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Performing Dogs
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A small crowd watch as eight dogs perform in Capitol Park. There are circus or carnival tents erected along Pinckney Street, and the First National Bank (later, the American Exchange Bank) building is in the background.
1910
Middleton Family
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Performing Dogs
1910
A well-dressed man with a cane directs seven trained dogs in Capitol Park. The third Wisconsin State Capitol building is in the background.
Forest Middleton in Tenney Park
1910
Forest Middleton sits with his camera beside him on a park bench near the lagoon in Tenney Park. An arched bridge is visible through the trees.
Parade on Capitol Square
1905
Elevated view of a crowd watching a parade at the corner of North Pinckney and East Mifflin Streets. There is a temporary viewing platform set up in front of "The Fair" store on Pinckney Street. A ...
North Pinckney Street
1910
An elevated night view of North Pinckney Street and the north corner of Capitol Park. Walzinger's Drugstore and the Olson and Veerhusen clothing store signs are visible. There is snow on the ground.
Tommy is Ill
1909
Photographic postcard of the Middleton family dog, Tootsie, dressed as a nurse, attending to Tommy the cat, who rests in a doll cradle. Caption reads: "Tommy is ill."
Nurse Will Make the Bed
1909
Photographic postcard of the Middleton family dog, in nurse's dress and cap, straightening the bedding on a doll cradle as the cat sits in a chair, bandaged and covered with a blanket.
