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Top Carriers Leave on Washington Trip

Date: 05 18 1956
Description: Thirty carrier boys for Madison Newspapers wave goodbye before leaving on a train for a four-day vacation trip to Washington D.C. These boys won the trip b...
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New Year's Trip to Ashland

Date: 1920
Description: Group of people standing on board a passenger ferry bound for a New Year's trip to Ashland.
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Bishop O'Connor Returns from European Trip

Date: 09 28 1959
Description: Bishop O'Connor follows the processional preceding benediction conducted by him shortly after his return to Madison from his European trip.
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Planning a Wedding

Date: 04 02 1957
Description: Patricia Gibson and William Marshall planning their wedding trip.
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Baby in Coffin

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Description: Deceased baby in coffin.
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Memorial Wreath

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Description: Studio portrait of a flower arrangement that says, "REST".
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Memorial Anchor Wreath

Date: 1894
Description: Memorial wreath in the shape of an anchor.
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Memorial Display of "Lessie"

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Description: Bouquets and wreaths decorating a portrait of "Lessie," on a table on the side of a house.
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Welcome Home Dinner for Bishop O'Connor

Date: 08 08 1949
Description: Six Catholic priests at the speakers table with Bishop O'Connor during a welcome home dinner at the Park Hotel after the bishop returned home from a trip t...
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Small Girl in Coffin

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Description: Small girl in a casket which is standing upright against a wall. There is a man standing on the left nearby.
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Studio Portrait of Funeral Wreath

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Description: Framed woman's portrait surrounded by funeral wreaths and flower arrangements, with painted studio backdrop. A is cross on the left, with an arrangement sp...
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Large Memorial Wreaths

Date: 1897
Description: Studio portrait of various bouquet wreaths in several shapes, including a cross and anchor, in front of a painted backdrop.
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Funeral Wreath for Boy and Baby

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Description: Funeral wreath surrounding two studio portraits of a boy and baby,with two attached panels "Our darling" above and "AT REST" below. Possibly a grave stone...
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Twin Infants in Coffins

Date: 1886
Description: Studio portrait of deceased twin infants in coffins. They are Robert and Janet Fitzpatrick, born July 5, 1885, died April 20, 1886, children of Robert and ...
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Memorial Wreath with Woman's Portrait

Date: 1891
Description: Studio portrait of a memorial flower wreath. In the middle is a full-length portrait of a woman in a dress.
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Methodist Church Dinner

Date: 11 30 1950
Description: Scene at a dinner for Bishop H. Clifford Northcott, head of the Wisconsin area of the Methodist Church, at First University Methodist Church. Seated at the...
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W.T. Price Memorial Display

Date: 1897
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of memorial wreath grouping surrounding a draped portrait of W.T. Price. The wreaths have text which read: "...
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Voter Registration Benefit for Mississippi

Date: 08 08 1964
Description: The original caption states: "Willie Peacock, Charleston, Mississippi, field secretary for Student Non-Violent Coordinating Commission, discussing the Summ...
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Double Anchor Memorial

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Description: Studio portrait of memorial wreaths in the shape of anchors. The memorial includes a photographic portrait of a man, most likely John Best who died in 1890...
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High School Graduation in Opera House

Date: 1897
Description: Two young men and ten young women in white dresses sitting in a semi circle on the stage of the Black River Falls Opera House. The stage is decorated with ...

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