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Hearing Screening Tests at Lincoln School

Date: 02 04 1961
Description: Seven-year-old Billy Roughton, wearing earphones, having his hearing tested by Barbara Dahle, left, a public health nurse with the Madison Health Departmen...
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Wisconsin Legislature Public Hearing

Date: 02 21 1961
Description: Public hearing on the proposed abolition of the House Un-American Activities committee at the Wisconsin State Capitol. The Assembly chamber is overflowing ...
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Superior Public Library

Date: 1915
Description: Text on front reads: "Superior Public Library, Superior, Wis." A Carnegie Library, built in 1902 of brick in the Neoclassical style. It was the oldest Carn...
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Governor Phil La Follette and Cy Ballam

Date: 12 02 1937
Description: Governor Phil La Follette and Cyril Ballam, clerk for the State Public Service Commission.
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Group of Posed Men

Date: 1918
Description: Posed group portrait of seven men standing on the steps of what appears to be a public building.
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Groups of People at Park

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Description: View across path and lawn towards groups of people among trees in a public park. Hand-tinted lantern slide.
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Robert M. La Follette, Sr.

Date: 10 1900
Description: Robert M. La Follette, Sr., waving a flag from the back of a train as he campaigns for governor.
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Elroy Public Library

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Description: Interior view of the Elroy Public Library. The library opened in 1908 and was funded by Andrew Carnegie with $10,000. On the lower right the cardboard back...
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Alice in Dairyland

Date: 1962
Description: Alice in Dairyland, Sylvia Lee Kafkas, greeting admiring members of the public at the junior livestock exposition in Eau Claire. The Alice in Dairyland com...
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C.D. Lehman Receiving Certificate

Date: 06 28 1945
Description: C.D. Lehman, superintendent of the State Public School, Sparta, receiving a certificate of service from Herman A. Kloppmann, board president, with A.W. Bay...
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Public Outdoor Drinking Fountain

Date: 06 16 1952
Description: Gail Habermann is shown in front of city hall using a new type of public drinking fountain called an 'angle jet' which replaces the old 'bubbler' type. The...
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Public School

Date: 1921
Description: View up hill of two men standing at the entrance of the public school. There is a hand-pump near the entrance, and a bell tower on the roof of the school.
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Unemployed Men in Line for Jobs

Date: 11 20 1933
Description: Unemployed men stand in line for CWA (Civil Works Administration) jobs, inside the Public Employment Office, 111 W. Main Street.
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Third Grade Classroom

Date: 06 05 1931
Description: "Japanese project being developed in a 3rd grade Madison Public Schools." Overall view of students and teacher in a Dudgeon School classroom.
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Wisconsin Supreme Court Justices

Date: 10 13 1930
Description: Robed Wisconsin Supreme Court justices sitting in their courtroom in the Wisconsin State Capitol.
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Frosty House

Date: 12 18 1963
Description: A craft class member of Milwaukee public school system's recreation department frosting a gingerbread cookie house at the Grant Street social center.
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Father Groppi at School Boycott

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Description: Father James Groppi and students from Boniface School join the public school boycott. They're clapping their hands and appear to be chanting.
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Livestock Judging

Date: 09 1953
Description: A young woman shows her entry in the Central Wisconsin Junior Livestock Competition.
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Theta Mead in Wagon

Date: 1922
Description: Theta Mead in a horse-drawn wagon along with another woman and three children.
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Children Viewing Stereographs

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Description: Group of children at the Cherry Street branch of the Evansville Public Library using steropticons to view stereograph images. Bookshelves line the back wal...

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