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La Follette and Railroad Group

Date: 12 22 1930
Description: Phil La Follette confers with rail chiefs. Front row (left-right): F.B. Seymour, Green Bay and Western, Philip F. La Follette, Governor-elect, Fred W. Sarg...
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Wisconsin State Hospital for the Insane

Date: 1872
Description: View of Wisconsin State Hospital for the Insane (Mendota Mental Health Institute).
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West Side Garden Club Garden Show

Date: 05 27 1952
Description: Garden show and tea at which the West Side Garden club entertained other garden clubs of the Madison area. Six children at the junior section of the show ...
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Two Shoemakers

Date: 10 25 1940
Description: Carte-de-visite with a photograph of a painting by James R. Stuart. It depicts two white-haired, bearded shoemakers, with Langford on the left and his part...
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Captain Frank Barnes

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Description: Quarter-length oval-framed portrait of Frank Barnes, in his sixties, sitting in a chair in a garden. He is wearing a suit and vest, and has a moustache and...
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Castor Bean Plant Towers Over Barbara Culver, Age 11

Date: 08 27 1965
Description: Barbara Culver (11), 1123 Edgehill Drive admiring a 10-foot tall castor bean plant planted by Mrs. Carl Dutton, 1101 Edgehill Drive.
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Sunflowers

Date: 09 2013
Description: Sunflower plant with giant weeping seed heads standing near a wire fence in a community garden in the autumn.
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Sculptures in Sid's Backyard

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Description: View across Sid's backyard with a shed structure in the background. In the yard are plants, trees, and sculptures which are surrounding a large, white, lan...
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Sid Boyum's Backyard

Date: 1970
Description: View of Sid Boyum's backyard, with an arch, pagoda, and sculptures among shrubs and trees. The Madison-Kipp Corporation factory is in the background.
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Buddha Head and Pagoda

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Description: Sid's backyard with Asian-themed, concrete-cast sculptures titled "Monumental Oriental Head" of a Buddha (with dimensions of 110" x 45" x 78"), "Multi-Tier...
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Tea Garden Card with Sid Boyum in Costume

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Description: Christmas card by Sid of himself standing in his backyard in the tea garden. Boyum, in grey kimono and straw conical hat and holding a small wooden keg, is...
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Three Geese Flying Sculpture

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Description: Three flat goose shapes, with wings outstretched, one above the other on a square post set at an angle, set in the yard among garden plants, shrubs, and a ...
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Astrolabe in Red and Gold

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Description: Metal astrolabe mounted on concrete base in Sid's backyard. The base is painted red with yellow Chinese characters, the Astrolabe is painted gold. In the ...
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Leaving the Cafe After Visiting the Zoo

Date: 09 18 2014
Description: View of flowers and vines growing along the walls of ZuZu Cafe. A trellis is in a corner, supporting thick vines dotted with pick trumpet-shaped flowers. B...

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