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Babe Ruth

Date: 10 15 1934
Description: Babe Ruth, wearing a dressing gown, signing autographs from a train car during a stopover in Madison.
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Joe Fedele Receives Badge

Date: 10 17 1932
Description: Captain Leo Kinney, Captain of Detectives, pinning a detective's badge on Joe Fedele, member of Post's Junior Detective Club, an organization sponsored by ...
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Harold McCormick and his Children at Walnut Grove Farm

Date: 1922
Description: Harold F. McCormick (with cup) and his children, left to right: Muriel, Harold, Jr. and Mathilde at the Walnut Grove farm in Rockbridge County.
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West High School Groups

Date: 04 05 1935
Description: West High School groups: 5190B-3 is small group; 5190B-4 is alternate view of small group.
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President Frank Presenting Scholarship

Date: 05 20 1933
Description: University of Wisconsin President Glenn Frank presenting $4,500 Emily Jane Culver Scholarship to Charles Pfeiffer of Racine. They are standing next to the ...
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Mayor Law Buying V.F.W. Poppy

Date: 05 10 1933
Description: Mayor James R. Law buying V.F.W. poppy from Miss Jane Elizabeth Ward.
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Group Portrait of Young Men and Women in Formal Attire

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of three men posing sitting on the floor, in front of five men posing sitting in chairs, and four women stan...
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Studio Group Portrait of Unidentified European American Family

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Description: Studio group portrait of a family, including a man, two women, and a girl.
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1910 Black River Falls Basketball Team

Date: 1910
Description: Studio group portrait in front of a painted backdrop of the 1910 Black River Falls basketball team. Three men are posing sitting, and four men are posing s...
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Debutante Training

Date: 08 25 1967
Description: A woman is holding hands with two young women, with several young men and women looking on from behind them. Caption reads: "Walk slowly," were the instruc...
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Young Cellist

Date: 11 1969
Description: A young cellist concentrating while playing his instrument.
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John Alden

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Description: Photograph of a painting of John Alden, the eldest son of Captain John Alden, at 13 years old.
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Edward P. Allis

Date: 1848
Description: Waist-up portrait of Edward Phelps Allis, an industrialist who formed the Edward P. Allis Company in Milwaukee, initially manufacturing milling equipment b...

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