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Homer Adkins

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Description: Quarter-length portrait of Homer Adkins, professor of Chemistry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dr. Adkins studied the hydrogenation of organic com...
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Young Women's Ukulele Orchestra

Date: 11 30 1925
Description: Group portrait of 24 women and one man sitting and holding ukuleles. Caption reads: "Young women's ukulele orchestra at French Battery and Carbon Co. party...
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"The Butterfly Kiddies" Publicity for Parkway Theater

Date: 04 1924
Description: Eleven children posing around an automobile. A banner on the car reads: "'The Butterfly Kiddies' Welton Co. 245 Ac."
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Merle Patton and Dr. H.T. Sondergaard

Date: 1937
Description: Two men ---- one in a mailman's uniform ----- standing on either side of an oversized special pass to a screening of the film "The Life of Emile Zola" star...
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Dane County Amateur Theatrical Group

Date: 1923
Description: Nine young people posing on stage. One person is in blackface. Caption reads: "Dane County Wis Amateur theatrical group 1923".
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Patriotic Group

Date: 1918
Description: A group of people posing on the steps of a building with an stained glass arched entrance. Many of the people are holding American flags. Caption reads: "P...
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Aerial View of Capitol Square

Date: 1942
Description: Aerial view of Capitol Square with Lake Monona in the foreground and Lake Mendota in the background. Pinckney Street is on the right.
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Madison, Wisconsin — the Skyline from Lake Monona

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Description: Sepia-toned postcard towards the Wisconsin State Capitol from across Lake Monona. There are trees and a pier in the foreground.
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Episcopalian Church Workers at University of Wisconsin

Date: 1934
Description: Twenty-nine people, both clergy and laypersons, are posing for a group portrait in front of a campus building.
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Tiger Muskie

Date: 1940
Description: A taxidermied specimen of a tiger muskellunge photographed in a naturalistic setting.
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Hall of Travertine, Cave of the Mounds

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Description: View of a large interior cave room. There is a wooden bridge and a lighting fixture. Caption reads: "Hall of Travertine, a single room 350 feet long with t...
Postcard

Exit Hall — North Cave

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Description: Photographic postcard view of the stairs leading to the exit of Cave of the Mounds.
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Stephen M. Babcock with Cows

Date: 1925
Description: Dr. Stephen Moulton Babcock with dairy cows at the University of Wisconsin barns.
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Grocery Convention Display

Date: 1933
Description: The Fauerbach Beer display at the Grocery Convention. The display consists of many bottles of beer, beer cases, die cut cardboard displays, cloth bunting a...
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Holstein Bull

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Description: Side view of a Holstein bull in a University of Wisconsin farm yard. A man holds the bull by a nose ring secured to a pole.
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Ladies in Lecture

Date: 02 14 1911
Description: Large group of farmers' wives listening to a lecture demonstration on nutrition or cooking in a classroom at the University of Wisconsin.
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Young Lumber Mechanics

Date: 1921
Description: Group portrait of timber mechanics outdoors at the Forest Products Laboratory.
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Interior Resident of Professor Ely

Date: 1925
Description: Interior of the living room or library in the residence of Professor Richard Ely, on Prospect Street.
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Ladies in the Park

Date: 1925
Description: Group of eight women, probably members of a club, in Vilas Park.
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Woman Working in Insurance Office

Date: 11 19 1927
Description: Young woman sitting at a typewriter, presumably a staff employee, in the office of the Indiana Liberty Mutual Insurance Company.

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