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| Photographs of Public Libraries in Wisconsin |
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| Learn about how the Wisconsin Free Library Commission helped to establish and improve free public libraries in Wisconsin. |
| Learn the inside story of the Teasdale Vice Committee Investigation of 1913 in Wisconsin and their crusade against "social evil." |
| Discover Madison's Kehl School of Dance through photographs of the performers, public events, dance studio, and other images. |
| Browse images about the formation of the U.S. Social Security Act, selected from the collections of federal employees Witte, Altmeyer, Cohen and Wickenden. |
| A Greenbelt Town |
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| Read about how the suburban community of Greendale, Wisconsin, was engineered and view photographs documenting its development. |
| A Visual Biography, 1908-1957 |
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| Learn about the four years Senator Joseph McCarthy held the nation in his grasp with his anti-Communist rhetoric. |
| An intimate look at family, architecture, interiors and fashion in Victorian Wisconsin between 1885 and 1900 |
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| Learn about the lives of upper-middle class Wisconsinites in the Victorian period between 1885 and 1900. |
| Discover the famous lithographic company most known for its WWII posters whose goal was to mobilize public support for the American war effort. |
| An Inventive and Imaginative Photographer |
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| Learn about H.H. Bennett, the 19th-century photographer of Wisconsin Dells landscapes. |
| Images relating to Daisy Bates, former Arkansas NAACP President |
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| View photographs from the collection of Daisy Bates, an American civil rights activist, publisher and writer. |
| 1850-2009 |
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| Photographs of political campaign techniques of the past. |
| View a pictorial review of the Wisconsin State Fair from 1851 when it began. |
| Read about Earth Day's founder, Gaylord Nelson, a Wisconsin senator and early environmentalist. |
| The Watercolors of Winifred Ford |
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| Read about the life and career of painter Winifred Ford who created watercolors of historic Madison residences. |
| The 1849 Sketches of James F. Wilkins |
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| View this selection of drawings by James F. Wilkins, created on his journey on the Overland Trail from Missouri to Califonia in 1849. |
| Photographs and Poetic Texts |
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| Learn about the experimental style of one of the country's most respected scholars in the field of photography and archives. |
| The Early History of Wisconsin's Historical Markers Program |
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| Learn more about the early history of Wisconsin's State Historical Markers program. |
| The Early History of Civilian Aircraft: 1925-1930 |
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| The Early History of Civilian Aircraft: 1925-1930 |
| Glimpses of African American Life in the Midwest, 1865-1934 |
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| Read about three generations of a Midwestern African American family. |
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