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Sarah Fairchild Conover

Date: 1895
Description: Sarah Fairchild Dean Conover, sister of Civil War hero and governor Lucius Fairchild, reclines on a sofa in her home at 424 North Pinckney Street.
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Female Curling Team

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Description: A female curling team poses with their brooms and stones for a portrait.
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John (Jack) Albright

Date: 11 28 1936
Description: Portrait of John (Jack) Albright, former owner of the Club Monterey and one-time king of Madison gamblers, in jail, charged with keeping a gambling house, ...
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Shawl Pageant at Woman's Club Building

Date: 03 16 1934
Description: Woman's Club Shawl pageant, front: Colonial: Odette Hendrickson and Joyce Wittwer, Hungarian, Merrilyn Olson. Left rear: Egyptian, Rosemary Rice; current 1...
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Frog Jumping Contest

Date: 04 18 1944
Description: Group of boys gather around a frog at a frog jumping contest.
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Four Men Playing Cards

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Description: Photographic postcard of a full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of four men sitting at a table playing cards, smoking cigarettes and ...
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Little Boy in Curls

Date: 1912
Description: Reginald Jackson, Jr. is posed on the sidewalk in front of the family home, 415 North Carroll Street, dressed in his winter coat. The portrait is notable f...
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Group Portrait on Playground Slide

Date: 1920
Description: A group of friends pose on a playground slide. Included in the group are Cresence Esser Bowar, Matt Bowar (husband of Cresence), Herbert Esser (brother of ...
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Family Group

Date: 1905
Description: A group portrait of two women, a man, a boy and a girl posing in a parlor; two other rooms are visible through doorways. The girl is seated in front of a p...
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Game of Pool

Date: 1911
Description: Forest Middleton, left, prepares a pool shot while his opponent looks on. They are playing on a portable pool table in Forest's room. Photographs, cigar ad...
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Forest Middleton

Date: 1894
Description: Forest Middleton poses for his portrait in a kilt, holding a toy horse. He is standing on a chair which is draped with a cloth.
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Forest and Bear

Date: 1897
Description: Forest Middleton, wearing a plaid dress, lectures his Teddy Bear, which is seated in a high chair.
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Two Women and Piano

Date: 1900
Description: Two well-dressed young women pose in front of a piano. One holds a fan in her lap, the other holds a piece of sheet music titled "When We Were Two Little B...
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Cowboy Eddie and Friends

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Description: Madison television personality Howie Olson (right) with Cowboy Eddie and his friend magician Ben Bergor.
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German-American Wurst Roast

Date: 1913
Description: The Benedict Goldenberger family enjoying a wurst roast in the Madison vicinity. Ben Goldenberger is the leftmost standing man, he was a cooper and vinegar...
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Family Group with Pets

Date: 1905
Description: A girl on a rocking chair holds a rabbit, and a boy and a woman stand in the background. The boy rests his hand on a dogs head; the dog is lying on a love ...
Postcard

Two Men Playing Cards with Donkey

Date: 1930
Description: In a studio "gag" portrait, two men sit at a table playing cards in front of a painted backdrop. Both are showing their hands and smoking cigars. Each man ...
Postcard

Three Men Playing Cards

Date: 1930
Description: Studio portrait of three men, seated at a table, playing cards in front of a painted backdrop. Each man has a bottle of beer and one man smokes a cigar. Tw...
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Attorney General Bowling Team

Date: 1927
Description: The members of the Attorney General Team of the State House Bowling League. They were the Champions of the 1926-27 Season. The members were; A.F. Stofen, C...
Postcard

Two Children Outdoors

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Description: Two children pose outdoors in the corner of a yard next to a building. They are sitting on tricycles or pushbikes, one has an owl logo on the front. Both a...

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