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Dream Drum Dancers

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Description: Five Ho-Chunk performers in front of cloth barriers or tents. A powwow group from the 1908 Homecoming. The five are full brothers according to the 1881 tri...
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Group Posed Outdoors

Date: 1910
Description: Large group posing in front of a frame house.
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Governor Walter S. Goodland's Inaugural Reception

Date: 01 06 1947
Description: Shown at the governor's inaugural reception at the Executive Residence are, from the right: Governor Walter S. Goodland, Mrs. Walter S. Goodland, Mary Jane...
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Inaugural Reception at State Executive Residence

Date: 01 06 1947
Description: Pictured at the inaugural reception at the state executive residence are from the left: Mr. and Mrs. Claude Jasper, Parker Drive, and Lieutenant Governor ...
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Lew Burdette's Decorated Home

Date: 10 1957
Description: Crowd in front of the home of Lew Burdette after the Milwaukee Braves defeated the New York Yankees to win the 1957 World Series. Pitcher Burdette won thr...
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Good American Homes Program

Date: 06 01 1950
Description: City Manager Leonard G. Howell turns the first shovelful of dirt for the first of eleven houses to be built by Madison builders under the Good American Hom...
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University Houses Memorial Day Parade

Date: 05 30 1950
Description: Patty Ann Geaney, 21-month-old daughter of Captain and Mrs. Edward J. Geaney, residents of Eagle Heights, University of Wisconsin Houses, watches older chi...
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University Houses Memorial Day Parade

Date: 05 30 1950
Description: Cynthia Cottam, age 3 and a half, watches as children participate in a parade of gaily decorated tricycles while costumed as Native Americans, cowboys, and...
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University Houses Memorial Day Parade

Date: 05 30 1950
Description: Vernie Swenson, 4 1/2, on the left, and her brother, Juddy, are shown in the exotic costumes they wore at the Memorial Day parade and celebration sponsored...
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Madison Home Show

Date: 09 15 1950
Description: Madison's first home show in thirteen years was officially opened by Acting Manager George Forster when he cut the ribbon at the entrance to the exhibit ar...
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Floyd and Alice Quinney's Wedding Day

Date: 1930
Description: The newly married Floyd and Alice Quinney pose for a portrait.
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Wedding Day

Date: 09 1913
Description: Wedding day of Alice Armstrong Ashmun, Mary's niece, to Edwin Trenbath. They are standing in wedding attire in front of a porch while Alice is cradling a ...
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Edgar and Jennie Krueger with a Christmas Tree

Date: 12 1902
Description: Jennie and Edgar Krueger standing on the porch with a decorated Christmas tree between them. Toys they received as presents are displayed on the steps in f...
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Christmas Tree

Date: 1940
Description: Robert and Shirley Krueger sitting in chairs on either side of a decorated Christmas tree. Several of their toys are displayed under the tree. Robert is ho...
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Christmas at the Kruegers

Date: 1940
Description: The Edgar Krueger family sitting on the floor in front of the Christmas tree. From left to right: Edgar, Robert, Shirley, and Elna Krueger. Several of the ...
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Shirley and Robert at Christmas

Date: 1935
Description: Shirley and Robert Krueger sitting next to a decorated Christmas tree. Robert is sitting in a baby carriage while Shirley is sitting in a chair. Several of...
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Christmas Time

Date: 1940
Description: Robert and Shirley Krueger sitting in front of a decorated Christmas tree. Robert is sitting crossed legged while Shirley is sitting and reading a book. Se...
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Playing Piano at Christmas

Date: 1940
Description: Robert and Shirley Krueger sitting on the piano bench looking at each other while playing piano together in the living room. Several portraits and other de...
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Presenting the Key

Date: 08 20 1964
Description: View of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Washington, standing on the sidewalk in the foreground with their backs to the camera, who were the first tenants of the Lapham P...
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Alfred Holt Snowshoeing

Date: 11 26 1903
Description: Alfred Holt is snowshoeing in the backyard of the Holt family home in Oconto. A wood fence and neighboring homes are in the background. Caption reads: "Alf...

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