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Graduate Students Share a House

Date: 01 10 1961
Description: One in a series of photographs of four U.W. physics graduate students who are renting a furnished home at 429 Russell Walk. In this photograph Brandt Kehoe...
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Dream House Built from Plans in Newspaper

Date: 10 29 1960
Description: Mike Elliott is shown riding his favorite wooden giraffe in his room in the "dream House" built from plans in the Wisconsin State Journal by his par...
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Daylight Saving Time Ends on September 25th

Date: 09 23 1960
Description: Richard Brye, 4338 Travis Terrace, poses to remind Madison residents that Daylight Saving Time ends in Wisconsin at 2:00 a.m. on September 25th. All clocks...
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Scenes from the Life of a Minister's Wife

Date: 03 23 1959
Description: When Joan Carlton of Oakpark, Illinois married Reed Forbush of Appleton, Wisconsin she was skeptical of life as a minister's wife. Now, as a series of phot...
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Winnipeg Y-Teens Visit Madison

Date: 04 08 1958
Description: "All the Winnipeg girls were housed with Madison families during their four-day stay. While Bonnie Rejahl, hugging a toy bear, left, and her Canadian house...
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Interior of Dr. Walter H. Sheldon Residence

Date: 03 11 1932
Description: Bedroom of Mrs. Walter H. Sheldon residence, showing 4 poster bed and hobnail chenille bedspread.
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Lucian M. & Mary E. Hanks House, Bedroom

Date: 07 20 1960
Description: Bedroom of Sybil A. Hanks in Lucian M. Hanks house, 525 Wisconsin Avenue, with a quilt on the bed.
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Chapman Home Interior after Fire

Date: 12 29 1932
Description: Chandler B. and Frances Chapman home, 640 N. Carroll Street, showing the west bedroom after fire.
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Upstairs Bedroom of House after Explosion

Date: 03 19 1945
Description: Upstairs bedroom of Bane residence damaged by explosion at North Bay, Lake Mendota.
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Upstairs Bedroom of House after Explosion

Date: 03 19 1945
Description: Upstairs bedroom of Bane residence damaged by explosion at North Bay, Lake Mendota.
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Governor's Mansion — Left Back Bedroom

Date: 1930
Description: On the left is a bed with a headboard against the wall, with a wall hanging above it. There is a chair in the corner in the center, and on the right wall i...
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Governor's Mansion — Ole Bull Bedroom

Date: 1930
Description: Right rear master bedroom with a large, carved wood bed with tall headboard set at an angle in the corner of the room. There is a framed portrait of Ole Bu...
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Governor's Mansion — Left Back Bedroom

Date: 1930
Description: Bedroom with a bed on the right wall, with a wall hanging above it. There is a chair and settee in front of a double window along the back wall, which look...
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Governor's Mansion — Third Bedroom on Left

Date: 1930
Description: Bedroom on second floor, with a bay window looking out into the side yard, and leading to the balcony. There are two beds, with a table and lamp between th...
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Governor's Mansion — Ole Bull Bedroom

Date: 1930
Description: A dresser with a large, wood-framed mirror is along the wall, and a bed covered with a quilt is reflected in the mirror. In the left corner of the room is ...
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Governor's Mansion — Left Front Bedroom

Date: 1930
Description: A small table is to the left of the bed, which has a headboard, and a wall hanging above it. There is an inset closed door to the right which leads to the ...
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Governor's Mansion — Front Master Bedroom

Date: 1930
Description: A bedroom on the second floor of the mansion. The window on the left of the bed faces the street, and there are two windows on the right wall. Three rugs ...
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Governor's Mansion — Front Left Bedroom

Date: 1930
Description: The front bedroom on the second floor of the mansion. The foot of the bed is in the foreground, and in the corner on the left near a window is a dressing t...
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Salute to Newsboys

Date: 10 03 1957
Description: Newspaper boy Malcolm Bourne, 113 Lathrop Street, dressing before dawn to prepare for completing his daily newspaper route. The hands on his alarm clock i...
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Gately's Furniture Company Displays

Date: 09 27 1954
Description: Bedroom furniture display at Gately's Furniture Company located at 5005 West Beltline Highway.

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