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W.T. Grant Company Employees' Party

Date: 10 27 1932
Description: Employees of the W.T. Grant Company, 21 S. Pinckney Street, in costumes at their Halloween party.
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Emerson and Florence Ela Residence

Date: 05 23 1932
Description: Emerson and Florence Ela residence, showing interior living room at 1101 Grant Street.
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Robert Aiken

Date: 1856
Description: Quarter-length oval portrait of Robert Aiken. He was born in Alleghany County, Pennsylvania, on December 25, 1816. Aiken came to Grant County, Wisconsin in...
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Jeannette Simmons

Date: 10 19 1948
Description: Portrait of Jeannette Simmons, new health educator for the Madison health department. Ms. Simmons joins the staff under a 3-year grant experimental program...
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Pfc. William L. Clapp and Virginia Brown

Date: 06 20 1945
Description: Pfc. William L. Clapp, 2633 Milwaukee Street, with his girlfriend, Virginia Brown. Pfc. Clapp has just returned home from Camp Grant in Rockford, Illinois....
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League of Women Voters House Tour

Date: 09 21 1954
Description: Eleanor Riley Grant sitting in the living room of the Frank Riley house, 2925 Oakridge Avenue, one of the homes on the benefit tour for the League of Women...
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Joan H. Techemeyer

Date: 07 13 1953
Description: Portrait of Joan H. Techemeyer announcing her marriage to John Paul Grant in a simple ceremony at her parents' home, 9 Cambridge Road, Madison, WI.
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John H. Rountree

Date: 1856
Description: Quarter-length oval portrait of Major John H. Rountree. He was born in March of 1805 in Kentucky, near the Mammoth Cave, and came to Wisconsin on May 27, 1...
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Annual West High School Relays

Date: 03 31 1956
Description: Madison West High School relay team at the Annual West Relays. Left to right: Dick Pearson, Ron Russell, Grant Tessman, and Harry Hamilton.
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James Rogan

Date: 1856
Description: Quarter-length oval portrait of James Rogan. He was born in County Down, Ireland on August 12th, 1801, and came to America in April of 1823. In 1836, Rogan...
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Toto the Clown with Children

Date: 03 18 1932
Description: RKO clown "Toto" distributes cardboard Easter bunnies packed with lollipops from the W.T. Grant Company. This event was held in the 2nd floor playroom at U...
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Electrical Panel

Date: 1899
Description: Cyanotype of an electrical panel in the State Historical Library building. The panel was located on the second floor outside of the library.
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We Saw You . . . Catholic Women

Date: 05 04 1959
Description: Madison Catholic Women's Club's spiritual director, Rev. Thomas Lourim of Mazomanie, shares a joke with Alice Hippee and Helen Grant before the club's annu...
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Corn Growing Champion

Date: 01 25 1960
Description: Wisconsin corn growing champion Larry Pluemer of Lancaster is shown at right with Bernard McGinley, Grant county farm and home development agent. Mr. Pluem...
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St. Mary's Hospital Auxiliary Tea

Date: 11 13 1958
Description: Standing around the tea table at the annual tea at St. Mary's Hospital are, left to right: Helen Grant, Helen Dean, Helen Weber, Patricia Kessenich and Ade...
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Dr. Elizabeth Schliebe-Lippert

Date: 09 21 1948
Description: Portrait of Dr. Elizabeth Schliebe-Lippert, member of the Ministry of Education for Greater Hesse, Germany. Dr. Lippert was a guest of three Madison educat...
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National Book Week at Marquette School

Date: 11 16 1949
Description: Emiline Curless, dressed as Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle, and Lance Felly, dressed as General U.S. Grant, admire Cinderella's slipper on the foot of Beverly Hoppmann...
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Boy Scout Explorer Ball

Date: 04 23 1954
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Fred Schulz visit with Mr. and Mrs. R.A. Grant at the Boy Scout Explorer Ball held at the Army Reserve armory. Mr. Schulz is the explorer advi...
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Construction of State Historical Society of Wisconsin

Date: 1899
Description: Interior of State Historical Society of Wisconsin during construction. Image shows bricks used in the building and workers.
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Junior Red Cross Council Toy Drive

Date: 11 23 1948
Description: Fritz Hanson, Peggy Huiskamp, and Winifred Grant of Wisconsin High School, are shown checking on the drive for toys which the school's Junior Red Cross Cou...

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