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| Date: | 02 21 1882 |
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| Description: | Chromolithograph poster advertising a Milwaukee Mardi Gras celebration, arranged by the Turnverein and Milwaukee Musical Societies, and held at the Exposit... |
| Date: | 08 24 1968 |
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| Description: | Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Kress, dressed in lederhosen, enjoy beer and sweet corn at the Mid-summer Festival. |
| Date: | 1878 |
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| Description: | Cartoon of "Santa Claus Belated" by a fireplace delivering toys and speaking to a figure representing New Year 1878 saying: "Here we are again." |
| Date: | 08 09 1942 |
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| Description: | Two couples in Hungarian costumes, one man holding a scythe (kasza), admiring a sheaf of wheat in a wheat field. The twig tied to the scythe in a triangle ... |
| Date: | 08 14 1948 |
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| Description: | Baraboo marching band leading the procession in Sauk County's Wisconsin Centennial Parade. |
| Date: | 08 14 1948 |
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| Description: | Ringling Brothers, Barnum and Bailey Circus float in Sauk County's Wisconsin Centennial Parade on street downtown with a large crowd in the street and park... |
| Date: | 08 14 1948 |
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| Description: | Spring Green's float entitled "The Century Limited," in Sauk County's Wisconsin Centennial Parade. |
| Date: | 08 14 1948 |
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| Description: | The city of Baraboo float in Sauk County's Wisconsin Centennial Parade. |
| Date: | 08 14 1948 |
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| Description: | Sauk County's Centennial Queen float in Sauk County's Wisconsin Centennial Parade. |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | A Purim party at the Warburg Children's Home; Blankenesse (a suburb of Hamburg), Germany. |
| Date: | 1941 |
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| Description: | A young boy and girl posed dressed up and wearing a crowns. |
| Date: | 02 15 1954 |
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| Description: | As part of Co-ed's Week, an event designed to combine features of special interest to college women, three U.W. dance majors perform an interpretive dance ... |
| Date: | 04 19 1954 |
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| Description: | One of a series of scenes from the dramatic production "Down Memory Lane", presented in celebration of the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Madison ... |
| Date: | 10 18 1956 |
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| Description: | Nancy and Jesse Hyman Jr. dress in costume to promote Centennial Week, October 22 - 27, in observation of the city of Madison's 100th year. |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of three men seated near beer casks, each holding a small glass. One man wears a funnel as a hat. The photograph is inscribed with the toast... |
| Date: | 09 07 1997 |
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| Description: | "Pioneer Days is celebrated at Firemen's Park. Civil War reenactors, in period garb, put on a show of battlefield conditions." |
| Date: | 10 24 1930 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of children in costume posed on the back of a truck decorated with streamers for the Cheese Day Parade. Some of the children hold handwritte... |
| Date: | 10 24 1930 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of children posed on flatbed truck decorated with streamers as a float for Cheese Day. A sign reads: "Cheese is King," and a boy dressed as ... |
| Date: | 10 24 1930 |
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| Description: | Group of people posing among round wood cheese boxes on a flatbed truck decorated as a float in the Cheese Day Parade. One person holds a sign that says: "... |
| Date: | 06 19 1959 |
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| Description: | A girl and a boy, both wearing crowns, are posing on the open back of a convertible top automobile. They are the queen and king of the Bicycle Safety Week ... |
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