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Infant with Grandmother

Date: 1950
Description: A young child examines a children's book with her grandmother.
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Grocery Shopping

Date: 1950
Description: A grocery clerk boxes up purchases as a woman and her young son wait at the checkout counter.
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Nurse with Child Patient

Date: 1950
Description: Nurse with a young girl patient and a container of blood.
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Enjoying the Sound System

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Description: A little girl stands at the built-in home entertainment system consisting of a phonograph turntable, radio, and single speaker.
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Girls Pray

Date: 1950
Description: Two little girls kneel before an altar that is holding statues and a creche.
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Reading the Scriptures

Date: 1954
Description: Rabbi Max Lipschitz, and a group of Bar Mitzvah students wearing prayer shawls and yarmulkes, (Jewish skullcaps) gather around the torah on the altar to re...
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George Forrester at Ringling Circus

Date: 1953
Description: Madison Mayor, George Forrester, seated in the front row of the audience at the Ringling Brothers Circus. Clowns entertain the children seated near Forrest...
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Old Man Whittling

Date: 1940
Description: Interior portrait of an elderly man sitting in a rocking chair whittling. A small boy is standing behind him on the right. Potted plants are on the window ...
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Injured Dog

Date: 1955
Description: Caption reads: "Madison, Wis. 1955(?). Dog injured in traffic and care by Dane County Humane Shelter. Child playing with bandaged dog."
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Wallace Wicoff, Man of the Year

Date: 1951
Description: A man sits at a small table with his three children in a living room. Caption reads: "Madison, Wis. 1951-1952. Wallace Wicoff, chosen Man of the Year, with...
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Children with Horse and Buggy Model

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Description: Five children are standing around a model on a table. Caption reads: "Madison, Wis. State Historical Society of Wis. Children looking at model of a horse a...
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Children's Toy Exhibit

Date: 12 1948
Description: Two girls looking at dolls on a table. Caption reads: "Exhibit of children's toys. About Christmas, 1948."

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