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Classroom Cave People

Date: 02 27 1984
Description: A sixth grade class dresses up as cave people to experience the likeness of living in pre-historic times.
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Family Cast

Date: 02 12 1963
Description: Six members of the same family form the complete cast of a library playhouse production that was to be televised.
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Hoonch-Schad-E-Gab

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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...
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Renaissance Faire

Date: 1909
Description: A group of people dressed up in medieval-style clothing.
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Narrows, from the Dell House Beach

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Description: Two men dressed as "Indians" are sitting in a canoe at the edge of the beach. One is posing holding a bow and arrow, the other is holding a paddle.
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Big Bear

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Ho-Chunk Big Bear, holding a bow and arrow and wearing a fur hat with feathers.
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Friedrich Holdmann on Horseback

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Description: Friedrich Holdmann of the Second Wisconsin Cavalry Regiment during the Civil War, astride his horse. Buildings are in the background.
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Joseph McCarthy as "Tail Gunner Joe"

Date: 1943
Description: Marine Captain Joseph R. McCarthy, later a Wisconsin senator, posing as a tail gunner during World War II in Douglas SBD Bomber. McCarthy was an intelligen...
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Launching Rockets During Battle of Iwo Jima

Date: 1945
Description: Soldiers firing rockets from two International M-2-4 launch vehicles during combat operations in Iwo Jima.
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Berkshire Strike--Pickets with Tear Gas

Date: 1936
Description: Street intersection with a crowd and police. Tear gas is spreading across the road.
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Korean War Helicopter

Date: 04 15 1953
Description: Infantry troops of the 8th Army preparing to board a Bell UH-1D helicopter of the 6th Transportation Helicopter Company for transport to the front.
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Iwo Jima Airfield

Date: 02 1945
Description: Airfield #1, Iwo Jima, with Mt Surabachi in the distance. This image is one of many taken by Milwaukee photographer Dickey Chapelle during the assault on ...
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Wisconsin Air National Guard

Date: 1954
Description: A Wisconsin Air National Guard F-89 Scorpion at Truax Field. Armaments for this fighter included two air-to-air rockets capable of being armed with nuclear...
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Vietnam Helicopter Mission

Date: 06 1962
Description: A photograph taken by Milwaukee photographer Dickey Chapelle on board a helicopter that was enroute to Vinh Quoi in the Delta Region of South Vietnam. The ...
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Algerian Soldiers

Date: 1957
Description: Soldiers lined up in the Algerian desert.
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Manchester's, Inc., Scrap Paper Window Display

Date: 09 07 1944
Description: H.S. Manchester's, Inc., window display promoting saving paper. Shows fake bomb falling on various ammunition with slogans that read: "Get in the Scrap," "...
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Stan Cutler's Bar X Tavern

Date: 08 25 1941
Description: Stan Cutler's Bar X Tavern interior, 123 East Main Street, the bar and booths have a Western theme.
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Dutch Tavern

Date: 04 01 1941
Description: Interior of Dutch Tavern, back bar, 121 North Blount Street.
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Dutch Tavern

Date: 04 01 1941
Description: Interior of Dutch Tavern, 121 North Blount Street, featuring pinball and cigarette machines.
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Howard Hahn with a Shotgun

Date: 08 23 1932
Description: Howard Hahn, a young boy, holding the shotgun used to foil a kidnap attempt in rural Morrisonville.

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