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| Date: | 09 10 1879 |
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| Description: | The Madison Brass Band performing at the Wisconsin State Fair at Camp Randall. The view is facing east toward the Wisconsin State Capitol. |
| Date: | 1851 |
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| Description: | This image was copied by artist Seth Eastman in 1849 and printed in Henry Rowe Schoolcraft's The History of the Indian Tribes of the United States, Hist... |
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| Description: | State Fair barker announcing side show attractions to a crowd of children, featuring "Midget City, the World's Tiniest Entertainers" and "Baby Thelma, 619 ... |
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| Description: | Members of the Wausau German Men's Choral Society in Sheboygan, gathered outdoors, relaxing and drinking beer. A banner behind the group says "Wausau Liede... |
| Date: | 1946 |
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| Description: | International Harvester tent and exhibition at the Iowa State Fair. Includes workers filming Iowa's first television show and a high school brass band ente... |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | The Opera House at the corner of Washington (now Main) and North Mill Streets. A sign at the back of the building reads: "Printing." A barber pole is in fr... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | The sidewheel steam rafter "Clyde," which was the first iron hull steamboat. Sign on side of boat reads: "Dubuque, Reads Landing & Eau Claire." Agricultura... |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | A man posing in the open doorway of Julius Schadauer's tobacco shop at 101 State Street. The sign above the doorway reads: "Schadauer of Cigars Fact. No 62... |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | State Street view looking toward the University of Wisconsin, with the 200 block in the foreground. The marquee for the Capitol Theatre reads "'Jealousy,' ... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A parade turning the corner from Wisconsin Avenue on to the Capitol Square. A horse-drawn wagon in the foreground carries a May Pole and dancers from the K... |
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| Description: | Poster advertising the Peoples' New Year's Party at the Langston Huges [sic] Center. Includes the motto "Same struggle — same fight." |
| Date: | 06 23 1934 |
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| Description: | A crowd is standing on the sidewalk in front of the Eastwood Theater. A sign behind them reads: "Gala Hollywood Premiere." The "Premiere" is of thirty loca... |
| Date: | 12 27 1929 |
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| Description: | A crowd lined up on opening night at the Eastwood Theatre at 2090 Atwood Avenue. This view of the facade shows an unfinished dome on top of the building. |
| Date: | 11 02 1930 |
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| Description: | Group of people, including dwarfs and midgets, posing with "the worlds largest tire" in front of the RKO Orpheum Theatre as part of a promotion for Goodyea... |
| Date: | 10 28 1947 |
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| Description: | Several members of the screenwriters and directors known as the "Hollywood Ten," together with members of their families at a demonstration before their im... |
| Date: | 03 03 1913 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a suffrage parade, with a large crowd looking on. The sign on the horse-drawn wagon reads: "We Demand an Amendment to the Constitution of ... |
| Date: | 02 05 1930 |
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| Description: | View from across the street of the Capitol Theatre tower. "Love Parade" is advertised on the marquee. Three automobiles are in the street in front of Peopl... |
| Date: | 02 21 1930 |
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| Description: | Chanticleer Orchestra managers, each with a dog at his side, sitting on the front steps of a building with an awning overhead that reads "Chanticleer." |
| Date: | 04 15 1932 |
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| Description: | Comedians Ole Olsen and "Chic" Johnson, called "the mirth provokers of a nation," posing in front of a streetcar that displays an advertisement for their "... |
| Date: | 01 1901 |
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| Description: | Lithograph cover illustration in a mosaic styled design for the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company catalog of a woman holding a miniature McCormick grain... |
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