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German Farmers

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Description: German farm couple returning from the fields, crossing railroad tracks.
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Family on Rustic Bridge

Date: 1905
Description: The J. Robert Taylor family on a log pedestrian bridge in a wooded area. Identified as Alma Reinhardt Taylor, Donna Taylor Adams, J. Robert Taylor, and El...
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Wallace Stegner

Date: 1965
Description: Writer and conservationist Wallace Stegner, and his wife Mary, during a visit to Alaska as a member of the National Parks Advisory Board and special assist...
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Frank Barn — Exterior

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Description: Paul and Carol Frank live at N7409 Ferris Road (Section 33). Carol, who has lived on this farm most of her life, is a third generation. Her father, Rudy Pa...
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Couple Selling Pork

Date: 02 15 1915
Description: Mr. and Mrs. T.J. Crumley cutting slabs of meat from a hog placed on a wooden table outdoors among trees. Another woman is in the background near some stea...
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Nickel Barn — Alternate View

Date: 2004
Description: This barn on the Nickel farm was built in 1919 by Ed Radke. The Nickels are still milking 50 cows.
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Jack Paar in Japan

Date: 1960
Description: Jack Paar, comedian and host of NBC's "Tonight Show," and his wife during a visit to Japan. During their visit Paar was hosted by journalist Cecil Brown, h...
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Samuel L. Popkin

Date: 1972
Description: Political scientist Samuel L. Popkin and his wife. This photograph was taken about the time Wisconsin-born Popkin was jailed for his refusal to testify abo...
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Ben Bergor Escapes

Date: 1940
Description: Madison magician Ben Bergor, standing in the trunk, and his wife, Alvina, standing nearby, getting ready to perform an amazing escape act. The act had Berg...
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Plumbers and Pipefitters Union Outing

Date: 08 27 1910
Description: A group portrait of members and families of the United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipefitting Industry, Local 118. The g...
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Herb & Katherine Jacobs

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Description: Journalist Herb Jacobs and his wife Katherine standing in the window of Jacobs II, the second home that Frank Lloyd Wright designed for them.
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Frank Lloyd Wright at the Unitarian Meeting House

Date: 08 28 1955
Description: Frank Lloyd Wright and Olgivanna Lloyd Wright arriving at the First Unitarian Society Meeting House where he was to deliver a speech. The speech was to be ...
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Frank Lloyd Wright at the Unitarian Meeting House

Date: 08 28 1955
Description: Frank Lloyd Wright standing in the center of a group in the parking lot of the First Unitarian Society Meeting House, a building that he had designed. They...
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A New Settler

Date: 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "A New Settler, L. Gervoin, Rusk Farm Settlement, Rusk Co., Wis." A farm couple and dog are posing in front of their clapboard house w...

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