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Dane County Jail - Circular Stairway

Date: 06 01 1948
Description: Dane County Jail showing metal circular stairway, the only exit from the cell blocks of the jail's second and third floors.
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Room in the Winnebago County Asylum

Date: 1930
Description: Interior view of a room, perhaps a lounge or common room, in the Winnebago County Asylum. There is a long window seat along the bay windows in the backgrou...
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Winnebago County Asylum Dining Hall

Date: 1930
Description: Dining hall at the Winnebago County Asylum. Spindle chairs are pushed up against long tables set with dishes. In the background are potted plants in front ...
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Winnebago County Asylum Power Supply Room

Date: 1930
Description: Power supply room at the Winnebago County Asylum. In the foreground are what appear to be generators and other related machinery, and on the far wall are s...
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Produce Competition

Date: 1990
Description: Participants and judges meet for produce competition during the Adams County Fair.
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Lutefisk Supper

Date: 12
Description: Several women are served lutefisk at a lutefisk supper at the Dane County Home. There are plates of lefse and dinner rolls on the table.
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Women in Iron County Jail

Date: 07 05 1942
Description: Seven women in an Iron County Jail cell after a sweeping raid on many Hurley area establishments. The arrest warrants were for gambling and prostitution.
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Women in Iron County Jail

Date: 08 05 1942
Description: Five women in an Iron County Jail cell after a sweeping raid on many Hurley area establishments. The arrest warrants were for gambling and prostitution.
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Ebenezer Childs

Date: 1856
Description: Quarter-length oval portrait of Ebenezer Childs. He was born in the town of Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts on April 3, 1798. Childs arrived in Gr...
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Dr. Bushnell B. Cary

Date: 1856
Description: Quarter-length oval portrait of Dr. Bushnell B. Cary.
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John Bannister

Date: 1856
Description: Quarter-length oval portrait of John Bannister. He was born in Franklin County, Massachusetts on July 10, 1810. Bannister moved to Green Bay, Wisconsin on ...
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William N. Seymour

Date: 1856
Description: Quarter-length oval portrait of William N. Seymour. He was born in Broome County, New York on April 22, 1808. Seymour came to Madison, Wisconsin, in May ...
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James H. Earnest

Date: 1856
Description: Quarter-length oval portrait of James H. Earnest. He was born in Simpson County, Kentucky, on January 11, 1818. On September 3, 1836, Earnest came to Shu...
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Tim Crimmins

Date: 03 08 1950
Description: Tim Crimmins, 149 Rodney Court, dances an Irish jig in costume. Born in County Cork, Ireland, Crimmins immigrated to United States at age 15.
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Assemblyman G.H. Bakke at Swearing-In Ceremony

Date: 04 10 1951
Description: G.H. Bakke, left, of Menomonie, new assemblyman from Dunn county, is pictured being sworn in by Assembly speaker Ora Rice.
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Thomas M. Heard

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Description: Seated carte-de-viste portrait of Thomas M. Heard (residence: Lorain County, Ohio), Company K, 2nd Ohio Heavy Artillery. He is sitting at a table with his ...
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Inez Lindell Bystrom

Date: 1930
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Inez Lindell Bystrom, teacher at Miles School in the town of Orienta in Bayfield County. Mrs. Bystrom was born in Lulea, ...
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Richard Buckley, Director of City-County Alcohlism Information and Referral Center

Date: 08 27 1965
Description: Richard Buckley is hired as the new director of the City-County Alcoholism Information and Referral Center. Buckley comes to Madison from Omaha, Nebraska.
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Public Hearing On Proposed Sites for County Home

Date: 01 10 1950
Description: Large crowd that filled the circuit courtroom of the Dane County Court House at a public hearing on proposed sites for the county home for the chronically ...
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Monterey County Honey Display

Date: 01 1928
Description: Slightly elevated view of a honey display for Monterey County, California. At the American Honey Producers' League Convention.

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