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Proxmire Walking Through Wisconsin in Winter

Date: 12 22 1972
Description: Senator William Proxmire walked thousands of miles in Wisconsin to meet constituents. Here he is, in a snowmobile suit, shaking hands with a woman outside ...
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Citizens at East Side Hearing

Date: 1949
Description: Thirty citizens, men dressed in suits, two women wearing hats, sit in attendance at a city council hearing proposing an east side emergency hospital.
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Group in front of Building

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Description: Large group of nine women and two men posed in front of a building, probably the grade school. Possibly in the front, from the left, Olivia Sprester, Lynda...
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Women at the Beach

Date: 1935
Description: Two women in bathing suits and wearing brimmed hats are posing sitting on a stone wall. The description on the reverse of the print reads: "Two fair bather...
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Forest Protection Headquarters

Date: 1936
Description: View across street towards men and women standing in small groups outside the brick Forest Protection Headquarters building of the Wisconsin Conservation D...
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U.S. Post Office & Courthouse

Date: 10 03 1958
Description: U.S. Post Office and Courthouse. A woman is walking on the sidewalk that surrounds the building. There is a water fountain (bubbler) in the right foregroun...
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Hill's Department Store Employees Party

Date: 05 29 1933
Description: Group portrait of Hill's Dry Goods Store employees at dinner dance party, Schenk's Hall, 2028 Atwood Avenue. A woman sitting in the center, a woman standin...
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Waiting for the Bus

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Description: An elderly woman sitting on a bench while waiting for a bus in a bus shelter. Behind her is a window which looks down the street.
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Madison Post Office Christmas Rush

Date: 12 16 1953
Description: People waiting in line to mail their letters, packages and parcels in the lobby of the United States Post Office on Monona Avenue. A woman is standing at t...
Postcard

State Historical Society of Wisconsin and University of Wisconsin Lower Campus

Date: 1963
Description: Color postcard of the exterior of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin from across the Library Mall. The University of Wisconsin Memorial Library is o...
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Cox Hollow Lake

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Description: Elevated view of a park scene near Cox Hollow Lake, at Governor Dodge State Park. In the foreground, a man is grilling at a picnic table, while two women a...
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Assembly Speaker's Desk

Date: 1897
Description: Assembly Speaker's desk, showing an unidentified woman, probably a tourist, standing by the Speaker's chair. In front of the Speaker's desk are the clerks'...
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Schnitzler Barn — Interior

Date: 2004
Description: Andy and Karen Schnitzler and "Ruffy" pose in their Community Center. The Schnitzlers purchased the farm in 1980 and began the center in 1988.
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Stepping Down

Date: 07 06 1956
Description: Two men and four women posing outdoors in costume in the open doorway at the front of a building. Caption reads: "STEPPING DOWN from the entry of th...
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Voters

Date: 11 08 1960
Description: Three voters and a young observer at the Third Ward polling place in the City-County Building.
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Village Clerk

Date: 08 1998
Description: "This is Theresa Village Clerk, Patti Hilker."
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Horses at Point Beach State Forest

Date: 1940
Description: Nine unidentified men and women on horseback are posing in front of the lodge at Point Beach State Forest. A young girl wearing a swimming suit is sitting ...
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Village Office

Date: 08 1998
Description: "Theresa Village Clerk, Patti Hilker, posed in a much-needed building addition at the Village Office."
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In Time to Celebrate Thanksgiving

Date: 11 21 1962
Description: Several people are standing with their right hands raised. A man and a woman are standing and facing them. Caption reads: "In time to celebrate Thanksgi...
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Snowmobile Dance

Date: 02 04 1978
Description: "Whooping it up at the Snowmobile Dance at Firemen's Park."

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