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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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Frank W. Hoyt

Date: 03 24 1945
Description: Portrait of Frank W. Hoyt, 93, of 416 North Livingston Street, who still goes to his office every day. Mr. Hoyt, whose family came to Wisconsin from New Yo...
Photograph

Reunion of the Grand Army of the Republic

Date: 09 07 1937
Description: Group portrait of the members of the Grand Army of the republic at a reunion. The group appears to be posing on the steps of the Wisconsin State Capitol.
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Muir Knoll Dedication Ceremony

Date: 06 18 1918
Description: Dedication ceremony for Muir Knoll on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Judge Milton S. Griswold is speaking at flag-draped podium, and a ...
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Reunion of the 15th Wisconsin Colunteer Infantry at the Camp Randall Memorial Arch

Date: 09 07 1917
Description: Reunion of the Grand Army of the Republic at Camp Randall, members of the 15th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry (the mostly Scandinavian unit commanded by Colo...
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George Gillett

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Description: Quarter-length portrait of George Gillett (1813-1908), paternal grandfather of Sherwin Gillett.
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Paul Vanderbilt and Thematic Panel

Date: 10 1984
Description: Paul Vanderbilt, the curator emeritus of Iconographic collections at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, poses in front of one of his Thematic Panel...
Historical Object

Paul Vanderbilt Pairing 72

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Description: Old skin is yet alive to whispered lashings,
the quick-step dried and gone to the bone.
Embrace the wall and face away from trouble
in the winter ...
Photograph

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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Portrait of Reuben Linstrom

Date: 1982
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Reuben Linstrom. He has long white hair, beard and mustache.
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Second Portrait of Reuben Linstrom

Date: 1982
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Reuben Linstrom. He is looking to the left.
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Scene at Library Mall

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Description: Elderly man comforted while sitting on a bench at Library Mall.
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Half Century Club of U.W. Madison

Date: 06 05 1959
Description: Portrait of a bearded man wearing a bow tie. The original caption states: "Ralph E. Blount, 94, Chicago, Ill., of the class of 1887, was the oldest alumnus...

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