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| Date: | 07 1959 |
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| Description: | Dickey Chapelle, photographer, on the same Milwaukee beach where she learned to swim as a young girl. She was covering "Operation Inland Seas" celebrating ... |
| Date: | 04 1950 |
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| Description: | A girl on a swing is the subject of photographers demonstrating a technique using high speed flash. |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | Standing atop a special vehicle fitted with a body built to resemble a camera, Taylor found the ideal vantage point from which to cover a news event. The c... |
| Date: | 07 27 1988 |
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| Description: | Vintage aircraft always attract attention. In 1988 on their way to the EAA convention, the national organization of owners of World War II trainers made a ... |
| Date: | 08 1945 |
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| Description: | The medal ceremony for the crew of the Enola Gay, the B-29 Super Fortress that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. This photograph was taken by Al... |
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| Description: | View of the left side of the 400 block of State Street, between Gilman and Gorham Streets, looking towards Bascom Hill and the University of Wisconsin camp... |
| Date: | 1889 |
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| Description: | Chicago & North Western Railway viaduct on the line along the Milwaukee River. The viaduct has two arched passages, and stones and rocks lining the path f... |
| Date: | 1990 |
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| Description: | Actor Mark Harmon on the set at Old World Wisconsin. Harmon starred in the lead role in the made-for-TV movie "Dillinger". Cinematographer Donald M. Morgan... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of show windows of the Prairie du Chien City Library. The cardboard backing reads: "Prairie du Chien, 1918." Reverse of the cardboard mountin... |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | Exterior of the front and east side of the Bennett Studio when it was new, showing the skylight and the revolving print house. There is a large windmill be... |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | Front and west side of Bennett Studio. There is a windmill behind the building. |
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| Description: | Photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt and Sigurd Olson, during the session when Eisenstadt photographed Olson for Life magazine. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | A McVicar Photo Service sign on the spare tire cover on the back of a Ford coupe. The full text of the sign reads, "McVICAR PHOTO SERVICE, Specialists in C... |
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| Description: | View of a woman taking a photograph from Lookout Cliff at Devil's Lake. Below, a train runs through a field surrounded by trees. |
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| Description: | Composite panoramic view showing gazebo, star bed, and southeast corner of the lawn. |
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| Description: | Madison magician Ben Bergor standing in front of the Leota Theatre. Bergor was born Ben Goldenberger, and first performed in vaudeville as Bennie Golden Be... |
| Date: | 1963 |
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| Description: | A candid portrait of Paul Vanderbilt in the field with his large format camera set up. He is standing next to a State Historical Society of Wisconsin vehic... |
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| Description: | Matthew Witt's photo studio on Main Street. His business was there for 50 years, from 1913 to 1963. Two men are sitting on the stoop in the doorway. The bu... |
| Date: | 08 1925 |
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| Description: | A brief article describing the new studio of photographer E.B. Trimpey, including photographs of the front and rear of the building. There is a landscaped ... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Hand-colored exterior of Matthew Witt's photography studio. He is standing at the door with his hand on the doorknob. Photographic prints are hanging in th... |
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