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This Happy Breed

Date: 1956
Description: Winter scene with a family and their dog preparing for their descent down the hill on a toboggan. From left to right, Gene Anderson (my uncle), Betsy Marqu...
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Santa Claus Mail Box

Date: 11 24
Description: Harry Dimond, general manager of Hills Dry Goods Store & Postmaster Walter Hyland stand on either side of the "Santa Claus Mail Box" placed in Hill's Dry G...
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Dr. Hughes and Eye Patient

Date: 11 06 1933
Description: Dr.John E.Hughes, optometrist, in his office at 112 E. Main Street, using eyeglass lens machine to test a woman patient's vision with advertising banners a...
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Fred Winkleman and Chimpanzees

Date: 11 10 1931
Description: Fred Winkleman holding a new pair of chimpanzees, Nip and Tuck, at Henry Vilas Zoo (Vilas Park Zoo).
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Two Students

Date: 11 11 1928
Description: Two men standing outdoors in dress clothes. For Arthur Trowell Inc. Advertising.
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John Lendrum Mitchell

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Description: Quarter-length portrait of John L. Mitchell.
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Honor Among Thieves

Date: 07 22 1988
Description: Publicity photograph of the four band members from Honor Among Thieves, a Madison, Wisconsin rock band. From right to left are Pat Dieter, Doug DeRosa, Joe...
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Tad

Date: 07 1995
Description: Publicity photograph of the three band members from Tad, a Seattle Washington grunge rock band. From left to right are Kurt Davidson, Josh Sinder, and Tad ...
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S.M. Babcock with a Cow

Date: 05 1928
Description: Dr. Stephen M. Babcock posed with a cow in a University of Wisconsin pasture.
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Stephen Babcock Milking a Cow

Date: 05 1928
Description: Stephen Moulton Babcock seated on a small stool and milking a cow as another man holds a harness around the cow's head. They are in a University of Wiscons...
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Wilbur J. Cohen with Natalie Spingarn

Date: 1968
Description: Wilbur J. Cohen with Natalie Davis Spingarn, a speech writer and special assistant to Cohen in the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. There is an...
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Studio Portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Van Schaick

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a man and woman posing standing wearing coats and hats. The couple is identified as Mr. and Mrs. Roy Van ...
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Lifting the Lindsay Street Sign

Date: 04 14 1967
Description: Vel Phillips and Bernice Lindsay helping lift the Lindsay Street sign to be installed. Phillips is wearing a dress and is in front of Lindsay, who is weari...
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Bernice Lindsay Addresses Crowd

Date: 04 14 1967
Description: Bernice Lindsay is on a podium. She is wearing a coat and a hat. A man is filming her speech. On the ground is the street sign in her honor. Part of the N ...
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Relaxing on Frozen Lake Mendota

Date: 01 02 1979
Description: A young man is enjoying an Old Milwaukee beer while sitting in a broken armchair on frozen Lake Mendota.
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Portrait of Man Standing Outdoors

Date: 03 23 1921
Description: Full-length portrait of a man standing outdoors in front of a railing and brick factory wall. He is wearing eyeglasses, coat, suit and hat.
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Portrait of Male Employee Standing Outdoors

Date: 07 05 1921
Description: Full-length portrait of a man standing outdoors in front of a railing and brick factory wall covered with vines.
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Portrait of Man Standing Outdoors

Date: 02 15 1933
Description: Full-length portrait of a well-dressed man standing outdoors. He is wearing a hat, eyeglasses, three-quarter length coat, gloves and a scarf. Behind him is...
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Walter Dunn

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Description: Walter Dunn dressed as a trapper is giving a demonstration to onlookers.
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Smoked Fish

Date: 02 28 1965
Description: Two men are packing smoked fish in a box. In the background smoked fish are hanging on nails on racks.

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