date: 04 22 1911
Description: Front view of Pythian Orphans' Home and a large crowd in front of the main building. The shield over the entrance reads, "F C B," standing for the motto of...
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General Douglas MacArthur

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Description: General MacArthur in uniform with corncob pipe. Unidentified military personnel are visible in the background.
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Feil's Supper Club — Exterior

Date: 05 19 2000
Description: "Feil's Supper Club, which has a German motif, is just south of Randolph on Hwy 73." From left to right; Ralph "Buddy" Ruecker, Ralph Widmer, Shirley Widme...
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Schwabenhof Lounge & Hall

Date: 04 20 2001
Description: "Chris Schmidt, Milwaukee based photographer, is our guest when we visit the Schwabenhof Lounge & Hall at N56 W14750 Silver Spring Road, Menomonee Falls."
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Walker's Family Restaurant

Date: 01 04 2002
Description: "On this first Friday in the new year we visit Walker's Family Restaurant, 813 Park Avenue, Beaver Dam, WI."
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Displaced Persons

Date: 1945
Description: Foreign correspondent Alvin J. Steinkopf saying goodbye to Czechoslovakian children after interviewing them about their relief needs.
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FLN Member with Burning Stick

Date: 08 1957
Description: An Algerian National Liberation Front member showing other members a burning stick. He is wearing a cap and a shirt with the FLN insignia on it. He is poin...
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Group of FLN Members

Date: 08 1957
Description: A group of Algerian National Liberation Front members sitting watching another member holding a can and what appears to be a fuse. The men are dressed in f...

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