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Alfred Stanley Johnson, Jr.

Date: 1932
Description: Portrait of photographer Alfred Stanley Johnson, Jr., a Waupun photographer best known for his "tall-tale" or "freak" postcards.
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Building the Tennis Court

Date: 1905
Description: A group of five men are preparing the soil for the new tennis court. The men are using shovels, rakes, and wheelbarrows. On the right, children Alfred and ...
Postcard

Tall-tale Postcard: Pickerel

Date: 1910
Description: Two men stand staring at a giant pickerel fish laying on a long, wooden horse-drawn sled. The scene takes place in an industrial district, including a lumb...
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Tall-tale Postcard: Held Up

Date: 1915
Description: Text on front reads: "Scene on the Road Near White Creek, Wis." and at the bottom: "Held Up". Photomontage of a cow, an automobile and five men. The automo...
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Tall-tale Postcard: We Never Stop

Date: 1915
Description: A man is driving an old-fashioned car with three women passengers on a road littered with cows. The driver has hit a cow with the car, causing it to fly in...
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Unofficial Ambassadors to Sponsor Tour of Mexican Art

Date: 06 18 1959
Description: Unofficial Ambassadors, Inc., a non-profit corporation devoted to further international understanding through cultural exchange, will sponsor a tour of Mex...
Postcard

Tall-tale Postcard: Rabbits

Date: 1910
Description: Two hunters stand around a pile of giant rabbits that they have killed in a Wisconsin forest. It is winter; there is snow on the ground. One of the hunters...
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Tall-tale Postcard: Water Wagon

Date: 1915
Description: A convertible automobile with its top down has crashed into the back of a horse-drawn water wagon. One passenger has flown through the air and pierced the ...
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In Front of the Cupola

Date: 1913
Description: From left to right, Donald Holt and Donald Bridgeman, each holding a book, are standing in front of the Cupola on the Island. Caption reads: "Donald, Donal...
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W.A. Holt and his Children by the Flag Pole on the Island

Date: 1913
Description: W.A. Holt and his children are standing by the flag pole, with the American flag flying. Names from left to right: Alfred Holt, W.A. Holt, Donald Holt, Jea...
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New Madison Police Officers

Date: 04 03 1950
Description: Superior Judge Roy H. Proctor explains the procedure of his court to Madison's 22 new police officers that will go on duty July 1, 1950. New police officer...
Postcard

Tall-tale Postcard: The Milky Way

Date: 1910
Description: A convertible automobile with its top down has crashed into the back of a horse-drawn wagon carrying three enormous, full milk cans. The cans have spilled ...
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Governor Heil at Desk

Date: 05 15 1941
Description: Governor Julius P. Heil sits at his desk signing a piece of paper. Behind him stand senators and assemblymen. A vase of flowers sits on the left corner of ...
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Jeannette Holt Raising American Flag

Date: 1902
Description: The American flag, twisted around the wooden pole on the Island, is the focal point this picture. Lucy and W.A. Holt with their children are standing to th...
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Manitowoc Aluminum Novelty Company

Date: 1899
Description: View across Franklin Street of the Manitowoc Aluminum Novelty Company on the southwest corner of S. 15th and Franklin Streets. This very first picture of t...
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Up with the Flag! I.P. Rumsey

Date: 1898
Description: I.P. Rumsey is raising the Island Lodge flag. Caption reads: "Up with the flag! I.P. Rumsey."
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Digging a Hole for a Flag Pole

Date: 1910
Description: With shovels in hand, a man, woman, and boy are digging a hole in the ground for a flag pole. One young man is holding the pole in place with two hands. A...

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