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U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention

Date: 1890
Description: Slightly elevated view of the members of the United States Pharmacopeial Convention and their families standing for a portrait at Mount Vernon.
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King Tarz, The Lion

Date: 11 06 1941
Description: King Tarz, The Seasonal Jungle Actor, (a lion) was brought to Madison to publicize "Tarzan's Secret Treasure" which stars Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen O'Sul...
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Young Man at Hillside Home School

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Description: A young man reads to a group standing outside Hillside Home School.
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Girls in Swiss Costume

Date: 1941
Description: Two young girls dressed in Swiss costumes for the Wilhelm Tell Festival.
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Men Having a Picnic

Date: 06 1927
Description: Edward J. Rickers with UW nightwatchman "Gramps," on a Lake Mendota outing. They are seated on the grass together with a picnic lunch and a campfire. There...
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Mary and Max

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Description: Mary Brandel sits outdoors on the grass with her dog Max. There is a lake in the background.
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Harman Warner and Ethel Walker in Tree

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Description: Harman Warner and Ethel Walker pose in the branches of a broken tree in winter. They are in the backyard, and houses are behind them.
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Playful Women at Fox Lake

Date: 1922
Description: A woman playfully spins another woman (probably her daughter) in a yard in front of a house. There is a lake in the background.
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Four Women

Date: 1922
Description: Four women pose together outdoors. There is an automobile behind them.
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Women at the Cottage

Date: 1922
Description: A woman holds a young woman (Mary Brandel?) in her arms in front of their cottage at Fox Lake. Two other people can be seen on the left.
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Family Picnic

Date: 1922
Description: Members of the Brandel family have a picnic in the grass.
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Mary Brandel and Friends in Bathing Suits

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Description: Mary Brandel, peeking from behind a tree, poses with two men and a woman. They are all wearing bathing suits. There is a cottage and a lake in the backgrou...
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Four Men in Car

Date: 1925
Description: Four young men pose together in a car. They are parked on a drive near small outbuildings.
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Brandel Family with Christmas Tree

Date: 12 25 1934
Description: Edward and Mrs. Brandel and their daughter Mary pose near a Christmas tree during the holidays.
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Brandel Family Opening Christmas Gifts

Date: 1934
Description: Members of the E.W. Brandel family open gifts in front of a Christmas tree.
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Civilian Conservation Corps Cook Staff

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Description: Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) cook staff. Harold Gauer had joined the CCC for a year at a dollar a day in the late 1930's.
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Allbert Hansen

Date: 1970
Description: Albert Hansen posed by a vehicle along E6 in Oslo, Norway.
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Achille Starace, "The Sly"

Date: 04 1938
Description: Achille Starace, Secretary of the Italian Fascist Party. American journalist Cecil Brown was able to get close to the man, labeled "Starace, the Sly" in hi...
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Fascist Leaders

Date: 1938
Description: Fascist leader Dino Alfieri (facing the camera), Minister of Popular Culture in Italy.
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Mowrer-Cole Wedding

Date: 04 28 1939
Description: The wedding of journalist Richard Scott Mowrer of the "Chicago Daily News" (hat in hand) and Rosemund Emily Cole in Rome, Italy. Mowrer had just been expel...

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