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Story Time

Date: 10 17 1963
Description: A librarian reads a children's book aloud to young boys and girls.
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Dr. Joseph Smith

Date: 1913
Description: Dr. Joseph Smith reads at his desk in his office in the Wisconsin Valley Trust Building.
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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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Funny Papers and Alvin Steinkopf

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Description: Still wearing his pajamas, "Milwaukee Sentinel" editor Alvin Steinkopf reads the newspaper. The popular comic strip, "Gasoline Alley," can be seen on the ...
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Henry Harris at his Desk

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Description: Henry B. Harris is seated at a desk reading a large book or ledger. He is wearing a suit, and there is a telephone at his elbow.
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Victor L. Berger and Frederick Heath

Date: 1897
Description: Victor L. Berger and Frederick Heath in Berger's room on Reed Street near Greenfield Avenue. Victor Berger was a founding member of the Socialist Party of ...
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La Follette, Harper, Roe & Zimmerman Law Office

Date: 1899
Description: Two views of the interior of the La Follette, Harper, Roe & Zimmerman law office. Mr. Zimmerman is sitting in his inner office; the lady in the foreground ...
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Steve Hopkins Reading in His Cabin

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Description: Steve Hopkins, the outdoor writer for the Wisconsin State Journal, sits in an armchair reading a manuscript next to a fireplace in his cabin. There ...
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Scenes from Madison Barbershops

Date: 09 29 1953
Description: Tom Morrow reading a magazine while getting a haircut by barber Juell Solberg at the Union Bus Station barbershop.
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Wisconsin Farm Kitchen

Date: 1951
Description: Lawrence Sherman sitting in a chair by the window, reading the paper in his farm kitchen. On the left is a Jungers Model E stove with kettles and a teapot....

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