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Card Players

Date: 03 20 1965
Description: Several men engaged in a serious card game at the Milwaukee Municipal Social Center, one of several centers devoted to social and recreational programs for...
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John Lloyd Jones House

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Description: John Lloyd Jones house, near Hillside Home School on Highway 23 across from Taliesin. A man and a woman are standing and holding bicycles, one woman is kne...
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Women Astronomers

Date: 1880
Description: Maria Mitchell, first woman astronomer in the United States at Vassar College.
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Seven East High School Seniors and Cake

Date: 06 06 1935
Description: Seven East High School seniors and one woman sitting on stage with a tiered birthday cake with candles.
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G.A.R. Beloit

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Description: Outdoor portrait of eight members of the Grand Army of the Republic, including W.H. Wheeler.
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Woman Knitting Near Window

Date: 1898
Description: Elderly woman sitting in a rocking chair knitting in front of a window.
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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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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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Elderly Couple Sitting on Steps of House

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Description: A portrait of an elderly couple sitting on steps leading into a frame house. On the right is a metal structure that is probably part of a windmill.
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Portrait of Strikes A Tree and The Small One

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Description: Copy photograph of two elderly Ho-Chunk women posing sitting on the ground in front of a building with a lodge frame in the background. Identified as Strik...
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Syl and Grandma in Front Stoop

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Description: A very young Syl wearing a wide brimmed hat stands holding hands with his grandmother on a front stoop. A bicycle is leaning up against the porch to the ri...
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Methodist Episcopal Home for the Aged

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Description: Front view of the addition to the Methodist Episcopal Home for the Aged, founded on May 10, 1883. Pedestrians are crossing the street near an automobile an...
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Woman with Pigeons, FDR Drive

Date: 1968
Description: A woman sits surrounded by pigeons on a park bench in front of a stone building on FDR Drive.
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Fiftieth Annual Reunion of the 26th Regiment of Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry

Date: 08 21 1912
Description: Outdoor group portrait of the fiftieth annual reunion of the 26th Regiment of Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry at Whitefish Bay.
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Muir Knoll Dedication Ceremony

Date: 06 18 1918
Description: Dedication ceremony for Muir Knoll on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Judge Milton S. Griswold is speaking at flag-draped podium, and a ...
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Two Older Women Posing Near House

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Description: Portrait of two older women posing standing in front of a house near steps leading up to a door. Both women are wearing blouses and long skirts, and have t...
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Elderly Woman at Bus Stop

Date: 1991
Description: An elderly woman waits on a bench for the bus by the post office.
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Mark's Get-A-Way

Date: 09 24 1999
Description: "On this Friday we choose to go to Mark's Get-A-Way in beautiful Theresa." From left to right; Ralph "Buddy" Ruecker, Rudy Heinecke, John Bodden, Ralph Wid...
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Flashback Rustic Saloon — Exterior

Date: 07 14 2000
Description: "Our group poses in front of the Flashback Rustic Saloon in Brownsville, WI." From left to right; Ralph Widmer, Ralph "Buddy" Ruecker, and Shirley Widmer.
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Nellie Arms and Her Cat

Date: 10 24 1954
Description: Nellie Arms, aunt of Lewis Arms, holds a cat outdoors at the farm she shared with her husband Bernard.

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