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Two Women Play Croquet

Date: 1874
Description: Two women playing croquet in yard with large Victorian brick house in background that has brackets, two round windows at top and bay window at bottom; latt...
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Collie Puppies

Date: 01 18 1954
Description: Rinell and Randy Brown of Route 1 in Sun Prairie playing with a litter of eleven collie puppies born to the family dog, Flicka. The puppies are up for sale...
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Ernie Terhall House

Date: 08 08 1954
Description: Portrait of Sharon Terhall in her bedroom, complete with two twin beds with reading lamps on headboards, a desk, a wallpapered wall, and upholstered chairs...
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Dane County Health Council Association

Date: 09 22 1952
Description: First grade student Frank Eschler has his hearing tested by Sun Prairie Health Council chairman Mrs. Marshall Thorpe. Looking on is student Kathleen Wacket...
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High School

Date: 1926
Description: View across lawn towards the front of the high school, a large brick building with steps leading up to the main entrance, which has a tower above it. Two p...
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The Big Job of Baby Sitting

Date: 03 16 1965
Description: David Humphrey, 12, a trained baby sitter, is shown reading to Ann Marie Upham, 3; her brother, Tommy, 4 1/2; and Rusty Sherlock, 3 1/2 at the Upham home i...
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The Big Job of Baby Sitting

Date: 03 16 1965
Description: Trained baby sitter Colleen Russell, 14, heating a bottle in the kitchen of Robert and JoAnn Kessenich. In the foreground is 8 month old Nancy. At right, ...
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The Big Job of Baby Sitting

Date: 03 16 1965
Description: Baby sitters who take the six one-hour lessons sponsored by the Sun Prairie Jaycettes learn the correct methods of artificial resuscitation. Kathy Brown, ...
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The Big Job of Baby Sitting

Date: 03 16 1965
Description: Trained baby sitter Dan Unmuth, 13, is shown straightening out the bedding of his lively charge, Danny Groh, 15 months.
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The Big Job of Baby Sitting

Date: 03 16 1965
Description: Boys and girls between the ages of 11 and 14 who want to be baby sitters are sitting in class at the Bank of Sun Prairie during one of the six one-hour bab...
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Early Settlers' Picnic

Date: 08 10 1954
Description: Paul Gottschalk and Alice Brussow (wife of William Brussow) are sitting at the Sun Prairie Early Settlers' picnic, sharing reminiscences. A person (face ou...
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Renk - Tomlin Wedding

Date: 06 28 1958
Description: Elevated view of guests greeting the bride, Susan Renk, and groom, Richard Tomlin, at the wedding reception on the lawn of the Renk farm in rural Sun Prair...
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New Third Grade Teacher in Sun Prairie

Date: 11 15 1960
Description: Third grade students gather around teacher Diane Schmitt's desk before school begins. Students are Jerry Tennant, Cathy Kvalheim, Vicky Seltzner, Suzanne N...
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New Third Grade Teacher in Sun Prairie

Date: 11 15 1960
Description: New third grade teacher Diane Schmitt meets with Sun Prairie principal Bernard M. Dunn.
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New Third Grade Teacher in Sun Prairie

Date: 11 15 1960
Description: Third grade teacher Diane Schmitt in front of her Sun Prairie class where Eddie Savering is showing the class how to polish scuffed-up shoes.
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Fireman's Park

Date: 1955
Description: Text on front reads: "Fireman's Park, Sun Prairie, Wis." The entrance to a park with stone walls, sidewalks and trees. A Cadillac is parked in the street a...

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