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| Date: | 11 14 1931 |
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| Description: | Women posing at Mrs. Emma Ogg's tea party, a benefit for the scholarship fund of the University League, 1715 Kendall Avenue. L-R: Dorothy Fellows, Flora Ri... |
| Date: | 12 28 1928 |
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| Description: | A little girl posing in a living room with a Christmas tree, toys, and a doll she got for Christmas. |
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| Description: | Outdoor group portrait of a wedding party on a balcony. The party consists of the bride and groom (center), three bridesmaids, three groomsmen, a flower gi... |
| Date: | 12 14 1953 |
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| Description: | Ada Moseley of 616 North Carroll Street demonstrates a Christmas custom by sitting near a fireplace reading "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens. |
| Date: | 11 18 1954 |
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| Description: | Portrait of two women and an infant as they celebrate a three-generation Thanksgiving gathering at the Rendall home. William "Jay" Rendall, 9 months; Joan ... |
| Date: | 04 09 1956 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Horace Kent (Lucia) Tenney eyes her daughter, Cornelia "Neena," who dresses in a costume prior to the Madison Art Association's Beaux Arts Ball. |
| Date: | 11 24 2011 |
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| Description: | Mary (Kate) Marcou Temp is sitting on the sofa reading a newspaper while her daughter Kate Temp is kneeling on the floor viewing her electronic reader on T... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Deceased man's body lying in open veiled coffin, surrounded by flowers, in a residential interior. |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Studio family wedding portrait in front of a painted background with a framed wreath in the center. The wreath is celebrating the wedding of the bride and ... |
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| Description: | Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of an unidentified young man posing standing. He is wearing dark-colored trousers and a light-co... |
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| Description: | Interior group portrait of parties in a wedding, including four women and five men. |
| Date: | 12 24 2013 |
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| Description: | Two teen girls gaze at a Christmas tree with gifts underneath as they sit on the floor in the Temp home. One girl is wearing a turquoise dress and black ti... |
| Date: | 11 17 1951 |
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| Description: | Conrad William and Kathryn Anne (Reebie) Petersen pose for a full length portrait on their wedding day in Winnetka, Illinois. The bride wears a long satin ... |
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| Description: | Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two men and two women in a dramatic pose. The woman in the center has her head in a noose and is sticking... |
| Date: | 04 2014 |
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| Description: | Interior view of a dining room full of knickknacks, furniture, clocks, a hutch and a cabinet. Coats are hanging on the back of the wooden chairs at the woo... |
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| Description: | Christine, Laurie and Muriel Peterson with their Christmas tree. Christine (mother) is sitting in a chair with her arm around Muriel who is standing next t... |
| Date: | 1903 |
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| Description: | A six-year-old Stuart Fargo is posing for a full length portrait dressed as the "New Year" while standing in front of a folding screen. He is wearing a top... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Hand-colored lantern slide showing an Caid Belaïd, Tuareg interpreter for Alonzo Pond's 1925 Algerian expedition, sitting on pillows and rugs on the floor ... |
| Date: | 02 18 1958 |
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| Description: | Sitting in front of the fireplace in the family home at 535 Wisconsin Avenue are Mrs. Lucien (Mary) Hanks, her daughter and two friends. They are (left to ... |
| Date: | 04 02 1921 |
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| Description: | Henriette Brandhorst Brumder, sitting in the center holding two of her infant grandchildren, posing with family members for a portrait on her 80th birthday... |
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