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Badger Liquor and Native Tongue

Date: 1973
Description: View across West Gorham Street at the corner of State Street, towards Badger Liquor and Native Tongue Indian & Mexican Apparel. A large neon sign is at the...
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Grazing Cow

Date: 1940
Description: Cow grazing in a pasture. Taken from The Writer's Program to be used as an illustration for "Wisconsin: a Guide to the Badger State."
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Badger Spelling Bee

Date: 01 22 1958
Description: The cover picture for the Badger Spelling Bee pamphlets to be mailed by the Wisconsin State Journal to schools in the program. The pupil posing behind a la...
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Yerkes Observatory

Date: 1936
Description: A view of Yerkes Observatory at Williams Bay, Lake Geneva. It was the "largest refracting telescope in the world," according to "Wisconsin: A Guide To The ...
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Badger State Bank

Date: 1905
Description: View from street of the Badger State Bank, which is on the first floor. On the second floor is a dentist's office. A telephone or telegraph pole is on the ...
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Badger State Dahlia Society

Date: 08 22 1950
Description: Four members of the Badger State Dahlia Society are shown, left to right: Mrs. Earl B. (Claudia) Frusher, Max E. Freudenberg, Earl Frusher and Mrs. Freuden...
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Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 1939
Description: Exterior view of the Wisconsin State Capitol, with cars parked in front.
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Brown's Bookstore on State Street

Date: 1939
Description: A shaded view of Brown's Bookstore, 673 State Street.
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State Street Winter Scene

Date: 1936
Description: Winter scene with people walking in the snow past a lamppost down State and Henry Streets, Madison, Wisconsin. The Wisconsin State Capitol is in the backgr...
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Little Badger Boxing Classes

Date: 03 19 1949
Description: David Walsh lands a punch to the face of Bobby Theel during the Little Badger boxing classes at the University of Wisconsin fieldhouse. The referee is Vern...
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Badger Bus Coach

Date: 04 28 1949
Description: A Badger Bus Company bus picking up passengers on Fairchild Street due to the Union Bus Station being closed because of a Northland Greyhound Bus strike.
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Seagulls

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Description: A view of seagulls along the rocky shore of one of the Great Lakes.
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Plaque

Date: 1936
Description: A view of a plaque, located near the entrance to the "main building" on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
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Wisconsin Badger Football Game

Date: 10 13 1951
Description: Full back Alan Ameche "The Horse" (#35) gains 11 yards and a first down against Ohio State early in the 3rd quarter. End Hal Faverty (#81) is trying to get...
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Nakoma School Spelling Contest Finalists

Date: 04 07 1950
Description: The six finalists in the recent Nakoma School contest to pick a champion for the city finals of the State Journal's Badger spelling bee look up misspelled ...
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Badger Kennel Club Trophy

Date: 07 01 1954
Description: Mrs. Walter J. (Charlotte) Kohler presents a sterling silver bowl donated by she and her husband to William E. Marshner, president of the Badger Kennel Clu...
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Bucky Badger

Date: 12 24 1952
Description: Five foot animated Bucky Badger, sponsored by the Wisconsin Conservation Department to be sent to California for the Rose Bowl Tournament and Rose Parade. ...
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Dells of the Wisconsin River

Date: 1936
Description: A view of the Dells of the Wisconsin River, with two people walking down a long dock/walkway leading to a boat.
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Operation Badger Air Force Recruits

Date: 12 06 1951
Description: Pvt. Gregory Becker, Beaver Dam (left), leader of the forty-seven "Operation Badger" Air Force recruits, is presented with numerous gifts to present (inclu...
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Badger Candy Kitchen and E.W. Parker

Date: 1973
Description: View across West Main Street towards the Badger Candy Kitchen (left) and E.W. Parker Jewelry (right). The facades of both buildings have similar decorative...

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