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McCormick Deering Hoist to Install Lampposts

Date: 07 18 1928
Description: View down street towards a man using a McCormick-Deering tractor with a hoist to install a lamppost on a sidewalk.
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Drugstore/Stationery Store/Photo Studio

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Description: View across an unpaved street of a building with three storefronts. Signs on the taller building on the right read "Drugstore," "Books/Stationery," and "Ph...
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Fire Drill Held at UW Bascom Hall

Date: 02 15 1961
Description: A fire drill and test of the alarm system is held at the University of Wisconsin Bascom Hall. The building was evacuated of all students and staff within f...
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View of Office Interior

Date: 03 03 1911
Description: View of four people in a large, wood-panelled office with a high ceiling. One woman is sitting on the left behind a large desk in front of a safe built int...
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We Saw You on Moving Day

Date: 09 30 1960
Description: While Reynolds Transfer and Storage Co. moved furniture, Russ Gessler, 1250 Elmwood Avenue, Middleton, manager of the mail file, was upstairs waiting in an...
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Daylight Saving Time Ends on September 25th

Date: 09 23 1960
Description: Richard Brye, 4338 Travis Terrace, poses to remind Madison residents that Daylight Saving Time ends in Wisconsin at 2:00 a.m. on September 25th. All clocks...
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Grand Master Arrives for Conclave

Date: 07 27 1937
Description: A woman and two uniformed men are walking together. They are passing between two rows of uniformed men presenting swords. Caption reads: "GRAND MASTER ARRI...
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First Grade Class

Date: 05 14 1959
Description: A class of first grade students stand by their desks.
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Eleven-Month University School Year Proposal Reaction

Date: 03 03 1959
Description: This photograph accompanied a story about the student reaction to a proposal by Governor Gaylord Nelson for an 11-month school year at the University of Wi...
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At Home with State's Lawmaking

Date: 02 11 1959
Description: Edith Nash, wife of Democratic Lieutenant Governor Philleo Nash.
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Lacrosse Players Statue

Date: 08 07 2020
Description: Statue by Elmer Petersen at 2nd Street and Main Street in La Crosse.
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Graduation Ceremonies Tea for Madison General Hospital Nurses

Date: 08 14 1958
Description: Alice Larson, Viroqua, president of the senior class, presents the class gift to Elaine Franke (right), director of nursing, during the graduation ceremoni...
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Main Lodge Sitting Room

Date: 1950
Description: Chinked horizontal log-walled room with thick wool area rugs. Heavy dark wood rockers and Windsor chairs with seat cushions. A hanging light hangs over a G...
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Main Lodge Living Room

Date: 1961
Description: A white chinked horizontal-log walls and plank-wood ceiling room that has a large brick fireplace with a deer mount near the top, a long-rifle in the cente...
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Shirley Schlanger Abrahamson in a Library

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Description: Shirley Abrahamson is standing in a library reaching for a book. A man is sitting in the foreground.
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Gordon Sinykin

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Description: Portrait of Gordon Sinykin sitting behind a desk.
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A Costume Carnival

Date: 04 06 1989
Description: A boy in a costume is posing with his arms crossed wih his hands on his knees. Caption reads: "A costume carnival Pupils at Maple Dale Elementary S...
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Senior Citizens and Their Heirlooms

Date: 05 13 1958
Description: Susan Groves posing with her watch stand that originally belonged to her grandfather, a native of Great Britain.
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A Day 'With a County Home Agent"

Date: 04 24 1958
Description: Kathleen Russell, Iowa County home agent, at the home of Mrs. James Regan in Mineral Point. They are discussing the floor refinishing she accomplished as ...
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A Day 'With a County Home Agent"

Date: 04 24 1958
Description: Kathleen Russell, Iowa County home agent, at the home of Mrs. Ivan Johanning, Dodgeville. They are admiring the baked goods made by Mrs. Johanning as one o...

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