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Doris LeBundy and her Son Norman Lee Johnson

Date: 04 03 1934
Description: Doris LeBundy and her son Norman Lee Johnson at Police Station after being picked up for hitching a ride on a railroad car.
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Katherine Verikios

Date: 11 21 1931
Description: Katherine Verikios, 10, 1135 E. Mifflin Street, wearing fur-trimmed coat. She won the Madison Label Saving contest and received a new Chevrolet.
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Herbert Krueger

Date: 06 27 1910
Description: A young boy with bare feet and wearing overalls is sitting on a chair in front of a porch enclosure or support with decorative latticework on the sides. Th...
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First Artesian Well in DePere

Date: 1885
Description: Elevated view of a crowd of people standing near an artesian well. Men wearing long coats and hats to protect them from the water are standing on and unde...
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Offset Rigid Tractor Disk Harrow (Exp.)

Date: 04 04 1928
Description: Disk Harrow drawn by tractor sitting in a field, with a view of neighborhood beyond. Children are watching in the background. A fence and houses are behind...
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Man with Horse-Drawn Corn Binder

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Description: A man is using a horse-drawn corn binder in a field. On the far right a young girl is sitting in a horse-drawn wagon.
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Group of People with Horse Powered Push Binder

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Description: A group of three men, and a child, are posing on and around a team of six horses powering a McCormick push binder in a field. In the distance are farm buil...
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"Sahara" Truck

Date: 12 1927
Description: Large group of African villagers standing near an International truck.
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"Sahara" Trucks

Date: 12 1927
Description: "Sahara" trucks in a village in Africa. A man is sitting in the driver's seat of the truck. Villagers, including children, are standing together near the t...
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Group of People Outdoors with Scout

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Description: A man and woman and two children are parked near a river with a red Scout truck. A cliff face is behind them. The two children are sitting on the ground in...
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Gluths' House with Party

Date: 06 26 1910
Description: Four women, one man and a child are posing on the front steps of a screened-in porch. A wooden walkway leads to the porch, and over and around the right si...
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Hosiery Branch 169 Negotiating Committee

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Description: Four women, six men, and one boy pose together. Caption reads: "OFFICIALS AND NEGOTIATING COMMITTEE of Hosiery Branch 169 were instrumental in winning the ...
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Willie Gowdy and Edward Alsworth Ross

Date: 1868
Description: Oval-framed portrait of two children, identified as Willie Gowdy (left) and Edward Alsworth Ross (right). Willie Gowdy was Edward's half-brother.
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Making a Birch Bark Canoe

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Description: Three women are kneeling and binding birch bark to a canoe frame. A girl is standing behind the canoe in the center. Buildings are in the background.
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William F. Allen and Son, Will

Date: 1889
Description: Professor William F. Allen seated and writing at a desk in the study of his home at 228 Langdon St. His son Will is seated in a chair and reading. A large ...
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Main Street

Date: 1890
Description: View across unpaved road towards a row of buildings on the other side. A fence and trees are on the left, and in front of the first building a group of men...
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Family Group Posed Outdoors

Date: 1907
Description: View of twelve people, men, women, and children, posing together in front of a building.
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Mrs. Peter Berntsen Enjoys Tanning with Assistance from Alumnium Foil

Date: 02 28 1961
Description: Mrs. Peter Berntsen, 926 LeRoy Road, enjoys an outdoor tanning session aided by a wall of aluminum foil. Her son Erik (3) plays in front of her bundled up ...
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Hearing Screening Tests at Lincoln School

Date: 02 04 1961
Description: Seven-year-old Billy Roughton, wearing earphones, having his hearing tested by Barbara Dahle, left, a public health nurse with the Madison Health Departmen...
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We Saw You . . . Touring Newspaper Plant

Date: 02 09 1961
Description: The 2nd grade class at Hawthorne School tour the Madison Newspaper, Inc. plant as part of a week-long study of newspapers in their Social Studies class. Mi...

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