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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: | 1875 |
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| Description: | Studio portrait of a fisherman with his lure, spear, and catch. |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | Ashley Bennett, son of photographer H.H. Bennett, is captured in mid-air as he jumps to Stand Rock. |
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| Description: | The Gesell family in costume with broom, sword, and other props for a humorous picture. Family members identified as follows: Gerhard Jr. (drinking from pi... |
| Date: | 09 08 1930 |
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| Description: | Four women are playing banjos in the McVicar Photo Service Booth at the 1930 East Side Businessman's Association (ESBMA) Fall Festival. |
| Date: | 1934 |
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| Description: | Photographer from Kaufmann and Fabry on top of an International C-1 truck at the "A Century of Progress" Worlds Fair. Kaufmann and Fabry were the official ... |
| Date: | 08 12 1984 |
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| Description: | A bikini-clad woman snaps a self-portrait with a long cable release attached to a camera as she is tossed into the air by a group of men on the beach. Othe... |
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| Description: | Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Ho-Chunk man, Hoonch-Schad-E-Gab (Big Bear), aiming a bow and arrow and wearing a fur hat with feathers... |
| Date: | 06 1887 |
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| Description: | Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Emma Protz, an unidentified woman (likely Julia Protz), and Clara Tester posing with "schuetzen-rifles." ... |
| Date: | 10 30 1936 |
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| Description: | Homecoming display window at McVicar Photo Service, 751 University Avenue, featuring Wisconsin vs. Chicago football game with advertising for Agfa film. Al... |
| Date: | 09 10 1930 |
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| Description: | McVicar Photo Service booth at the ESBMA (East Side Business Men's Association) fall festival. |
| Date: | 09 10 1930 |
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| Description: | McVicar Photo Service booth at the ESBMA (East Side Business Men's Association) fall festival. Showing cameras. |
| Date: | 09 09 1929 |
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| Description: | McVicar Photo Service booth at East Side Business Men's Association (ESBMA) Fall Festival. Featuring the AGFA film, and several of his photographs. |
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| Description: | A woman dressed to play golf smiles as a bucket of golf balls is spilled at her feet. This is one of several demonstrations of strobe light functions at F... |
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| Description: | A man dressed in a football uniform demonstrates the art of drop-kicking the football. This is one of several demonstrations of strobe light functions at ... |
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| Description: | Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop showing Bertha Gesell washing and hanging doll clothes. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Studio portrait of Wittenberg Grays baseball team in uniform with balls, bats and gloves in foreground. Third player from the left is Melvin Schlytter (ca... |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of a full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of four men sitting at a table playing cards, smoking cigarettes and ... |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | Poster or signboard titled: "Athletic Clubs - Work and Play Develop the Right Kind of Men." Images on the poster show International Harvester employees on ... |
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