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Threshering Operation

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Description: Men are using a tractor to belt-drive a thresher in a field. Women are standing near a ladder in the center. A man wearing a hat, long coat, and holding an...
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Helping Child Touch the Lamp Post

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Description: Caption reads: "Cambridge, Wis. Policeman holding child up to let her touch the umbrella on the "lamp post" which is the community's "trade-mark"."
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Posing at Parasol Lamppost

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Description: Caption reads: "Cambridge, Wis. Girls posing on seat built around lampost [sic] that has sun umbrella over it."
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Motor Cultivator

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Description: Man using motor cultivator in a field. Two men are standing in a horse-drawn wagon nearby. In the distance across the field are two buildings.
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Westgate Theater-Go-Round Troupe

Date: 06 23 1960
Description: The new theater troupe moving into its headquarters at the West Side Businessmen's Club. Left to right are: Raff Brewster, managing director, and David Thu...
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Man Standing and Holding Umbrella

Date: 01 21 1916
Description: Full-length portrait of a man dressed in a business coat standing outdoors. A brick building is behind him.
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Spring Flowers

Date: 03 26 1959
Description: View from inside looking through show window towards two young girls holding umbrellas who are standing outdoors on the sidewalk on the Capitol Square. The...
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Spring Snow

Date: 01 26 1959
Description: Two women, seen from behind, are using umbrellas while walking on a snowy sidewalk on the first block of East Main Street on the Capitol Square in Madison.
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Dane County Farmers' Market

Date: 10 1993
Description: A vendor weighs vegetables for sale at the Dane County Farmers' Market on the Capitol Square. The Wisconsin State Capitol is in the background on the right...
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Farmers' Market Shoppers

Date: 06 1988
Description: Women shop for flowering plants at the Dane County Farmers' Market on the Capitol Square.
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Dane County Farmers' Market

Date: 09 1984
Description: People are strolling along the sidewalk at the Dane County Farmers' Market on the Capitol Square. Men and women are working at their stands, and vehicles a...
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Hill's Department Store Display Window

Date: 05 01 1958
Description: Hill's Department Store, 202 State Street, display window featuring summer dresses with black and white checks. Includes five mannequins and a sign stating...
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Hill's Department Store display window

Date: 05 01 1958
Description: Hill's Department Store, 202 State Street, display window featuring summer dresses and hats with five mannequins and a sign stating "summer Dress Carnival"...
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Paris Symphony Orchestra

Date: 12 21 1919
Description: Group of men posing on the steps of a hotel. Caption reads: "Members of the Paris Symphony Orchestra and the Reception Committee, December 21, 1919. 1 - ...
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Whitefish Bay Summer Resort

Date: 01 03 1901
Description: Text on front reads: "Glückliches Neues Jahr [Happy New Year]. Whitefish Bay Summer Resort." A crowd of people are enjoying the grounds and view at a resor...
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Hotel Maple

Date: 08 13 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "Hotel Maple, Weyerhauser [sic], Wis." A three story, clapboard building containing a hotel, restaurant and Post Office. Two girls are...
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Children's Style Show

Date: 04 08 1958
Description: Jullaine Simon holds an umbrella while modeling a 1913 confirmation dress at the Children's Style Show sponsored by the East Side Women's Club.
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Blaesing's Shorewood Vista

Date: 08 25 1945
Description: Text on front reads: "Blaesing's Shorewood Vista, Lake George, Rhinelander, Wis." Along the front of the resort building river rocks are used to cover the ...
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Zor Shrine Tour of Hawaii

Date: 04 05 1958
Description: Shriner clowns Harley Moore, left, and Ray Wheeler waving goodbye to the Zor Shrine group leaving the Madison airport for a tour of Hawaii.
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Republican House Restaurant

Date: 1939
Description: Text on reverse reads: "Stately Republican House Restaurant...at Ripon, Wisconsin, where in 1954, the Republican Party was Born in the 'little White School...

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