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Wisconsin State Capitol from West Washington Avenue

Date: 1939
Description: View down sidewalk along West Washington Avenue, looking toward the Capitol. A man is crossing the street and there is a car at the corner that has the wor...
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Planting Trout

Date: 04 26 1936
Description: Planting trout in Waupaca County. Left to right on bank: S.A. LaVoilette, Joe Samz, Lloyd Pinkawski, Edwin Kargewski, W.M. Geiger, G. Moder, Billy LaVoilet...
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Zona Gale

Date: 1920
Description: Zona Gale (Mrs. William Breese) in formal pose with her hair up and her hands clasped in front of her.
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Sorting Logs

Date: 1900
Description: Log pond with two lumberjacks walking on the floating logs and sorting them in the Peshtigo River area.
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Spring Tavern

Date: 1920
Description: The Spring Tavern on the way to Verona.
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Walk to Lake from Coole Park Manor

Date: 1915
Description: Boardwalk bridge through the woods leading to Lake Superior from Coole Park Manor.
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Soldiers on a World War I Recruiting Drive

Date: 1917
Description: World War I soldiers standing in front and on the back of an International truck with a recruiting poster.
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Boat Houses on Lake Monona

Date: 1934
Description: View from the lake of a row of boathouses on Lake Monona at East Wilson Street between South Hancock and South Franklin Streets.
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Richard Lloyd Jones

Date: 08 1916
Description: Richard Lloyd Jones, editor and publisher (1911-1919) of the Wisconsin State Journal, at his desk.
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Bathing Baby in Tub

Date: 1937
Description: Dr. Hunter of the Wisconsin Board of Health bathes a baby in a tub of water.
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Agnes Moorehead as a Child

Date: 1903
Description: Agnes Moorehead is shown at about 4 years of age. She wears a white dress stands beside a flowering bush.
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Florence Lawrence in dressing room

Date: 1914
Description: Actress Florence Lawrence seated at the vanity mirror in her dressing room wearing a white satin dressing gown and night cap.
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Betsy Thunder

Date: 02 06 1913
Description: Betsy Thunder, Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) medicine woman, posing in front of a painted backdrop near a prop stone wall.
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Mother and Baby

Date: 1903
Description: Baby sitting on Mother's lap in front yard. The picture being taken in Ridgeway has not been confirmed.
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John R. Commons

Date: 1920
Description: John R. Commons, a University of Wisconsin professor, is shown standing outside Sterling Hall with his hat on the ground at his feet.
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Charles Lindbergh

Date: 1927
Description: Colonel Charles Lindbergh walking along steps at the Memorial Union, at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Mr. Carl Johnson (left) of the Union Committee...
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Dr. Babcock with Butterfat Tester

Date: 1926
Description: Dr. Stephen Babcock with an electric centrifuge butterfat tester.
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Meyer's Pharmacy

Date: 04 21 1948
Description: Exterior view of Meyer's Pharmacy.
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Richards Brothers Pharmacy

Date: 01 29 1945
Description: Exterior view of Richards Brothers Pharmacy. Featured prominently on the exterior are signs for both Kodak Film and Whitman's Chocolates.
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Prescription Pick-Up

Date: 10 17 1946
Description: A customer picks up a prescription at Richards Brothers' Pharmacy.

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