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Charles E. Brown

Date: 1910
Description: Charles E. Brown, curator of the Museum of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, sits on a chair and reads while holding an artifact.
Postcard

Aaron Middleton

Date: 1900
Description: A seated portrait of Aaron Middleton, who is holding a book. Middleton was the father of William Middleton and father-in-law of Clara Middleton.
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Joanna Middleton

Date: 1905
Description: Mrs. Aaron (Joanna) Middleton sits at a table with her hand resting on a book. She was the mother of William Middleton, and mother-in-law of Clara Middleto...
Postcard

Candy Cane

Date: 1909
Description: William Elwell Middleton stands beside the giant candy cane which he won on Christmas Day, 1909. There is a bookcase in the background.
Photograph

Clara Middleton at Home

Date: 1905
Description: A portrait, possibly a self-portrait, of Clara Middleton seated in her home. She wears a large hat; her gloves rest in her lap. There is a jardiniere with ...
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Middleton Family

Date: 1905
Description: Forest Middleton sleeps on a settee as his father, William, reads and his mother and Grandmother Joanna Middleton sit nearby.
Postcard

Group Portrait

Date: 1910
Description: Photographic postcard of Forest Middleton sitting on a chair behind an unidentified man, woman, and boy. A heavy drape with tassels, top left, frames the s...
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Forest Middleton and Leonore Judkins

Date: 1918
Description: Forest Middleton, wearing eyeglasses, holds Leonore Judkins Middleton on his lap. She is crocheting as he rests his head on her bosom.
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Madison Public Library

Date: 1906
Description: A view of the interior in the new Madison Public Library when it was located in the city hall, West Mifflin Street. Two boys read at a table in the foregro...
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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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Chess Sets

Date: 1905
Description: A collection of chess sets displayed on a table with Walter Thomas Mills' 1904 book "The Struggle for Existence."
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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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Forest Middleton at Desk

Date: 1910
Description: Forest Middleton, wearing a visor and moccassins, sits at a roll top desk. He holds an open book and is smoking a pipe. There are two oil lamps on the desk...
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Forest Reading

Date: 1921
Description: Forest Middleton reading while lying on a sofa in the Middleton's apartment in Japan. The decorative top piece of the stove in the corner has been moved as...
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Forest in Yokohama

Date: 1922
Description: Forest Middleton standing beside a bookcase holding a pipe. He is wearing a suit and tie. There are Japanese figurines on the top of the bookcase and a Jap...

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