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Portrait of Photographer Matthew Witt

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Description: Casual portrait of photographer Matthew Witt seated at the foot of a ridge. It's likely that the image is a self-portrait produced by Witt himself.
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Dead Fish in the Yahara River

Date: 09 20 1949
Description: Al Koppenhaver, a game warden for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, holding a bucket of dead fish that were removed from the Yahara River belo...
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Women Golfers at Blackhawk Country Club

Date: 05 17 1950
Description: Women Golfers at Blackhawk Country Club. Lucy Pearson tabulates her score at the end of the day.
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Blackhawk Country Club Junior Golf Day

Date: 07 01 1952
Description: One of the youngest to participate in the first junior day at Blackhawk Country Club was John Mack, shown practicing his swing.
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Women's Junior Golf Match

Date: 07 18 1954
Description: Twelve year old Carol Sorenson of Janesville stands on a golf course with a golf club. She will compete with Marilyn Hall of Milwaukee for the junior golf ...
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Women's Junior Golf Match

Date: 07 18 1954
Description: Portrait of Marilyn Hall of Milwaukee, before competing in a match with Carol Sorenson for the junior golf championship of the Wisconsin Women's Golf Assoc...
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Blackhawk Ski Club

Date: 02 06 1956
Description: Jumpers Jack Statz, left, and Bill Duckwitz pose with their skis after setting a new Tomahawk Ridge record at a Blackhawk Club ski jumping tournament at To...
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Ski Jumpers

Date: 01 1958
Description: Lloyd Severud "Snowball" lives in Chetek but competes out of Eau Claire. Severud, age 42, won the Veterans title for the second straight year and the fourt...
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Ski Jumpers

Date: 01 1958
Description: Lyle Swenson, an 18 year old University of Wisconsin freshman from Westby, was the winner in the Junior division at the Blackhawk Ski Club's 11th annual ju...
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Country Club Women Leaders

Date: 06 17 1958
Description: Portrait of Harriett Narowetz, who presides over women's activities at the Blackhawk Country Club. She is a mother of two small sons, and has also served a...
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Girl Scouts Off to Round-Up in Colorado

Date: 06 21 1959
Description: Nancy Muckenhirn is shown with Devil's Lake rocks that the Black Hawk Council of Girl Scouts will be taking to Colorado Springs for the Senior Girl Scout R...
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Woman Posing in a Sand Pit

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Description: A woman, Grace, smiles as she poses while standing in a sand pit near the intersection of Fish Hatchery Road and Park Street. A note on the back of the pho...
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Woman Seated on Stone Wall

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Description: A young woman (possibly one of the O'Dea sisters) sits on the stone wall surrounding the edge of a pond. She is wearing a skirt, blouse, sweater, stockings...
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Young Couple

Date: 1919
Description: Young couple standing in front of a large rock face.
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Young Couple in a Landscape

Date: 1926
Description: A young couple wearing coats and hats are posing outdoors.
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Small Girl Near Railroad Tracks

Date: 1920
Description: Unidentified small girl holding a parasol, posed beside railroad tracks.
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Maple Bluff Garden Club Flower Show

Date: 06 12 1960
Description: A Hawaiian garden is featured in the Maple Bluff Garden Club's flower show. Dorothy Gerhardt and Janet Roth are shown in the exhibit's "little grass shack....
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Two Men Sitting on a Drain Pipe

Date: 1920
Description: Dredging Lakewood Bay to fill the lots for sale in Lakewood. The men are sitting side-by-side on the drainpipe with their bare feet in the water. There is ...
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Snow Study of Main Hall

Date: 03 30 1900
Description: Winter scene near Main Hall (Bascom Hall) drive on the University of Wisconsin campus. View looking uphill towards two men standing on and near a sidewalk....
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Man Posing with Child on Tractor

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Description: A man and child pose sitting on a tractor in a farmyard. In the background is a barn, and piles of hay behind a fence on the right. In the far background i...

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