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Baby and Phonograph

Date: 1912
Description: A baby (blurred from motion) is sitting on the floor next to a phonograph, in front of a bed. An adult's hand is visible on the far right. Caption reads: "...
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Decorating Eagle Heights Apartment

Date: 01 27 1961
Description: One of a series of photographs depicting ways U.W. graduate students have made their small apartments more attractive and livable. Shown is Marion Brown st...
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Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh

Date: 1874
Description: Carte-de-visite portrait of a reproduction of a painted portrait of Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, with his wife Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Rus...
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Mary Myott Alexander

Date: 1921
Description: Carte-de-visite portrait of a seated woman. Caption reads: "Letter, July 21, 1921, N. W. Jipson to L. P. Kellogg (in office file) says: 'Knowing of your in...
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Mary Livingston Griggs and Guest

Date: 1957
Description: Mary is seated on the right, wearing a navy blue skirt and jacket and a pearl necklace. Her guest is wearing a navy blue dress with three-quarter length sl...
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Mary Livingston Griggs

Date: 1957
Description: Mary Livingston Griggs, wearing a blue skirt and jacket, is seated in a pale blue brocade wing-backed chair, facing a television in the great room of the g...
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University of Wisconsin President's Official Residence

Date: 09 21 1958
Description: University of Wisconsin president Conrad A. Elvehjem seated in the peaceful, quiet study on the third floor of Olin House, the official residence.
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Mary Livingston Griggs Bedroom

Date: 1948
Description: Thin cedar strip paneled room with log ceiling beams. On the left is a pine dresser with a mirror, blue lamp and glass drawer knob. At the back of the room...
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Living Room in Main Lodge

Date: 2000
Description: Horizontal white-chinked log walls with two mounted animal skins. A white sofa with red piping and red pillows is positioned in front of a table with a sma...
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Living Room at Main Lodge

Date: 2000
Description: White-chinked log walls with a framed map of Forest Lodge property. Dark wood furniture including a rocking chair, bench, side table, and an upholstered ch...
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Dining Room in Main Lodge

Date: 1961
Description: A wood dining room table with a flower bouquet is surrounded by wooden Windsor chairs in a chinked log room with a log beam ceiling. Royal Copenhagen blue ...
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Dining Room in the Main Lodge at Forest Lodge

Date: 1996
Description: The dining room in the main lodge, with chinked log walls, wood ceiling beams, two curtained windows and a curtained doorway leading to the living room. In...
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Porcelain Dishes on Side-board at Forest Lodge

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Description: Blue and white porcelain dishes, vases, figurines and lamps on a wooden side-board set against a chinked log wall. Windows with blue and white curtains top...
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Guest Bedroom at Forest Lodge

Date: 1999
Description: Pink ruffled canopied wooden bed with salmon pink quilt and a suitcase stand at the foot of the bed. There is a corner cabinet with glassware and a bedside...
Postcard

Goff's Restaurant

Date: 1950
Description: Text on front reads: "Goff's Restaurant, Waukesha, Wisconsin." On reverse: "Goff's Restaurant, Clinton Street - Waukesha, Wis. Wisconsin's Pioneer Restaura...
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Joseph Harsch and Paul Miller at a Dinner

Date: 10 25 1945
Description: Newsmen, including Joseph Harsch and Paul Miller, attending a banquet held for Ernest J. King.
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Grandfathers Spend Time with Grandchildren

Date: 06 10 1958
Description: Grandfather Arthur Towell, 4126, Iroquois Drive, spends time with his grandchildren Jean Ruth (2) and William Arthur (4 months), children of Mr. and Mrs. T...
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Home Decorated with Articles from India

Date: 06 17 1958
Description: Agatha Fowlkes, wearing a sari, sits in her den which is furnished completely with articles from India. The leopard rug was made from the skin of an animal...
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Publisher Don Anderson's Office at the Wisconsin State Journal

Date: 06 12 1958
Description: The office of Don Anderson, publisher of the Wisconsin State Journal and vice-president of the Badger Broadcasting Company.
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Wolman Family Home

Date: 05 08 1958
Description: New home, located at 4121 Chippewa Drive, designed by owners Martin and Ann Wolman to meet the needs of their large family of five children. Shown is so...

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