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Seasons Greetings

Date: 1969
Description: Photographic holiday postcard of a couple on their bikes in a driveway. Shrubs and palm trees surround them. A map of the Pacific Ocean is in the backgroun...
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Candy Cane

Date: 1909
Description: William Elwell Middleton stands beside the giant candy cane which he won on Christmas Day, 1909. There is a bookcase in the background.
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William Middleton

Date: 1910
Description: A seated portrait of William Elwell Middleton, wearing a suit.
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Victor L. Berger Posed with a Group

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Description: Victor L. Berger posed with a group for a studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop. He was a founding member of the Socialist Party of America.
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Margaret Pauhs Seated in a Chair

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of Margaret Pauhs (also spelled Paus), identified on back of the photograph as "Mrs. Werner Esser's mother," in front of a pain...
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Portrait of Seated Woman

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of Eva Dahman Bowar in front of a painted backdrop. She is wearing a dark fashionable dress and jewelry. Her legs are crossed a...
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Four Generation Portrait

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Description: Four generation group portrait of (left to right), Mrs. Kalscheur, Mrs. Frank Brunner, Josephine Laufenberg (baby) and Priscilla Bowar in front of a painte...
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Studio Portrait of Two Women

Date: 1915
Description: Full-length studio portrait of two women in front of a painted backdrop. One woman is seated, the other is perched on the arm of the chair. They are wearin...
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Harmonica Class

Date: 1928
Description: Photographic postcard of outdoor group portrait of the 7th and 8th grade harmonica (mouth organ) class. Sherwin Gillett's son Lorin is identified with an "...
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Gag Photo of a Man Posing with Paper Woman

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Description: A gag photo postcard of a man, seated on the edge of a bed, with his arm around a life-sized paperboard cut out of a beautiful, seated woman. He is holding...
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Tea Room / Restaurant (?)

Date: 1920
Description: Woman and child standing in a room with three tables covered in tablecloths. Caption reads: "Dodgeville, Wis."
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Chippewa City Resort

Date: 1920
Description: Photographic postcard view of a man and woman sitting in an Adirondack chair at the Chippewa City Resort. Caption reads: "Chippewa City Resort, Chippewa Fa...
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Governor Davidson and Staff

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Description: Governor James O. Davidson (sitting second from the left), outdoors in front of a tent with six other men, three standing and three sitting. There is a whi...
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Cold Storage Plant, Lomira, Wis.

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Description: View across unpaved road towards a brick warehouse next to a dwelling. Attached to the postcard is an inset portrait of a seated women in the upper right c...
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Student Night Aboard S.S. Von Steuben

Date: 09 07 1932
Description: A group of mostly young people are sitting and standing around wooden tables, raising steins of beer while posing for a group portrait. Nearly all of the g...

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