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Fauerbach Brewery Tavern

Date: 04 07 1933
Description: Slightly elevated view of crowd in the Fauerbach Brewery tavern at 651 Williamson Street, with men and women drinking and toasting and celebrating the end ...
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Railroad Engineers Banquet

Date: 01 31 1933
Description: Group portrait of Chicago & North Western railroad engineers at a banquet at Schenk's Hall in the Schenk-Huegel building, corner of 2005 Winnebago and 2028...
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Unitarian Meeting House Interior View

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Description: Interior view of the Auditorium of the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed First Unitarian Society Meeting House. The Wright furniture has been arranged to illustr...
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Dining at the National Military Home

Date: 1915
Description: A large group of veterans eating in the dining hall at the National Military Home, which opened in 1867. Men in white hats and uniforms serve a meal to the...
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Lake Chautauqua Auditorium

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Description: Interior of an auditorium at Lake Chautauqua, founded in 1874. The audience observes a group of people on a platform in the center. A flag hangs from the c...
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Lunch Counter at the Union Railroad Passenger Station

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Description: Women stand behind and near the lunch counter at Union Railroad Passenger Station. Tables and chairs are set up against the wall beside the counter.
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United Steelworkers Convention Resolutions Committee

Date: 08 24 1946
Description: Posed group shot of the United Steelworkers of America District 32 Convention Resolutions Committee. The men wear suits and are all sitting or standing aro...
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Lions Club at Lomira Legion

Date: 02 14 1978
Description: "Dr. Arnold W. Boegel is feted for his many years of faithful service to Theresa by the local Lions Club at the Lomira Legion."
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9/11 Destruction

Date: 09 2001
Description: Debris from the collapse of the Twin Towers in the churchyard at St. Paul's Church near the World Trader Center, a few days after 9/11.
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Trauba-Rollinger Wedding

Date: 08 28 1954
Description: Trauba-Rollinger wedding, as seen through the glass doors at Saint Mary's Catholic Church.
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United in Marriage

Date: 06 07 1952
Description: Nancy Allarding and Leroy Koll are united in marriage at Saint Theresa's Catholic Church.
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Metz-Bandlow Wedding

Date: 10 07 1961
Description: Saint Paul's Lutheran Church was the setting for the wedding of Helen Metz and Fred Bandlow.
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Sterr-Grothouse Wedding

Date: 06 13 1953
Description: Sterr-Grothhouse wedding at Saint Andrew's Catholic Church.
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Brooks McCormick with Rev. Leon Sullivan

Date: 03 1979
Description: Brooks McCormick standing with Rev. Leon Sullivan. Both men wear International Harvester nametags, and they are holding a plaque which reads, in part: "Dis...
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Holiday Season at the State Capitol

Date: 12 2013
Description: Interior view looking up in the Wisconsin State Capitol building. A tall tree decorated for Christmas is on the far right. Two people are standing on the c...
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Christmas Windows

Date: 12 18 1953
Description: Woldenberg's Christmas window at 26-28 East Mifflin Street, featuring a winter scene with female mannequins wearing the latest fashion in coats, hats, glov...
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Madison Post Office Christmas Rush

Date: 12 16 1953
Description: Monitoring the outgoing mail are (left to right): William C. Davis, assistant superintendent, George Gauke, superintendent, and William Vaeble. They are in...
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Christmas Windows

Date: 12 18 1953
Description: Carmen's Christmas window at 9 South Pinckney Street, featuring female mannequins wearing the latest fashions for winter, including dresses, robes ("house ...
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Madison Post Office Christmas Rush

Date: 12 16 1953
Description: Postal worker, Eugene Hathaway, emptying a mail bag of letters onto a table for sorting crews at the United States Post Office on Monona Avenue.
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Annual Christmas Charity Ball

Date: 12 29 1953
Description: The annual Christmas Charity Ball held at the Loraine Hotel. Tom Stephan holds a box containing a corsage for his dance date, Jean McFarland. Standing on a...

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