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Aldo Leopold

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Description: Aldo Leopold, UW Professor of Wildlife Management, posing with binoculars around his neck. He is about to embark on an inspection and bird-watching tour of...
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Ohio Chemical Bingo Party

Date: 11 18 1950
Description: A large group of Ohio Chemical and Surgical Equipment Company employees sitting at tables playing bingo at East High School, 2222 East Washington Avenue.
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Ohio Chemical Bingo Party

Date: 11 18 1950
Description: A large group of Ohio Chemical and Surgical Equipment Company employees sitting at tables playing bingo at East High School, 2222 East Washington Avenue, a...
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Lincoln School "Ranch Hands"

Date: 10 08 1949
Description: Third graders at Lincoln School as Bar-None ranch hands singing and square dancing around a "campfire" in the gymnasium. Four couples, boys dressed as cowb...
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Farm Women Class

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Description: Summer camp for Wisconsin farm women on the grounds of the Wisconsin State Fair, with Wisconsin home economics leader Nellie Kedzie Jones. Mrs. Jones is pr...
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Two High School Students

Date: 09 09 1940
Description: Two high school students (boy and girl) walking on football field. "Hundred to One" It's for you! Manchester's new Fall merchandise sale. Advertisement say...
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Farmers Union Workshop Members

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Description: Members of a Farmers Union workshop at Highlander Folk School are seen relaxing in the men's dormitories on bunk beds.
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Hosiery Workers

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Description: A group of hosiery workers sitting on a bench, smoking cigarettes, and drinking coffee.
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Food, Tobacco, Agriculture Workers Cookout

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Description: Food, Tobacco, Agriculture Workers cookout. Second from left, Marny, the Pre-Education director.
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Farmers Union Picnic

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Description: Women wearing patterned dresses at a Farmers Union Picnic at Highlander Folk School.
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Workers Eating at CIO Session

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Description: CIO session over a hedge with workers eating and drinking. Fourth from the left, Cole Danenburg, textile worker.
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CIO Student Picnic at Foster Falls

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Description: A group of CIO students, who are attending Highlander Folk School, enjoying a picnic at the nearby Foster Falls picnic area. Dad Horton standing on the lef...
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Farmers Union Baseball Game

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Description: Farmers Union baseball game at Highlander Folk School.
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Cutting Lines of Paper at CIO Workshop

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Description: Participants in a CIO workshop at Highlander Folk School cut long ribbons of paper. Extreme left, J.D. Marlowe, a community member.
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Fishing in a Bucket at Highlander

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Description: A woman (possible Leny Vanbrink) pretending as though she was fishing in a bucket as part of a CIO activity at Highlander Folk School. Three people stand b...
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George E. Thompson, as a Cowboy

Date: 1905
Description: George E. Thompson, member of the Menomonie High School class of 1905, depicted as a cowboy. Pictured riding a horse and wearing a cowboy hat. Part of a ye...
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Winners of the Firemen's Poster Contest

Date: 11 09 1948
Description: Group portrait of the winners of the Madison Fire Fighters union poster contest, held in conjunction with the annual Firemen's ball. Left to right in the f...
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Edgewood High School Football Banquet

Date: 12 06 1948
Description: Allan J. McAndrews, left, a Madison attorney, was the toastmaster at the Edgewood High School football banquet. Seated at the speakers table with him are B...
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Madison Community Chest Budget Committee

Date: 04 05 1949
Description: A.F. Ketterer, principal of Franklin elementary school is at his desk looking over Wisconsin State Journal Badger Spelling Bee material with two of h...
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Salesman and Mechanic

Date: 1936
Description: Two men in the Number 1 Motor Truck Station shop. A salesman stands over a mechanic, who appears to be playing a game of solitaire. Possibly a photograph f...

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