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Portrait of Senator Robert M. La Follette Jr.

Date: 09 30 1930
Description: Portrait of Senator Robert M. La Follette Jr. at the La Follette Farm in Maple Bluff. There is a spinning wheel beside him on the right near a bookcase.
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Couple with Trailer Home

Date: 08 14 1946
Description: A man and woman posing with their dog outside their house trailer set in a secluded yard, surrounded by trees and bushes. Taken for Western Electric.
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Halle Steensland with Wife and Children

Date: 1876
Description: Halle Steensland and his wife Sophia pose with their five children at the family home, later located at 733 Lakewood Boulevard, Village of Maple Bluff. (Th...
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Rennebohms Restaurant

Date: 1979
Description: A group of men, all in shirt sleeves and ties, sit at a table at the Rennebohm Drug Store No. 6 restaruant in the First Wisconsin Bank on Capitol Square. A...
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Civil Defense Mass Feeding Practice

Date: 10 14 1954
Description: Edith Getz (left), Lillian Fried, and George Bernhagen cooking pancakes on an improvised grill during a Civil Defence emergency mass-feeding practice.
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Governor Earl

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Description: Governor Anthony Earl speaking at a political tribute taking place at the Edgewater Hotel.
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John Eustice, Designer of China Patterns

Date: 04 28 1958
Description: Portrait of John Eustice, a designer of china patterns, at work in his studio. A graduate of University of Wisconsin, and New York State College of Ceramic...
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John F Kennedy

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Description: John F. Kennedy seated next to Doug Witzeling at an event for the Chamber of Commerce. A man stands behind them.
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Professor Rasmus B. Anderson at Home

Date: 1902
Description: Professor Rasmus B. Anderson, noted authority on Scandinavian affairs, with Karema Anderson and his son Rolf, with dog “Ned”, in their home.
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Turvill Family Picking Strawberries

Date: 1897
Description: The Turvill family picking strawberries on their family farm. Five family members, men and women, are crouched in the field picking, and a young girl stand...
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Charley Pfister Retains His Pancake Eating Title

Date: 12 09 1961
Description: Charley Pfister, Verona, retained his pancake eating title by eating 21 6-inch pancakes in 15 minutes at the 3rd annual "Pancake Day" sponsored by the Madi...
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Two Year Old Girl Abducted from Her Front Yard by Salesman

Date: 04 01 1964
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Leon W. Binger, parents of 2-year-old Carol, watching the court proceedings for Thomas Howard. Howard is accused of abducting Carol from her f...
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Post-Pagoda Rewards for Sid and Friends

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Description: Sid and his friends celebrating at a restaurant after installing the roof for the pagoda in Sid's backyard. Russell Pratt Mecalf is 2nd from right raising ...
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Vel Phillips Receiving an Honorary Poem

Date: 01 03 1978
Description: Liesl Blockstein of the Wisconsin Women's Political Caucus presenting guest-of honor, Vel Phillips, with an honorary poem at a reception at the L'Etoile Re...
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Activities of Firemen at the Central Fire Station

Date: 01 20 1954
Description: Harold Hansen (left) and Fred Manthe making chili for the firemen's dinner. Hansen is standing next to the stove stirring a deep pot with one hand, and is ...
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Historical Society Staff at Lunch on the Terrace

Date: 06 1955
Description: Members of the staff of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin at lunch on the University of Wisconsin Memorial Union Terrace. Foreground, with cigarett...
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Lewis Arms' Birthday Party

Date: 1967
Description: Lewis Arms pouring himself a drink at his birthday party.
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Yellow Band Wiener Taste Testing

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Description: Slightly elevated view of men and women sitting around a table, sampling slices of Oscar Mayer meat products in the Oscar Mayer laboratory. A women in a lo...
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City Hall Outing

Date: 07 14 1954
Description: Police Chief Bruce Weatherly assists his wife, Inez, in the serving line at the city officials and staff picnic hosted at Alderwoman Ethel Brown's summer h...
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We Saw You . . . at the Optimist Meeting

Date: 08 23 1954
Description: Three Optimists chatting over coffee (left to right): W.C. Matthews, Wesley West, and Joseph Melli.

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