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| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Escape artist Harry Houdini being tortured by cannibals in the silent film "Terror Island." Like the other films in which Houdini stared, the plot was desi... |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | Quarter-length studio portrait of Werner "Dorny" Dornfeld, a Chicago area magician who was a leader in several national organizations of magicians. The "Be... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Madison magician Ben Bergor, standing in the trunk, and his wife, Alvina, standing nearby, getting ready to perform an amazing escape act. The act had Berg... |
| Date: | 06 1967 |
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| Description: | Composite panoramic view of the south side of the 700 block of State Street. Lake Street parking ramp and University of Wisconsin Extension building are vi... |
| Date: | 03 03 1954 |
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| Description: | Rev. James R. Love (left), chaplain at Mendota State Hospital for the Mentally Ill, sits at a desk beside four ministers receiving twelve weeks of clinical... |
| Date: | 03 03 1954 |
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| Description: | An unnamed Mendota patient (left) and Kenneth Smith (right), a theology student receiving 12 weeks of training at Mendota State Hospital for the Mentally I... |
| Date: | 1966 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin agricultural labor union Oberos Unidos founder Jesús Salas addressing a rally crowd from a podium after a farm worker demonstration. The crowd is... |
| Date: | 1967 |
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| Description: | Teatro Campesino acto or skit dramatizing the experiences of Hispanic workers in America. Four actors stand together in costume with signs around their nec... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | A snapshot, taken during the summer, of the Jewish temple being demolished in Danzig. |
| Date: | 07 21 1954 |
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| Description: | Catholic bishop of Madison William P. O'Connor steps off a train upon his return from two months traveling in Europe. |
| Date: | 09 04 1954 |
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| Description: | A member of Bashford Methodist Church, 15 North Seventh Street, tears down the house at 329 North Street where the new church will be located. Searl Cook i... |
| Date: | 09 04 1954 |
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| Description: | A member of Bashford Methodist Church, 15 North Seventh Street, tears down the house at 329 North Street where the new church will be located. Roscoe Biddi... |
| Date: | 09 04 1954 |
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| Description: | Members of Bashford Methodist Church, 15 North Seventh Street, tear down the house at 329 North Street where the new church will be located. Floyd Fairbank... |
| Date: | 09 04 1954 |
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| Description: | A member of Bashford Methodist Church, 15 North Seventh Street, tears down the house at 329 North Street where the new church will be located. Harold Bohms... |
| Date: | 09 02 1954 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of members who served as models in the style show at the Membership Tea of B'nai B'rith of Madison, a Jewish service and charitable organiza... |
| Date: | 12 18 1954 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of twenty men who volunteered their time to help remodel a home at 1129 Mound Street into a new convent for the nuns of St. James' Parish. |
| Date: | 05 19 1954 |
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| Description: | The head table at a dinner marking the 75th anniversary of the First Unitarian Society of Madison. Seated at the table are Frank Lloyd Wright and, next to ... |
| Date: | 1967 |
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| Description: | At the center stands Father Antonio Gonzales, a former migrant worker from Rio Grande City, Texas, who is visiting his parents in Wautoma. In 1966, he led ... |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | At the center of the photograph, in hat, is Manuel Salas. One is Father Michael Garrigan, dressed in black. Chuck Miller is shown at left, and Father Mich... |
| Date: | 08 15 1966 |
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| Description: | 30 marchers of Obreros Unidos (United Workers) march from Wautoma to Madison on Highway 21 to petition lawmakers to hold farms and food industry corporatio... |
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