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Cigarette Sales

Date: 06 1981
Description: Winnebago Enterprises trailer, advertising drive-up cigarette sales.
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Homer Bigart

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Description: Portrait of Homer Bigart, (1907-1991) award-winning journalist with the "New York Herald-Tribune" and the "New York Times".
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Park Hotel Circular Bar

Date: 04 26 1934
Description: Circular bar at the Park Hotel, 22 S. Carroll Street, with fireplace and cigarette vending machine.
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Joseph Conlin Signing a Contract

Date: 05 12 1931
Description: Joseph Conlin, tenor, signing a contract to perform at the Parkway Theater. Dr. William G. Beecroft shown standing is sponsoring Mr. Conlin's appearance.
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Rennebohm Coffee Break

Date: 1979
Description: Two men enjoy coffee and a cigarette at an unidentified Rennebohm Drug Store restaurant. At this time cigarette smoking in Madison restaurants took place i...
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Four Men Playing Cards

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Description: Photographic postcard of a full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of four men sitting at a table playing cards, smoking cigarettes and ...
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Arthur Vierthaler and his Sons

Date: 06 14 1955
Description: Arthur A. Vierthaler, University of Wisconsin assistant professor of art education, on the lawn of his Fox Bluff home with his four sons: Paul, Kurt, Erich...
Postcard

Man Rolling a Cigarette

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Description: Studio portrait of a man sitting in a chair rolling a cigarette in front of a painted backdrop. A tin of Prince Albert Tobacco sits on his knee.
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Four Men Posing with Cigarettes

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of four men with cigarettes. From left to right, Mel Pick, Charlie Lenter of Milwaukee, Alphouse Frank, and ...
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Wisconsin Centennial Celebration

Date: 01 05 1948
Description: Charles E. Bohlen, United States State Department counselor, speaking at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Field House during a program which launched Wi...
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Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation

Date: 01 1948
Description: A man is smoking at a desk at the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation.
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Madison Catholic Diocese Committee

Date: 01 23 1948
Description: Group portrait of the executive committee of the Holy Name Union for the Catholic diocese of Madison meeting to plan the activities for 1948. Left to right...
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Madison Community Center 2nd Anniversary

Date: 01 29 1948
Description: Pictured are a group of Madisonians seated at tables in a large room playing cards at the Madison Community Center, West Doty Street. The center celebrate...
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Highlander Folk School Staff Meeting

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Description: Highlander staff meeting: left to right; Tom Ludwig, Myles Horton, Catherine Winston, Zilphia Horton.
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Catherine Winston

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Description: Catherine Winston, a staff member at the Highlander Folk School, reading a book and smoking a cigarette.
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Men's Locker Room at Highlander

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Description: A group of men, one smoking a cigarette, in the men's locker room at Highlander Folk School.
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Governor Oscar Rennebohm

Date: 07 25 1948
Description: Governor Oscar Rennebohm seated at a desk at the Wisconsin State Capitol. An unidentified man is looking on.
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Richard John, President, UW Student Board

Date: 08 22 1948
Description: Richard John, President, University of Wisconsin Student Board, sitting at a desk.
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Truax Barracks Fire

Date: 12 06 1948
Description: Four Truax barracks apartment neighbors who rescued Walter Alburn and two of his children from the Alburn apartment after a kerosene explosion and resultin...
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"Wisconsin State Journal" Staff

Date: 01 28 1949
Description: Elevated view of part of the City Room with staff, "Wisconsin State Journal".

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