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J. Robert Taylor Cleaning Furnace

Date: 10 01 1938
Description: J. Robert Taylor cleaning a furnace. He has a broom and a small brush in hand, a pipe in his mouth, and a dirty rag placed on his head. He is reading a doc...
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Edgewood High School Football Banquet

Date: 12 06 1948
Description: Allan J. McAndrews, left, a Madison attorney, was the toastmaster at the Edgewood High School football banquet. Seated at the speakers table with him are B...
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Man Standing on Sand Dredge

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Description: View looking up towards a man standing at the railing of a dredge smoking a cigarette. A life ring has the name "Diamond Alkali" written on it.
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J. Robert Taylor

Date: 10 01 1938
Description: Taylor is relaxing, sitting in a chair tilted back, and smoking his pipe and reading his paper in front of an open heater. A kerchief is covering his head....
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Portrait of J. Robert Taylor

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Description: Studio portrait of J. Robert Taylor with a pipe in his mouth.
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J. Robert Taylor with Camera

Date: 1936
Description: J. Robert Taylor standing in the middle of a street, holding a large camera. On the left, a car is driving by, and a person is walking on the sidewalk in t...
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Portrait of J. Robert Taylor

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Description: Self-portrait of the photographer sitting on a table near a wall wearing a hat and holding a newspaper and pipe.
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J. Robert Taylor with Pike

Date: 1940
Description: The photographer holding a large Northern Pike and smoking a pipe in a living room.
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Alma and J. Robert Taylor

Date: 1905
Description: A studio portrait of Alma and J. Robert Taylor. Alma is sitting in a chair holding a sock to be darned, while putting her hand over J. Robert's mouth. He i...
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Thorsten Horton and Myles Horton Reading Newspaper

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Description: Myles Horton, cofounder of Highlander Folk School, smoking a pipe and reading the Nashville Banner newspaper, posing with his son, Thorsten.
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Elia Kazan on the Set of "Wild River"

Date: 1960
Description: Film Director Elia Kazan on the movie set of "Wild River" (1960).
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Union Ore Miner

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Description: An African American ore miner, holding a large tool and smoking a cigarette. A pin that reads, "Mine-Mill-CIO" is attached to his hardhat.
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Truax Barracks Fire

Date: 12 06 1948
Description: Four Truax barracks apartment neighbors who rescued Walter Alburn and two of his children from the Alburn apartment after a kerosene explosion and resultin...
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University of Wisconsin Beefeaters' Dinner

Date: 12 08 1948
Description: Dressed in Elizabethan costume during the University of Wisconsin Beefeaters' Dinner in Tripp Commons are: center, Richard Lewis, Eau Claire, president of ...
Poster

Inter-State Narcotic Association Marijuana Warning Poster

Date: 09 1971
Description: Enlarged version of a mocking "warning card" to be placed in railroad trains, buses, streetcars, and other public forums. Warning reads, "Beware! Young and...
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Dressed Up for Purim Holiday

Date: 1930
Description: The brother of Flora van Brink Hony Bader (nee Melkman), Harry Melkman, and a friend, are dressed up for Purim party; Amsterdam.
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J. Robert Taylor

Date: 1907
Description: Portrait of the photographer J. Robert Taylor sitting at a table smoking a pipe and possibly woodworking.
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Portrait of Man Smoking Cigar

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Description: A man leans against a stump while smoking a cigar in front of a painted backdrop in a photography studio. He is wearing a hat, suit jacket, vest, and trous...
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J. Robert Taylor and Son

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Description: J. Robert Taylor standing on a lake pier with either his son Frederick or Robert. Both of them are wearing swimming suits, and a boat is underneath the pie...
Poster

Mayday is J-Day Poster

Date: 04 1972
Description: Poster proclaiming that "Mayday is J-Day," and announcing a marijuana smoke-out at Brittingham Park in Madison. Includes a picture of a winged green block ...

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