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Isora Wilson and Turnip Dolls

Date: 03 07 1947
Description: Isora Wilson, 432 N. Murray Street, has a collection of turnip dolls that she has made to resemble Charles Dickens' characters Pickwick and Scrooge.
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Delancy Street

Date: 1969
Description: Woman with packages standing on Delancy Street.
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Postmistress Mrs. Lathrop

Date: 1919
Description: Postmistress Mrs. Lathrop poses next to Harold Russell's airplane. This plane was the first to land on Madeline Island.
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Group Posing Near Frame House

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Description: Two women stand behind an elderly man and woman seated in front of a frame house. There is a man visible through the screen door.
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Phillip Nortman Family

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Description: Elderly woman and man seated, surrounded by four men and two women, probably the Phillip Nortman family, posing among fir trees. Reportedly, both Nortman g...
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Elizabeth Brilliott

Date: 08 05 1947
Description: Portrait of Elizabeth Brilliott, 1617 Seminole Highway.
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Woman Posed Near Flowers

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Description: Woman posed standing by a flower patch.
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Woman Posed in Yard

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Description: Elderly woman in a striped blouse posed standing in a yard.
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Two Women in Yard

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Description: Two elderly women posed standing and sitting in a yard.
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Dora Larsan

Date: 12 09 1909
Description: Studio portrait of Dora Larsan, wearing a lace collar and a black dress.
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Women on Street Near Highlander

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Description: Two elderly women walking on a sidewalk next to a storefront.
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Septima Clark at Highlander

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Description: Septima Clark with an unidentified companion at a table, outside at Highlander Folk School.
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First Alice in Dairyland

Date: 06 07 1948
Description: Newly crowned Alice in Dairyland, Margaret McGuire, and governor Oscar Rennebohm shown with Highland's oldest resident, 93-year old Chris Blabaum at Highla...
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Elderly Couple

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Description: An elderly couple sits on chairs in a field. The woman's eyes are downcast.
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Protestant Home for the Aged

Date: 1911
Description: Four-story extended building. A woman with an umbrella is near the left entrance, and a man is walking across the raised lawn near the center right. Captio...
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Hospital Room

Date: 1930
Description: Posed view of a patient room in the recently constructed Methodist Hospital, showing a nurse on the telephone near a bed, and a doctor and elderly patient ...
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Attic Angel Association 60th Anniversary Luncheon

Date: 10 13 1948
Description: Pictured at the 60th anniversary luncheon of the Attic Angel Association, sponsors of the Madison Visiting Nurse Service, are, from left to right: Mrs. Joh...
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Cooper family portrait

Date: 11 26 1948
Description: Group portrait of an old man and four older adult women (his daughters ?). Perhaps the Cooper family.
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Portrait of Septima Clark

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Description: Civil Rights activist, Septima Clark, at Highlander Folk School.
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Portrait of an Elderly Couple

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Description: An elderly man and woman sit for a studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop. She is wearing a long, dark dress, and he is wearing a suit jacket over ...

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