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Abraham Lincoln Float

Date: 06 17 1936
Description: Abe Lincoln Float, G.A.R. parade. There is a man dressed as Abraham Lincoln standing in the back of a truck decorated with an American flag and sign saying...
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Lincoln Beachey in Sheboygan

Date: 1912
Description: Lincoln Beachey's Curtiss Pusher and the crates in which the airplane was transported by rail to the Sheboygan fairgrounds. At the time, Lincoln Beachey wa...
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Party at Lincoln School

Date: 04 07 1932
Description: Group portrait of women's club party at the Lincoln school gymnasium.
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Beeswax Lincoln Monument

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Description: Miniature Lincoln Monument made out of beeswax at the Illinois State Fair. In the background are displays of frames of honeycomb, with ribbons hanging from...
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High School Basketball Game

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Description: Action shot of a basketball game between Madison East High School and the Lincoln Comets.
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Lincoln Street Circus

Date: 08 22 1931
Description: Group portrait taken in Vilas Park of children, and a few adults, some in costume, from the Lincoln Street-West Side area, who put on a circus to raise mon...
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Fairway 12 Tractor

Date: 1938
Description: Two men use a McCormick-Deering Fairway 12 with a grading attachment at Lincoln Park golf course.
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Women's Volleyball Team

Date: 03 24 1937
Description: Group portrait of 13 women players and a coach, Lincoln School volleyball team.
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Champion Prize Envelope - Lincoln & Davis in 5 Rounds, 1st Round

Date: 1860
Description: Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis in a boxing ring. Text at top reads, "CHAMPION PRIZE ENVELOPE - LINCOLN & DAVIS IN 5 ROUNDS," underneath reads "1ST ROU...
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Champion Prize Envelope - Lincoln & Davis in 5 Rounds, 2nd Round

Date: 1860
Description: Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis in a boxing ring. Text at top reads, "CHAMPION PRIZE ENVELOPE - LINCOLN & DAVIS IN 5 ROUNDS," underneath reads "2ND ROU...
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Champion Prize Envelope - Lincoln & Davis in 5 Rounds, 3rd Round

Date: 1860
Description: Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis in a boxing ring. Text at top reads, "CHAMPION PRIZE ENVELOPE - LINCOLN & DAVIS IN 5 ROUNDS," underneath reads "3RD ROU...
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Pavilion and Row Boat

Date: 11 01 1916
Description: Pavilion at Kosciusko Park lagoon at W. Lincoln Avenue and S. 7th Street. A rowboat is floating in the lagoon.
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Republican Party Lincoln Day Event

Date: 02 08 1951
Description: Elevated view of a large crowd of Dane County Republicans sitting in rows of seats at their annual Lincoln Day box supper and program held at the Eagles Cl...
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Kunzelmann Esser Co. Parade Car

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Description: Kunzelmann-Esser Furniture Co. parade car parked in Kosciuszko Park at South 9th Street and West Lincoln Avenue.
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Annual Lincoln Day Dinner

Date: 02 12 1956
Description: Visiting at the annual Lincoln Day dinner at the Dane County Fairgrounds are, left to right: A.J. (Duff) Feifarek, chairman of the Dane County GOP; Ed Tyre...
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1961 High School State Basketball Tournament

Date: 03 1961
Description: Action shot from the Waukesha versus Rice Lake game in the 1961 State High School Basketball Tournament. On Thursday Madison East beat Eau Claire, Milwauke...
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Women's Champion Softball Team

Date: 08 03 1936
Description: Group portrait of Recreation Dept. Women's Championship Softball Team sponsored by Lincoln Life Insurance Co. Fifteen women in uniform and two men.
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International Harvester Film at Nebraska State Fair

Date: 1930
Description: A crowd sitting in the International Harvester tent at the Nebraska State Fair to watch a motion picture.
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Ford Truck Advertising Schoelkopf Authorized Ford Sales and Service

Date: 1920
Description: View from street towards a Ford truck parked in the street in front of the Schoelkopf Lincoln Ford Dealership at 210 E. Washington Avenue that is part of t...
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Lincoln School "Ranch Hands"

Date: 10 08 1949
Description: Third graders at Lincoln School as Bar-None ranch hands singing and square dancing around a "campfire" in the gymnasium. Four couples, boys dressed as cowb...

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