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Governor Walter S. Goodland at His Desk

Date: 12 06 1944
Description: Wisconsin Governor Walter S. Goodland sitting at his desk in the Capitol with pipe in hand.
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Laundress at Madison General Hospital

Date: 02 06 1934
Description: Older woman laundry worker folding items at a table in front of industrial laundry equipment, in the laundry at Madison General Hospital.
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Mrs. Thiel

Date: 09 28 1933
Description: Portrait of elderly Mrs. Thiel, Mrs. J. Randall's mother.
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Helen Schleck

Date: 09 26 1932
Description: Helen Schleck (Mrs. Mathias H.), standing beside a radio, is a Dane County pioneer celebrating her 86th birthday, 1201 Sherman Avenue.
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Daniel A. and Nellie M. Rooney

Date: 02 14 1932
Description: Portrait of Daniel A. and Nellie M. Rooney at their home at 1144 Spaight Street.
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Portrait of an Old Man

Date: 11 30 1930
Description: Copy photograph of a portrait of an old man done for "Mrs. Dean".
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Volunteers of America Dinner

Date: 11 26 1952
Description: Mary Hawkins, assisted by Thorwald Anderson, Checker Cab driver, arrives for a Thanksgiving dinner served by the Volunteers of America to 56 members of its...
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Elizabeth Pilling

Date: 05 07 1944
Description: Elizabeth Pilling, born in England, and mother of Louise Munn, taken a few days before her 100th birthday.
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Adelaide Larkin

Date: 08 09 1944
Description: Portrait of Mrs. George (Adelaide) Larkin at age 90. George Larkin was the son of Jonathan Larkin, Jr., member of an early Madison family which arrived in ...
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Mary Phalen

Date: 09 08 1944
Description: Portrait of Mary Phalen, age 95, who lives at the Veterans' Home in King, Wisconsin, was in Madison visiting her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. & Mrs. Merle ...
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Kathryn Piper

Date: 10 03 1944
Description: Kathryn Piper, widow of Frank Piper and president of the Madison chapter of the Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) for 12 years prior to 1941, is ob...
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Elizabeth Barnard Brown

Date: 1870
Description: Portrait of Elizabeth Barnard Brown.
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Mrs. Gabe E. (Maria) Michelson

Date: 11 15 1944
Description: Portrait of Mrs. Gabe E. Mickelson (Maria Thompson), taken on the occasion of her 89th birthday.
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Ellen Sabin

Date: 12 02 1944
Description: Miss Ellen Sabin, president emerita of Milwaukee-Downer College, cutting the birthday cake at her 94th birthday party hosted by the Milwaukee-Downer club o...
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Mr. and Mrs. Bridgman

Date: 12 10 1944
Description: Portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Bridgman.
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John Simpson

Date: 02 28 1945
Description: Portrait of John Simpson, who after an absence of several weeks caused by a broken hip suffered by a fall early in December, returned to Muller-Simpson Co....
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Helena Linkash

Date: 03 21 1945
Description: Portrait of 93 year-old Helena Linkash of Hillboro who is spending the winter at the home of her nephew, Wayland D. Kauffman, 139 East Johnson Street.
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Reverend George E. Hunt

Date: 04 13 1945
Description: Reverend George E. Hunt, age 80, interim pastor at Christ Presbyterian Church.
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Edward S. Cooper

Date: 04 24 1945
Description: Edward S. Cooper, 1811 Jefferson Street, holding playing cards. Mr. Cooper, who is 90 years old, enjoys good health, gardening and playing skat with his fr...
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Ella M. Pickford

Date: 04 24 1945
Description: Portrait of Ella M. Pickford (Mrs. Henry W. Pickford), 201 South Mills Street. Mrs. Pickford, who is 88 years old, does her own housework and despite poor ...

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