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Convalescent Home for Children

Date: 01 30 1947
Description: Margaret (Mrs. Norman) Vea reads to Ernest Underwood, of Theresa, Lloyd Riley, and Gerald Tilley, Brooklyn, at the Convalescent Home for Children with rheu...
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Woman Reading Letter

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Description: Woman reading a letter by a table.
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Group at Boarding House

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Description: Six women and a man gathered at a parlor table at a boarding house. The man is probably Amos Elliott, and the women around the table are teachers studying ...
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Group Sitting in Parlor

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Description: Two men and two women reading in a parlor, possibly J.R. Ogden and wife, and Grace Ogden and Carl (?).
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Three People Reading

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Description: Two women and an elderly man reading in a room.
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Group of People Reading

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Description: Three men, woman, and boy posed reading in a room.
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Man Sitting in Rocking Chair

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Description: Man seated in a rocking chair reading with deer head mount reflected in mirror.
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Five Women Standing Together

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Description: Five women standing, two hold a letter.
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Governor Oscar Rennebohm

Date: 03 15 1947
Description: Governor Oscar Rennebohm relaxing in the library of his Maple Bluff home, 201 Farwell Drive.
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Ada Bass and Daughter Everetta

Date: 1890
Description: Ada Bass sitting in a rocking chair reading, while her daughter Everetta is sweeping the front porch of the family home.
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Dr. Edward A. Bass with Daughter Everetta

Date: 1895
Description: Dr. Edward A. Bass reading the newspaper while seated next to his daughter, Everetta.
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Ada Bass Crocheting with Llora

Date: 1900
Description: Ada Bass sitting in a rocking chair while crocheting. Sitting across from her is a woman identified as Llora, who is reading. There is a replica of a cat p...
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Ada Bass in Hammock

Date: 1895
Description: Ada Bass reading a book while lying in a hammock.
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Wisconsin Historical Society Library Reading Room

Date: 1901
Description: Library Reading Room as completed in 1901, showing skylights and ceiling fixtures, library tables and lights, and many University of Wisconsin students at ...
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Elizabeth Waters Dormitory Library

Date: 09 24 1947
Description: Five women enjoying the library at Elizabeth Waters Dormitory on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The portrait on the wall at the far end is of ...
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Log Cabin

Date: 1914
Description: Log cabin known as the "haunted house" on Rock Island, remodeled by Chester Thordarson. There are three people sitting on the porch.
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Historical Society Reading Room

Date: 1904
Description: University of Wisconsin students (primarily women) studying in the Historical Society Library Reading Room. On the left is the Visitors Gallery.
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Getting Ready for Christmas

Date: 12 16 1947
Description: June McGovern is reading The Night Before Christmas to her children Diane, Jill and Jackie.
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Woman Reading to Girls

Date: 03 04 1948
Description: Radio station WIBA Story Corner Lady, Jeanne Remus, reading a book to Ann and Kathy Taylor, daughters of Robert and Fannie Taylor, 1921 Keyes Avenue. The S...
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Catherine Winston

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Description: Catherine Winston, a staff member at the Highlander Folk School, reading a book and smoking a cigarette.

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