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Book or Pamphlet

Women and the 4X4

Date: 1977
Description: First page of an article in "Scout Four Wheel Drive Annual." Subtitle reads: "When you look deeply into the four-wheel-drive phenomena, the women come out ...
Photograph

Joseph Mabbett Allcott

Date: 1856
Description: Carte-de-visite of Joseph Mabbett Allcott, proprietor of J.M. Allcott & Co. drug store in Milwaukee. He is sitting in a chair, with a dog resting at his fe...
Photograph

Men at Archaeological Dig in Algeria

Date: 11 20 1926
Description: Six people, including Alonzo Pond (standing in the hole on the right side), work at an archaeological dig site in Algeria. The diggings were worked in leve...
Photograph

Swiss Cheese Maker's Family

Date: 1905
Description: Group portrait of 7 family members and a dog posing outside a home. Caption on envelope reads: "Family of Swiss Cheese makers. 1905."
Postcard

John and Mary Canoe with Children and Visitors

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Description: Group portrait of several adults and children. Caption reads: "Winnebago Family and white visitors, 'John Canoe' and his family of two children."
Photograph

Settlement Along A Railway with Locomotive

Date: 1900
Description: A camp or settlement located along a railway in Iron County, WI. Residents and a dog are pictured in the foreground, with a locomotive in the background ne...
Book or Pamphlet

Four Panel Pamphlet with Photographs

Date: 1960
Description: A two-sided four panel folded pamphlet. The photographs are, from left to right: a man sitting with a dog on his lap in a subway car titled: "Man and Dog";...
Photograph

Attic Angels Benefit Sale

Date: 08 30 1960
Description: Mary Johnson (Mrs. H. Stanley Johnson), left, hostess for the Attic Angel Association benefit antique and artificial flower sale, is shown with her new dau...
Photograph

Injured Dog

Date: 1955
Description: Caption reads: "Madison, Wis. 1955(?). Dog injured in traffic and care by Dane County Humane Shelter. Child playing with bandaged dog."
Photograph

Dane County Sheriff Department Dog Training

Date: 01 25 1960
Description: An unidentified Dane County Sheriff Department employee training a police dog. The man and the dog are in a field, and a storage tank is near buildings in ...
Photograph

Man Relaxing in the Sun

Date: 06 01 1959
Description: Kenneth Svee lying on top of a picnic table with a dog beside him in the backyard of a home.
Photograph

Walnut Grove House

Date: 
Description: Slightly elevated view looking at side of manor house with porch. A boy is sitting on a tricycle on the left, and two dogs, blurred by movement are moving ...
Photograph

Fellowship Farm Group Portrait

Date: 1946
Description: Residents of the Fellowship Farm pose for a casual outdoor group portrait. From left to right are: Walter Uphoff with Gene, Priscilla Stevenson, Dorothy We...
Book or Pamphlet

George Ruder Brewing Company

Date: 1891
Description: View of the George Ruder Brewing Company. A group of men and a dog are posing near an entrance on the side of the brick building. A man is on a horse-drawn...
Photograph

Skavlem Family

Date: 1875
Description: The Skavlem family is around the table at the home of Lars H. Skavlem. A cloth, books, a vase of flowers and fruit are on the table. The two men on the r...
Photograph

Group Outside of House

Date: 1876
Description: Twenty-eight people and one dog are posed in the yard of a wood frame house. A lap dog is sitting on a chair balanced on top of a fence post. A woman at th...
Photograph

Eliza Scidmore with Mrs. Waldo

Date: 06 1898
Description: Mrs. Waldo, Mrs. Eliza Scidmore (in center holding a puppy in her lap), and an unidentified woman each sitting in rickshaws, which are also known as jinrik...
Postcard

Chalet Cabin Court

Date: 1953
Description: Text on front reads: "The Chalet Cabin Court on Hy. 12 & 13, Tel.33882, Wis. Dells, Wis." The log cabin office at the Chalet Cabin Court. A dog is sitting ...
Photograph

University of Wisconsin President's Official Residence

Date: 09 21 1958
Description: University of Wisconsin president Conrad A. Elvehjem's wife, with the pet dog, reading a magazine in the sun-filled porch of Olin House, the official resid...
Photograph

Laurie Curtin and Dog at Perjury Hearing

Date: 08 20 1958
Description: Laurie Curtin, age 13, sitting in a hearing room with the family dog, Bishop, next to her. Her parents, William and Eleanor, are facing perjury charges ass...

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