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Aldo Leopold

Date: 1940
Description: Caption on negative sleeve: "Aldo Leopold and son Luna (standing); Mrs. Leopold and two daughters Nina and Estella (kneeling). 'Shack' in background." The ...
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Group of Young People on Dock

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Description: Group of six young men and women standing on dock of an Apostle Island.
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First Alice in Dairyland

Date: 06 07 1948
Description: Newly crowned Alice in Dairyland, Margaret McGuire, and governor Oscar Rennebohm shown with Highland's oldest resident, 93-year old Chris Blabaum at Highla...
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Little Rock Sheet Music

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Description: "Nine Brown Heroes and Heroines" sheet music by A.H. Hamilton, pastor of St. Paul's A.M.E. church in Pueblo, Colorado, with music by Mary Maloney. The musi...
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Magda Herzberger Lecturing

Date: 11 06 1980
Description: Magda Herzberger gives a lecture on the Holocaust to a classroom of Monroe High School students.
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Teen-Agers at Summer Jobs

Date: 08 02 1950
Description: Madison teenagers J. Ludger Parr and Jim Graham dispense cokes to Carma Rae Chapman and Sheila Ryan at a local drug store as they work at their summer jobs...
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Madison West-Kenosha Football Game

Date: 11 02 1950
Description: The Madison West High School running back picks up a first down in their football game against Kenosha at Breese Stevens Field. Kenosha players are Bob Gil...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Champion

Date: 07 1951
Description: 1950 Madison, Wisconsin soap box derby champion Warren Slightam about to compete in an exhibition race at the 1951 Madison soap box derby on Gorham Street.
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East Terrace View at Villa Louis

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Description: View of the east terrace at Villa Louis. The Dousman's office building is in the background. Relaxing near the home are Louis DeVierville Dousman, Judith D...
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Post Office and Hotel

Date: 1909
Description: The exterior of the post office and hotel. A group of boys and men pose at the front of the post office. Another man leans on the side of a wagon. A young ...
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Toll Bridge across the Wisconsin River

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view across the Wisconsin River. Men and boys stand on the railing of the covered bridge. A sign warns: "look out for the cars."
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Herold Team of the Milwaukee Turners

Date: 09 21 1886
Description: Twenty-seven young men and George Brosius posing outdoors with sporting equipment. The young men are dressed in short sleeved shirts and pants (possibly an...
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Typing Class

Date: 1939
Description: Interior view of a classroom with young men and women learning about, and working on, typewriters.
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Education Press Conference

Date: 1978
Description: Congressman David R. Obey of Wisconsin (center) holding a press conference about federal funding for education with students at Ellis School. A few journal...
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School Administrator

Date: 1978
Description: "Village and town officials are present when school administrator, John Phillips (at the podium), addresses the crowd. Coach Rick Bloohm is left of the pod...
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Walworth County Girl Wins State Spelling Bee

Date: 05 03 1958
Description: Carol Fellows, a 14-year-old girl from Genoa City, is shown at the moment she was declared Badger State Spelling Bee champion. She outspelled 62 other city...
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Y-Teens Give Television to Central Colony

Date: 12 30 1959
Description: Dr. John Touissant , clinical director at Central Colony, accepts a television set from Y-Teens Alison Keith and Ruth Rauschenberger. The Senior Y-Teens of...
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Police Accident Report

Date: 10 16 1955
Description: Burkie West and his grandaughter Catherine West answer a police officer's questions after their automobile was hit by a train. Both incurred minor injuries...
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Five High Wheeler Bicycle Riders

Date: 1890
Description: Five teenagers ride "High Wheeler or Penny-Farthing" bicycles down the street. Grand Avenue Congregational Church is in the background. Mature trees are on...
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What Do YOU Say?

Date: 03 26 1965
Description: Photograph from the column "What Do YOU Say?" answering a question about firearms control. It features Jerry Teasdale, an instructor in Madison's Sportsmen...

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