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Cow Chip Tossing Contest

Date: 09 1980
Description: A competitor in the State Cow Chip Tossing Contest has 30 seconds to choose her cow chip. The cow chips are specially made from cow manure.
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Cigarette Sales

Date: 06 1981
Description: Winnebago Enterprises trailer, advertising drive-up cigarette sales.
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The Medicine Shop

Date: 08 15 1981
Description: Michael Persten standing behind the prescription counter of The Medicine Shop, a pharmacy he opened in Wauwatosa.
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Ethnic Pride Day

Date: 03 19 1989
Description: Children celebrating their heritage during Ethnic Pride Day at Our Savior's Lutheran Church Hall, 3022 West Wisconsin Avenue. The celebration, which highl...
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Mailman

Date: 07 11 1981
Description: A male mail carrier taking a break sitting in a mailbox on the sidewalk in a neighborhood.
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Graduate Blowing Bubbles

Date: 05 21 1989
Description: Marquette University graduate blowing bubbles before his graduation ceremony at the Bradley Center.
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Children Sitting on Steps

Date: 1980
Description: Children sitting on steps. Two of them are wearing "I'm A Pepper" t-shirts. Photographs made on July 4, 1980, by Archibald of Cuban refugees who had arrive...
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Young Cubans with Petitions

Date: 1980
Description: Four smiling young Cubans with petitions for camp nomination elections. Photographs made on July 4, 1980, by Archibald of Cuban refugees who had arrived as...
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Steve Gunderson And Children

Date: 1980
Description: Interpreter Steve Gunderson, center, with four children and an unidentified man. Photographs made on July 4, 1980, by Archibald of Cuban refugees who had a...
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Aerial View of EAA Convention

Date: 1988
Description: Aerial view of the 1988 EAA (Experimental Aviation Association) Convention and Fly-in at Wittman Field. On the ground is the Concorde and a B-1 Bomber.
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EAA Acrobatics

Date: 1986
Description: Aerial acrobatics at the Experimental Aviation Association (EAA) convention and fly-in at Oshkosh. The EAA encompasses all aspects of sport aviation includ...
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Model Builders' Reunion

Date: 1984
Description: A reunion of former members of Hangar 13, an organization of Beloit boys that built and raced model airplanes during the 1930s.
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International Scout II Rallye Edition

Date: 1980
Description: Color advertising photograph of an International Scout II Rallye edition truck.
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EAA Acrobatics

Date: 08 1983
Description: A performance by the Earl Cherry acrobatic team at the EAA Convention and Fly-in.
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EAA Bombing Demonstration

Date: 08 1983
Description: The crowd at the Experimental Aviation Association Fly-in enjoyed a demonstration of World War II bombing. Here two planes fly through the swirling black s...
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Picking Up Steam

Date: 07 07 1984
Description: Steam locomotive No. 1385 moves along the tracks as part of the Butler Railroad Days.
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International Cub Cadet 782 Tractor with 63" Mower

Date: 04 16 1980
Description: Engineering photograph of an International Cub Cadet 782 tractor with 63" mower. The photo was submitted to International Harvester's Patent Department.
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Last Tractor at Farmall Works

Date: 1985
Description: Color photograph of an International 5488 tractor on display in International Harvester's Farmall Works (factory). A sign above the tractor reads: "Final T...
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Wisconsin Central Locomotives

Date: 02 02 1988
Description: Two Wisconsin Central Railroad locomotives near the Consolidated Papers pulpmill at Wisconsin Rapids. Snow is on the ground, and heavy smoke is coming out ...
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Old Man and Windsor Billboard

Date: 1980
Description: An elderly man is sitting in the grass by a Windsor Canadian Whiskey billboard.

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