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Woman with Squirrel

Date: 1920
Description: A young woman holding an ear of corn reclines on a bed while a squirrel sits on her thigh. The woman wears a heavy skirt, blouse, and needlework cloche hat...
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Madison Public Library

Date: 1905
Description: Children and young adults read in the public library. The boy facing the camera is barefoot. Bookshelves line the walls; prints and photographs are also on...
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Forest's Room

Date: 1905
Description: A small microscope sits on a table near a lace-curtained window in Forest Middleton's room. There is also a chair, bookcase and commode with china commode ...
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Badger Kennel Club All-Breed Show and Obedience Trials

Date: 06 28 1961
Description: Virginia Holtz of Middleton spruces up her Yorkshire terrier for the annual Badger Kennel Club all-breed show and obedience trials.
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Sunny Parlor

Date: 1930
Description: Sunlight and a ceiling fixture provide light for a parlor furnished in an Early American style. A portrait of George Washington is hanging on the far wall....
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Middleton Sportsmen's Junior Rifle Club

Date: 05 1955
Description: Lt. William Ruddick, Commander of the Navy and Marine Corps Training Center in Madison, checks a gun with instructor M.D. (Pat) Doyle. They are standing in...
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Honoring Librarian Katharine Middleton

Date: 01 18 1958
Description: Wearing an orchid corsage (far right) is Katherine Middleton at a tea in her honor at a private home. She retired on January 1st after almost 32 years of s...
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Chanticleer Ballroom

Date: 03 25 1931
Description: Interior of the Chanticleer Ballroom showing bandstand, dance floor and tables. There is a large stone fireplace on the far back wall. Corner of Airport Ro...
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Portrait of a Man

Date: 1910
Description: A three-quarter view from the waist-up of a well-dressed seated man, with his left arm resting on the back of the chair. Possibly the Scandinavian artist L...
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"Genius of Wisconsin" Sculpture at Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 1900
Description: The sculpture, "Genius of Wisconsin" by Helen Farnsworth Mears, displayed in the rotunda of the third Wisconsin State Capitol. On the right is a display ca...
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Jordan's Super Market

Date: 01 02 1958
Description: A woman pushes a child in a shopping cart while at Jordan's Super Market.
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Calvin Smith

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Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of Calvin Smith, son of Lyman Smith, and a cousin of Catherine A. Smith Hallock of Middleton, Wisconsin. Half figure, facing fron...
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Book Signing Party at the Club Tavern

Date: 06 13 1975
Description: An accordion player standing and playing at a book signing party at the Club Tavern for E.E. LeMasters, author of the book, Blue-Collar Aristocrats.
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Artist

Date: 1930
Description: An unidentified man is seen in profile near a window. He is sitting at a table sketching a mannequin or doll which is standing against a plain, light-color...
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West Side Optimist Club Meeting

Date: 09 15 1953
Description: West Madison-Middleton Optimist Club members (left to right) W.C. Matthews, Keith McKenzie, Less Fleury and Dr. H.G. Meidell.
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Wisconsin Lutheran Student Foundation Open House

Date: 09 16 1953
Description: Students attending the Wisconsin Lutheran Student Foundation Open House. Left to right: Chuck Stumpf, Madison; Nancy Schroeder, Middleton; Darlene Peterson...
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Christmas Dinner

Date: 1922
Description: Four women and two men are sitting at a dining table. Forest Middleton, on the far left, is wearing a Japanese-style jacket. His wife, Leonore, is second f...
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Middleton Sportsmen's Junior Rifle Club

Date: 05 1955
Description: Carl Wettengel, a board member of the rifle club, addressing a room full of parents and youth members inside the clubhouse about the history of the group. ...
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Middleton Sportsmen's Junior Rifle Club

Date: 05 1955
Description: Club officers in a meeting. At left, Roger Bell is receiving an award from the National Rifle Association (NRA) presented by M.D. Doyle, instructor at the ...
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Roadside Milk Bar

Date: 09 11 1945
Description: Interior of Roadside Milk Bar with soda fountain, service island, and booths. The business was located on Middleton Road (University Avenue), just before t...

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