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Schadauer Tobacco Store

Date: 1880
Description: A man posing in the open doorway of Julius Schadauer's tobacco shop at 101 State Street. The sign above the doorway reads: "Schadauer of Cigars Fact. No 62...
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Martha and Notley Henderson

Date: 1885
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Martha and Notley Henderson with their three children. Their son Allen is standing. The Hendersons were e...
Postcard

Two Men with Guitar

Date: 1920
Description: Two men posing for a studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop. James Gorman, standing, has a pipe in his mouth; the seated man holding a guitar is un...
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Pablo the Magician

Date: 06 17 1932
Description: Pablo the Magician holding a "Capital Times" newspaper in the lobby of the Orpheum Theatre. He is using the newspaper in his act with Fanchon and Marco's s...
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Wisconsin State Capitol Interior — Supreme Court

Date: 1903
Description: Group portrait of the Wisconsin Supreme Court in 1903, the year in which a constitutional amendment approved expansion of the court from five to seven judg...
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Portrait of Frederick Kehl

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Description: Portrait of Frederick W. Kehl, founder of the Kehl School of Dance in Madison, Wisconsin.
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General View in the Camp

Date: 1876
Description: Quite possibly this is the "General view in the camp" listed in the "Centennial Views of the City of Madison, July 4th, 1876. Views of Chicago Light Guard"...
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Camp 20

Date: 1900
Description: Portrait of two men sitting in a room lined with bookshelves. There is a banjo leaning in the corner next to a window.
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Award Presentation to WHA Radio

Date: 05 10 1945
Description: Lieut. Governor Oscar Rennebohm (on right), presenting a citation for twenty-six years of on-air service for radio station WHA to University of Wisconsin P...
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Julius Rehder with his "Portrait of a Gentleman"

Date: 02 03 1947
Description: Julius Rehder with his "Portrait of a Gentleman," which won first prize in oils at the Madison Artist's exhibition. The painting, which received the Oscar ...
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Portrait of Three Men

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of three men, two sitting and one standing in front of a painted backdrop.
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Fathers and Sons Drinking

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Description: Studio portrait of two fathers and their sons holding drinks in front of a painted backdrop. In the front row, from left to right, are Jacob Birrenkott of ...
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Poker Players

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Description: Studio portrait of two men in front of a painted backdrop playing poker while smoking and drinking beer. The man on the left is Jacob Birrenkott, and the m...
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Two Elderly Men

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two elderly men in suits, one standing and the other, James Gorman, sitting on a table.
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Studio Portrait of Men Drinking Beer

Date: 1915
Description: Studio portrait of three men smoking pipes and cigars and holding beer bottles in front of a painted backdrop. From left to right, Jacob Bowar, Herman Kals...
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Two Men Looking at Document

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two men looking at document that Mel Esser, sitting, is holding in his hand. Charlie "Breaky" Brendler, w...
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Man Wearing Hat and Tie

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Description: Dressed in a shirt, hat and narrow tie, Charles Brendier poses for a studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop with a cigar in his hand.
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Young Adult Club Christmas Dance

Date: 12 17 1947
Description: Agnes Dooley, John Fahning, Joe Ann Higgins, Ben Prochaska, Mildred Leach, and Tom Maloney in formal dress standing next to a reindeer and Santa Claus deco...
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Madison Dye Works Party

Date: 12 20 1947
Description: Group portrait of men and women at the Madison Dye Works party. Included in the portrait on the left is an accordion player. One man sitting on the floor ...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Underground Newspaper Cover: The Madison Bugle-American

Date: 09 16 1970
Description: Cover of "The Madison Bugle-American," an underground newspaper, featuring a cartoon of a businessman holding a leashed dog, a woman in a lounge dress smok...

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