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| Date: | 02 01 1974 |
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| Description: | Press release photograph of female model, Valerie Robb, posing on the 5,000,000th International Harvester tractor to roll off the assembly line on Feb. 1, ... |
| Date: | 04 08 1971 |
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| Description: | Party hats with rabbit ears are the headgear of choice at a childrens' party. A woman is in deep conversation with one child while the others enjoy cookie... |
| Date: | 04 22 1970 |
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| Description: | Gaylord Nelson speaking at a podium on Earth Day with a flag partially visible in the background. |
| Date: | 04 22 1970 |
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| Description: | Gaylord Nelson speaking at a podium on Earth Day. |
| Date: | 04 1970 |
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| Description: | Gaylord Nelson speaking at a podium during Earth Week with an American flag in the foreground, and the Earth Day flag behind it. |
| Date: | 04 20 1970 |
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| Description: | Close-up view of Gaylord Nelson speaking at E-Day eve rally in the Stock Pavilion. Massive financial, moral and governmental commitments will be required ... |
| Date: | 04 21 1970 |
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| Description: | View looking down at a crowd of people holding the first Earth Day March as they arrive at the Wisconsin State Capitol at the top of State Street. The marc... |
| Date: | 04 21 1970 |
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| Description: | People walking near a bus before the first Earth Day march. One man is holding up an ecology flag. In the background people are standing on the sidewalk un... |
| Date: | 04 21 1970 |
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| Description: | Crowd gathering for the first Earth Day march. Someone is holding the ecology flag. The Wisconsin State Capitol is in the background. |
| Date: | 04 20 1971 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson, who is credited with conceiving of Earth Day, listens while Wisconsin Governor Patrick J. Lucey addresses the Wisconsin L... |
| Date: | 04 20 1971 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson acknowledges the applause of the Wisconsin Legislature at an event held in the Wisconsin State Capitol to mark the second ... |
| Date: | 04 1973 |
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| Description: | The city of Burlington is visited by Gaylord Nelson during an Earth Week celebration. The photograph shows a horse-drawn carriage riding down main street, ... |
| Date: | 05 1970 |
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| Description: | The front page of "The Gaylord Nelson Newsletter" announcing Earth Day 1970, with the headline: "Mass Movement Begins." |
| Date: | 03 13 1971 |
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| Description: | Poster advertising Earth Week, held on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus from April 20-25. The poster calls for volunteers to "help us with our fe... |
| Date: | 1975 |
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| Description: | "Eugene Gerlach is honored for his many years in the Fire Department. He is flanked by his grandson, Gene Koll, & Chief Bernard Adelmeyer." |
| Date: | 1976 |
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| Description: | "Members of American Legion Post 270, present a Centennial Flag. Oliver Krueger is at the flag pole." |
| Date: | 1977 |
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| Description: | "Lomira High School Prom Court. (L-R) Tony Marrese, Timm Jacobsen, Rick Odea, Bruce Zedler, and Steve Schneider." |
| Date: | 1977 |
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| Description: | "Lomira High School Prom Court. (L-R) Mary Kelroy, Jodie Voight, Brenda Widmer, Karen Jackson, and Diane Dalle Nogare." |
| Date: | 1976 |
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| Description: | On Memorial Day American Legion Member Oliver Krueger drops a wreath into the Rock River. |
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