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Ruth L. Brissee with Rifle and Dog

Date: 09 22 1933
Description: Ruth L. Brissee holding a rifle, standing with her dog in a garden at 2437 Fox Avenue. At age 15 she is the youngest huntress in Dane County.
Photograph

Women with Hats

Date: 1910
Description: A woman and two girls stand on a porch wearing large hats. Potted plants line the porch.
Postcard

Madison Football Champs

Date: 1911
Description: The Madison Central High School class championship team, about 1910-1912. Only Ben Bergor (Goldeberger), seated on the left, has been identified Caption re...
Photograph

Upside Down Bancroft Delivery Truck

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Description: An upside down Bancroft delivery truck. A man is standing just behind the front tires. On the right, a "Dane County Police Traffic" car can be seen behind ...
Photograph

Scene Along Lake Mendota

Date: 1902
Description: Scene along “Willow Drive,” later known as "University Drive," on the shore of Lake Mendota, showing the neo-Gothic carved bridge. View from shoreline of t...
Photograph

The "Family of Man" Exhibit

Date: 10 01 1958
Description: Guests at the evening opening party for the "Family of Man" photographic exhibition at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. The exhibition was organi...
Photograph

The "Family of Man" Exhibit

Date: 10 01 1958
Description: Guests at the evening opening party for the "Family of Man" photographic exhibition, at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. The exhibition was organ...
Photograph

The "Family of Man" Exhibit

Date: 10 01 1958
Description: Guests at the evening opening party for the "Family of Man" photographic exhibition, at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. The exhibition was organ...
Photograph

People with Automobile Near Lake

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Description: View of A.G. Zimmerman sitting in his automobile near the lake shore. He has one arm resting on the steering wheel; the other on the seat back. Two women a...
Painting

Man Hunting at Cherokee Marsh

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Description: Photograph of a watercolor painting of a hunter walking in tall grass among trees by the Johnson duck shack at old Cherokee Marsh.
Photograph

Sid Fishing on River

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Description: View from shoreline towards Sid Boyum fishing while standing on a pile of rocks near a river. Near Sid on the opposite shoreline is a collapsed building on...
Photograph

At the Arboretum

Date: 11 2013
Description: View towards a woman standing near a fallen tree with her back to the viewer. She is wearing a light jacket and jeans. There is a partially fallen tree and...
Photograph

Man in Bathtub Outdoors

Date: 
Description: Curt Martin sitting in a clawfoot bathtub outdoors and holding oars as if the he was rowing. Behind the man are plants and a broken snow fence.
Photograph

From a Balcony

Date: 04 2014
Description: Elevated view of the corner of State Street and Gilman Street. A man and a woman are walking towards the corner away from the "Stop & Shop Grocery" behind ...
Photograph

Bird and Thistle at the Arboretum

Date: 10 10 2014
Description: View of a sign with a photograph of an American Goldfinch on a thistle posted on the side of a paved path lined with trees and plants. Just beyond the sign...
Photograph

Rick Phelps

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Description: Rick Phelps (middle) and two of his staff walking outdoors in winter.
Photograph

Opening Day of Dane County Farmers' Market

Date: 04 1998
Description: Customers shopping for plants on the opening day of the Dane County Farmers' Market on the Capitol Square.

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