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Doris LeBundy and her Son Norman Lee Johnson

Date: 04 03 1934
Description: Doris LeBundy and her son Norman Lee Johnson at Police Station after being picked up for hitching a ride on a railroad car.
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Katherine Verikios

Date: 11 21 1931
Description: Katherine Verikios, 10, 1135 E. Mifflin Street, wearing fur-trimmed coat. She won the Madison Label Saving contest and received a new Chevrolet.
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Dean Amhaus

Date: 1992
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Dean Amhaus, around the time he became Executive Director of the Wisconsin Arts Board. Amhaus served on the Wisconsin Arts Board...
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Baby and Phonograph

Date: 1912
Description: A baby (blurred from motion) is sitting on the floor next to a phonograph, in front of a bed. An adult's hand is visible on the far right. Caption reads: "...
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Charles McCarthy Plaque

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Description: A plaque featuring the likeness of Charles McCarthy in a Celtic cross. The inscription reads: "'Charles McCarthy, 1873 + 1921. The kindly people of the Sta...
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University of Wisconsin International Students

Date: 01 1960
Description: Five unidentified University of Wisconsin students, all sitting cross-legged on the floor with a small portable pump organ or harmonium. In South Asia, the...
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Portrait of Middleton Planner

Date: 09 29 1960
Description: Portrait of a Middleton planner.
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Portrait of a Man Wearing a Suit

Date: 02 03 1959
Description: A portrait of a man taken for John Addington, possibly alderman Werner Wilking.
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Women Washing Dishes

Date: 1912
Description: Two women are standing at a table in a kitchen, with one woman drying a dish, and the other washing dishes in a large bowl. Dishes and pans are stacked on ...
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Oscar Altpeter

Date: 1893
Description: Vignetted quarter-length semi-profile carte-de-visite portrait of Oscar Altpeter, a maltster and Democratic politician. Altpeter was the son of Phillip Alt...
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Charles L. Alverson

Date: 1882
Description: Vignetted quarter-length carte-de-visite portrait of Charles Lewis Alverson, a banker and businessman. He was head of the State Bank of Medford (1892-1916)...
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Arthur J. Altmeyer

Date: 1918
Description: Portrait of Arthur J. Altmeyer, who would be a key figure in developing the U.S. Social Security system, as a young men. Appears to be around the time he w...
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Katharine Allen

Date: 1910
Description: Oval-framed quarter-length carte-de-visite portrait of Katharine Allen, assistant professor of Latin at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Katharine was ...
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Katharine Allen

Date: 1900
Description: Vignetted quarter-length semi-profile carte-de-visite portrait of Katharine Allen, assistant professor of Latin at UW-Madison. Katharine was the daughter o...
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Katharine Allen

Date: 1900
Description: Vignetted quarter-length carte-de-visite portrait of Katharine Allen, assistant professor of Latin at UW-Madison. Katharine was the daughter of historian a...
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Katharine Allen

Date: 1887
Description: Vignetted head and shoulders carte-de-visite portrait of Katharine Allen, daughter of historian and UW-Madison classics professor William Francis Allen. Ca...
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Edward Alsworth and Rosamond Comstock Ross

Date: 1906
Description: Outdoor portrait of UW-Madison sociology professor Edward Alsworth Ross and his wife, Rosamund Comstock (Simons) Ross.
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He Favors More Student Marriages

Date: 12 23 1932
Description: Portrait of a man seated in an office. Caption reads: "HE FAVORS MORE STUDENT MARRIAGES. Prof. Edward Aylesworth [sic] Ross, widely known sociologist of th...
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Edward Alsworth Ross

Date: 1937
Description: Semi-profile portrait of UW-Madison sociology professor Edward Alsworth Ross sitting in a chair, with bookshelves in the background. Ross was the subject o...
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Edward Alsworth Ross

Date: 1905
Description: Three-quarter portrait of sociology professor Edward Alsworth Ross. Ross was the subject of Stanford University's first academic freedom controversy when a...

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