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Treasure Island Store, West College Avenue

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Description: Interior of the Treasure Island Store, located on West College Avenue. Store aisles and end-caps full of goods are visible. A single cashier waits in aisle...
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Home Canning

Date: 1915
Description: A woman wearing a dress and bonnet is using a wire potato masher to remove a jar of peaches from a vat of boiling water. Several jars of canned goods are s...
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Woman with Home Canning Equipment

Date: 1915
Description: Mrs. Buckley, wearing a dress, apron, and bonnet, is standing next to a table where equipment used for the home canning of agricultural produce is displaye...
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The La Follette Family

Date: 1910
Description: Studio portrait of the La Follette family. Clockwise from top left: Fola, Bob, Belle, Robert Jr., Philip, and Mary. Phil holds an issue of "The North Ameri...
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Max Lavine

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Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Max Lavine, general manager of the "Superior Evening Telegram" and owner of two Wisconsin newspapers.
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Isaiah Pyant Reading the Newspaper

Date: 1945
Description: Isaiah Pyant, C.I.O. member, sitting in an armchair in his home reading the newspaper.
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Inside the Daily Press

Date: 1938
Description: Workers at the Ashland Daily Press.
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Reviewing the Newspaper Print

Date: 1938
Description: Two newspaper pressmen reviewing the newspaper print at the Ashland Daily Press.
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Preparing the Press

Date: 1938
Description: Four men in the press room of the Ashland Daily Press.
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Daily Press Reporter

Date: 1938
Description: Male reporter reading pages at a typewriter at the Ashland Daily Press.
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Typesetters

Date: 1938
Description: Two typesetters at work at the Daily Press.
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Newspaper Greeting from Want-ad Department

Date: 12 11 1953
Description: Group portrait of the Want-ad Department of Madison Newspapers, Inc. that appeared in a Christmas greeting.
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Empty Stocking Fund Donation

Date: 12 24 1953
Description: Bill Doudna of the Wisconsin State Journal (left) receives a $400 check for the Empty Stocking Fund from the Madison Barbershop Quartet organization...
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Badger Spelling Bee

Date: 01 14 1954
Description: Nancy Staudenraus, State Journal librarian and assistant Spelling Bee director, looks over 1954 Spelling Bee pamphlets as they come off the press. Ernest P...
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Ozark Walnut Chocolate Torte

Date: 01 22 1954
Description: Ozark Black Walnut Chocolate Torte, the first entry in the Treats and Tricks column in the Wisconsin State Journal, was submitted by Mary Ramirez. N...
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Patriotism Starts Early

Date: 1942
Description: World War II permeated every aspect of life in America during World War II, and nothing was wasted that could contribute to the war effort. Here a young b...
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Working Conditions on Railroad Car Ferries

Date: 09 10 1946
Description: Worker reads union newspaper while sitting on a bunk and smoking a cigar. Part of a series on working conditions aboard Lake Michigan railroad car ferries....
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Evening Wisconsin Newspaper Staff

Date: 1916
Description: Staff of the "Evening Wisconsin" newspaper. Left to right: 1) Alvin Steinkopf, 2) Jessica Knowles, 3) John R. Wolf, and 4) Arthur Dering.
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Funny Papers and Alvin Steinkopf

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Description: Still wearing his pajamas, "Milwaukee Sentinel" editor Alvin Steinkopf reads the newspaper. The popular comic strip, "Gasoline Alley," can be seen on the ...
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Harry Conley and Arthur Vinje

Date: 03 19 1954
Description: Harry Conley, left, Director of Athletics in the Superior school system, and Arthur M. Vinje, Wisconsin State Journal photographer, sitting on the bleacher...

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