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Making Friends

Date: 1950
Description: A small raccoon sniffs the head of an unsure-looking baby sitting in a car seat outdoors on a sidewalk against the side of a building.
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Unitarian Church's Work Day

Date: 1950
Description: People gather around a table of food for the First Unitarian Society's "Work Day". The building was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and some of the construc...
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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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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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Citizen Protest in De Forest

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Description: Caption reads: "DeForest, Wis. Protest raised by citizens when dealer put implements in a city park. Picketing."
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Helping Child Touch the Lamp Post

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Description: Caption reads: "Cambridge, Wis. Policeman holding child up to let her touch the umbrella on the "lamp post" which is the community's "trade-mark"."
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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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