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Shirley Widmer

Date: 2004
Description: This photograph and the article on the opposite page appeared in the "Mayville/Lomira News" on September 30, 2004. The caption reads as follows: "Shirley W...
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Rolleiflex Camera

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Description: "The vast majority of these pictures were taken with the above camera. This twin-lens Automatic Rolleiflex was purchased in 1947. At that time this camera...
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Albums — 1946 Style

Date: 1946
Description: View of page 71 from an issue of "Popular Photography" magazine. The article demonstrates Jim Widmer's dry mounting method for organizing his photographic ...
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Corsair II Camera

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Description: "The Corsair II was a Universal Camera Corp. model that was introduced in 1939. It was cheaply made & had a faulty film advance. The camera was purchased...
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John Schiefer House

Date: 06 1982
Description: "At the John Schiefer House, Dr. & Mrs. Arnold Boegel page through old photographs. John Boddens great grandfather built the house in 1848. Shirley Widmer'...
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Marguerite Olsen

Date: 1983
Description: "Marguerite Olsen, seated, was honored on this day. Her father, Frank Anninger, was a pioneer photographer who took many Theresa documentary photographs. A...
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Theresa Documentary Inside Cover Page

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Description: "While stationed in Japan in 1945-46, the photographer's sister obtained this camera."
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Theresa Documentary Inside Cover Page

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Description: "The Contax II was manufactured from 1936-42. It was a superb, rugged camera & was widely used by Life Magazine photographers in WWII."
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Theresa Documentary Inside Cover Page

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Description: "The Univex Mercury was a Universal Camera Corp. product. A similar camera was used by Fred H. Bandlow when he photographed Theresa natives in 1935. It too...
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Theresa Documentary Inside Cover Page

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Description: View of a camera owned by Jim Widmer.

The Stereo Realist is a camera that takes 3D pictures and was manufactured by David White Company of Menomonee Fall...

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Theresa Documentary Inside Cover Page

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Description: "Greg Langenfeld, Theresa's last family doctor, enjoyed photography as a hobby. He carried this small, pocket-sized camera when he didn't have his bulkier...
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Fred Bandlow Photography

Date: 02 1996
Description: "Cheryl Gage and Shirley Widmer hold up some of Fred Bandlow's photos that were on display at the Fond du Lac Library."
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Theresa Documentary Inside Cover Page

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Description: "The Argus C3 was manufactured from 1939-66. It was a solid, durable, 'brick-shaped' camera."
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Theresa Documentary Inside Cover Page

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Description: "The Pacemaker 4x5 Speed Graphic (1947-54) was the mainstay of news photographers in the 40s & 50s."
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Photograph of Bridesmaids

Date: 11 24 1955
Description: With a Rolleiflex camera, Fred Bandlow takes pictures of bridesmaids at the Boegel/Shommer wedding.
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Reviewing Historic Photographs

Date: 08 2003
Description: Dorothy Krueger and Richard and Sandy Yehl review historic photographs.
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Bresson Book

Date: 10 2004
Description: Shirley Widmer holds a book that features photographs by French photographer, Henri Cartier Bresson. The book was purchased for $15.00 in 1950 and then sol...
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Former Mrs. Wisconsin

Date: 12 2004
Description: Gloria Weber, Mrs. Wisconsin 2003, poses for Gosia Schweiger.
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Popular Photography Magazine Albums

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Description: These photo albums represent a cross section of the Theresa Historic Society collection housed at the Theresa Public Library. The composition of photograph...

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