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Alice in Dairyland

Date: 1951
Description: Alice in Dairyland, Marjean Czerwinski, wearing her crown and gown, rides on the back of a Harley-Davidson motorcycle.
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Doctor of Laffs

Date: 09 27 1930
Description: Man in a tophat, suit, and cape holding a doctor's bag. His hat reads: "Doctor of Laffs."
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International Truck Dealers Pose with Truck Driver

Date: 1976
Description: View of two International truck dealers posing with truck driver and International Transtar II in front of dealership. Truck was owned by Carstensen Freigh...
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Commander Attilio Gatti in Africa

Date: 1939
Description: Commander Attilio Gatti poses in front of a Congolese village during his tenth expedition to Africa. The expedition was sponsored by International Harveste...
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Harry Truman on Train

Date: 05 14 1950
Description: President Harry S. Truman greets a crowd from the back platform of a NorthWestern train at the Commercial Ave. crossing. Others with him from the left are...
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Tom Hayden

Date: 1964
Description: Tom Hayden, in the center wearing the dark shirt, looking at a police officer talking to four African-American men. Newark ERAP project. From the SDS colle...
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Filling Up the Historymobile

Date: 04 01 1957
Description: The State Historical Society of Wisconsin's Historymobile at the Clark Service Station, 2631 University Avenue. Mr. and Mrs. J.J. Tschudy (Jake and Irene),...
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Artist on Edge of Stage

Date: 04 25 1970
Description: Unidentified African American male artist, wearing a beret with two illegible buttons on it, kneels on the edge of the stage talking or singing into a hand...
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Anti-War Demonstration at the Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 1970
Description: A large crowd participating in a demonstration against the war in Vietnam, as seen from the steps of the Wisconsin State Capitol looking down State Street ...
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Jule's Coffee Shop

Date: 2009
Description: Customers around outside seating at Jule's Coffee shop on Pearl Street.
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Haddy Barn and Sprint Car

Date: 2004
Description: The Haddys are famous in local dirt track racing. Their son, Tim, kneels in front of a sprint car.
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Saigon Street Scene

Date: 06 1968
Description: A busy street in wartime Vietnam with bicycles, motorbikes, and automobiles.
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Daisy Bates in a Welcoming Party

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Description: Daisy Bates as part of a welcoming party at an airport. From left to right are: Edward L. Cooper, executive secretary of the Boston NAACP, Kivie Kaplan, Na...
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Salty's Seafood & Spirits — Exterior

Date: 01 15 1999
Description: "The Wilz family of Appleton join us at noon, at Salty's in Fond du Lac. Salty's Seafood & Spirits is at 503 N. Park Avenue in F.D.L."
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Lewis Arms and his Harley-Davidson Motorcycle

Date: 07 1955
Description: Lewis "Honeylove" Arms is seated backwards on his 1949 Harley-Davidson motorcycle. He is wearing a hat and sunglasses.
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Lewis Arms and Boys on a Motorcycle

Date: 1955
Description: Lewis Arms is seated on his motorcycle with Craig Arms sitting in front of him and Lewis Arms, Jr. behind him.
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Haddy Barn

Date: 2004
Description: Glenn and Carol Haddy live at N9654 Cty Tr AY (Section 4). They purchased the farm in 1963. The last time cows were milked here was 1997.
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Lewis Arms and Friend with Motorcycles

Date: 1958
Description: Lewis Arms (left) and Charlie Caldwell pose on their Harley-Davidson motorcycles.
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Fink Lawn Centerpiece

Date: 2004
Description: Having encountered some huge stones in their fields, Richard and Dorothy decided to make some into a centerpiece on their lawn. Richard estimates the top s...
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Beauty Queen with Cranberries

Date: 1965
Description: An unidentified beauty queen wearing a crown, along with three men, pose with harvested cranberries in a cranberry marsh.

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