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| Date: | 09 10 1936 |
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| Description: | Woman model wearing checkerboard jacket, standing next to Lincoln Statue on Bascom Hill. For: Kessenich's. |
| Date: | 09 10 1936 |
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| Description: | Woman model wearing green dress posing near the Lincoln statue on Bascom Hill. For: Kessenich's. |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | Lincoln Terrace on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Unveiled in 1909, the Lincoln Statue was created by sculptor Adolf Weinman of Hodgenville, K... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Construction on Mount Rushmore. Scaffolding is visible across Abraham Lincoln's face. Work has just begun on Theodore Roosevelt. |
| Date: | 05 26 1947 |
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| Description: | The stone council circle in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum. It was built by noted landscape architect and bereaved father, Jens Jensen, as a... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | The photographer J. Robert Taylor posing outdoors with his motorcycle in front of a large cannon. The cannon is mounted on a low pedestal and is enclosed b... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Dedicated on August 31, 1940, the Victor Salvatore bronze sculpture of American author James Fenimore Cooper sits in Cooper Park. The statue depicts the a... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Close-up of the Henry Wadsworth Longfellow monument and the surrounding cobbled square. Installed in 1888 and sculpted by Franklin Simmons, the monument f... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Bas-relief sculpture honoring August Robert Meyer, a civil engineer and city developer seen from across the street. Created by David Chester French and de... |
| Date: | 04 28 1939 |
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| Description: | The wedding of journalist Richard Scott Mowrer of the "Chicago Daily News" (hat in hand) and Rosemund Emily Cole in Rome, Italy. Mowrer had just been expel... |
| Date: | 07 13 1946 |
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| Description: | View from sidewalk of horse-drawn wagon on a tree-lined city street in a United Public Workers parade/demonstration. The wagon has a number of boys in it w... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Postcard distributed by International Harvester Company featuring a color illustration of a harvesting scene in Scotland. The illustration depicts field la... |
| Date: | 1997 |
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| Description: | Visitors at the dedication of the Korean War Veterans Memorial of Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 06 05 1997 |
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| Description: | "On this date, the Solomon Juneau House marker is erected. The marker program was started in 1952 and now numbers 347 markers throughout the state, with si... |
| Date: | 1976 |
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| Description: | Frank Arena carving a block of limestone with a pneumatic chisel. He is wearing a yellow sweater and a hat. He is in a large building with many windows, an... |
| Date: | 09 16 1962 |
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| Description: | Participants in the dedication ceremony of the Laura Ingalls Wilder historical marker in Pepin, Wilder's birthplace, included, from left to right, Miss Ele... |
| Date: | 08 19 1964 |
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| Description: | A number of Early Birds of Aviation acquaintances, men who flew solo prior to December 17, 1916, came together to honor A.P. Warner and the historical mark... |
| Date: | 10 03 1955 |
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| Description: | Dr. Clifford L. Lord (second from left), director of the Wisconsin State Historical Society, unveiled the Wisconsin Central Railroad historical marker at H... |
| Date: | 1981 |
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| Description: | Poster with an illustration of people at the Washington Monument. The background is black, and the color pink is used on a sign that reads: "Solidarity," a... |
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