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Isabel La Follette & Her Children

Date: 01 07 1935
Description: Mrs. Phillip (Isabel) La Follette reading to Bob and Judy, her children, at the Governor's Residence, 130 East Gilman Street.
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Pres. Glenn Frank Reading

Date: 11 20 1934
Description: University of Wisconsin Pres. Glenn Frank sitting in a swivel chair reading: "The open door at the home."
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Randall School Reading Class

Date: 10 16 1934
Description: Randall School, 10 N. Spooner Street. There are children sitting in chairs reading from the blackboard, led by a student holding a pointer. Photograph take...
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Cedric Parker under Hair Dryer

Date: 11 24 1933
Description: Cedric Parker, Capital Times newsman, reads Time magazine while under the hair dryer at Mrs. Wengel's Marinello Shop, 125 State Street. Lucille Bump...
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Kate Schmedeman

Date: 09 23 1932
Description: Portrait of Kate Schmedeman, Mayor Albert G. Schmedeman's wife, sitting in a chair beside a fireplace reading a book in her home, 504 Wisconsin Avenue.
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Fourth Grade Class at Washington School

Date: 10 30 1931
Description: Rear view of a fourth grade class at Washington School, 217 N. Broom Street, at work in the classroom. Caption reads: "A Fourth Grade at Work. Madison Publ...
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Singers Reading "The Capital Times"

Date: 08 19 1931
Description: Three women of "The Singing Sinners," a vaudeville act at the Orpheum Theater, are reading "The Capitol Times" serial story "Guilty Lips," in their dressin...
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Coeds on Roof of Ann Emery Hall

Date: 06 23 1931
Description: Three University of Wisconsin-Madison coeds are playing cards, and one woman is reading, on the roof of Ann Emery Hall, 265 Langdon Street, an independent ...
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Shorthand at Dickinson Secretarial School

Date: 01 15 1931
Description: A women dictates to another student practicing for ABC shorthand at the Dickinson Secretarial School, 105 Monona Avenue.
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Mr. and Mrs. Holt

Date: 12 20 1930
Description: Informal portrait of Jerome C. and May Holt sitting in rockers in their living room at 1922 Madison Street.
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Philip La Follette Reading a Telegram

Date: 11 05 1930
Description: Governor elect Philip La Follette sitting and reading a telegram at La Follette headquarters.
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Philip La Follette Reading a Telegram

Date: 11 05 1930
Description: Governor elect Philip La Follette standing and reading a telegram at La Follette headquarters.
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East High School Reading Contest Winners

Date: 04 10 1929
Description: East High School reading contest, with six girl winners standing on a stage.
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Central High School Reading Contest Winners

Date: 03 21 1929
Description: Outdoor group portrait of the Central High School reading contest winners.
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Three Women at Beauty Shop

Date: 04 20 1928
Description: Three women (including American Girl — Miss Leeds and Miss Madison — Miss Rosenfeldt / Rosenthal) looking at "The American Hairdresser" magazine in the Ros...
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Carol Cochems Seated at Desk-Chair

Date: 10 08 1946
Description: Pinafore-clad Carol Cochems, holding a pencil, with ringlets and a bow in her hair, reads in deep concentration at a desk-chair invented by H.M. Wood.

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