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Interior of Pond House

Date: 1920
Description: Interior view of home, perhaps taken through an open window. The sash and sill are in the foreground. A woman is sitting on the piano bench in front of a g...
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The Overbys in their Parlor

Date: 1916
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Simon Overby at home in their parlor with books, family portraits, and an organ with sheet music. Mr. Overby sits in a chair with a cane and a...
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Mautz Paint & Glass Co. Decorator

Date: 03 21 1934
Description: Beatrice Conley, staff director of the Mautz Home Decoration Service, sitting at a desk in her office at 939 East Washington Avenue.
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Helen Schleck

Date: 09 26 1932
Description: Helen Schleck (Mrs. Mathias H.), standing beside a radio, is a Dane County pioneer celebrating her 86th birthday, 1201 Sherman Avenue.
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Frank Lloyd Wright

Date: 1924
Description: Frank Lloyd Wright sits by a sunlit window in his living room at Taliesin, with papers spread before him on a table.
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Mrs. Ollie Jacobs

Date: 07 26 1941
Description: Mrs. Ollie Jacobs (b. 1862), sitting in wheelchair.
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Seated Couple at Home

Date: 1899
Description: Portrait of an elderly couple seated in their home. The woman is holding a bouquet of flowers. The man is seated slightly behind her, with his right arm o...
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Emma Dahl Lyter

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Description: Emma Dahl Lyter posed in front of a tapestry or wall hanging.
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William Hobbins in Costume

Date: 02 08 1955
Description: William Suhr Hobbins, master of ceremonies for the Madison Art Association Beaux Arts Ball, in a large nightgown on which he painted a modernistic art pict...
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Ella M. Pickford

Date: 04 24 1945
Description: Portrait of Ella M. Pickford (Mrs. Henry W. Pickford), 201 South Mills Street. Mrs. Pickford, who is 88 years old, does her own housework and despite poor ...
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August Derleth at His Desk

Date: 1942
Description: Author August Derleth surrounded by books at his desk.
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Two Children Posing in Parlor

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Description: Two children posing in a parlor, probably Dudley and Marguerite Osborn inside the Spaulding House.
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Ada Bass

Date: 1890
Description: Ada Bass, the photographer's wife, posing in costume indoors.
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Elderly Man in Dressing Gown

Date: 08 26 1913
Description: Portrait of a seated man wearing a white dressing gown, covered with a white blanket. He is resting his head against a pillow in what appears to be a domes...
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Mathilde Franziska Anneke

Date: 1884
Description: Portrait of Mathilde Franziska Anneke seated, surrounded by flowers and plants.
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Getting Ready for Christmas

Date: 12 16 1947
Description: Making an attractive Christmas picture, Janet Woodman holds her baby son, Douglas Shaw, in the center of a huge pine wreath hanging in a doorway.
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Ernest Maulwurf, Jr. with Nativity Scene

Date: 12 19 1947
Description: Ernest Maulwurf, Jr., a senior at Central High School, is pictured with a Nativity scene under his Christmas tree.
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University Club's Assembly Ball

Date: 11 20 1947
Description: Couple attending the University Club's annual Assembly Ball. Standing in front of a Santa Claus decoration are Janet Easum, daughter of Prof. and Mrs. Ches...
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Flora van Brink Hony Bader (nee Melkman) at her Milwaukee Residence

Date: 11 25 1980
Description: Holocaust survivor Flora van Brink Hony Bader (nee Melkman) at her Milwaukee residence.
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Eva Lauffer Deutschkron

Date: 09 16 1980
Description: Holocaust survivor Eva Lauffer Deutschkron at her Madison home.

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