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Children in Library

Date: 1938
Description: Young children reading at the library. A librarian works near the circulation desk in the background. When it opened in 1938, the Library had a seating cap...
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Kindergarten Students

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Description: Students gathered closely around their teachers in the kindergarten room on the south end of the school. The open hearth, fireplace, high ceilings and wind...
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Woman Operating 1650 Cub Cadet Lawn Tractor

Date: 1977
Description: Color advertising photograph of a woman cutting grass outside a suburban home on a 1650 Cub Cadet lawn tractor.
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Woman on 1450 Cub Cadet Lawn Tractor

Date: 1977
Description: Color advertising photograph of a woman mowing the grass outside a suburban home with a 1450 Cub Cadet lawn tractor.
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Dancers at Taliesin

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Description: Dancers at a celebration on the grounds at Taliesin. Taliesin was the summer home of Frank Lloyd Wright and the Taliesin Fellowship. Taliesin is located in...
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Decorating Fourth of July Float

Date: 07 04 1944
Description: Group of people decorating the Garden Queen float for a Fourth of July parade near a large garage. The float reads "Greendale-The Garden City," "Pop. 2800"...
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Children Reading in Library with Librarian Looking On

Date: 1938
Description: A group of children sit at tables in a library reading books and magazines while a librarian looks on from her circulation desk. When it opened in 1938, th...
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Two Women under Tent

Date: 08 15 1942
Description: Two women wearing dresses working one of the booths at a Civilian Defense Rally. A table is visible in the background with food on it.
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Dogpatchers In Costume

Date: 08 15 1942
Description: Three people in costume behind a table. There is a man wearing a false beard a hat, holding a jug with three x's on it, a woman wearing a polka-dot blouse ...
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Crowd near Stage

Date: 08 15 1942
Description: A crowd of people, mainly women and girls, have gathered for a Civilian Defense Rally. People lean on the edge of a decorated stage and booths are visible ...
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Women Preparing Baked Goods

Date: 08 15 1942
Description: Side view of a group of women at a Civilian Defense Rally standing behind a counter with loaves of bread. Behind them is a table of covered cake pans and o...
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Frank Lloyd Wright Birthday Party

Date: 1956
Description: Elevated view of guests at Frank Lloyd Wright's 89th party in the courtyard of Taliesin. Taliesin is located in the vicinity of Spring Green, Wisconsin.
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Taliesin Courtyard

Date: 08 1957
Description: View of the courtyard of Taliesin, the summer home of Frank Lloyd Wright, from the covered entrance. A man and a woman are walking through the courtyard. T...
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UPWA Officers

Date: 02 11 1949
Description: Swearing-in ceremony for Local 190 of the United Packinghouse Workers of America in Detroit by field representative George Sinclair: Daniel Penn, president...
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Maple Bluff Social Event for Teens

Date: 06 26 1953
Description: Teenagers Tom Stephan and Jean McFarlane, seated, shown chatting at the Maple Bluff Country Club party.
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Memorial Day

Date: 05 30 1953
Description: Madison observed Memorial Day with a parade and three memorial services. A Memorial Day address by Assemblyman Elmer L. Genxmer was followed by a wreath ce...
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Maple Bluff Social Event for Teens

Date: 06 26 1953
Description: Sitting at a table under a colorful umbrella at the Maple Bluff Country Club, are, left to right, Jill Molinaro, Norman Gregersen, Darrell MacIntyre and Jo...
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We Saw You . . . Helping Sell Christmas Seals

Date: 11 15 1954
Description: Women of the Elk prepare materials for distribution for the 1954 Christmas seal drive honoring the 50th anniversary of the National Anti-Tuberculosis Assoc...
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Sign Language Class

Date: 11 15 1954
Description: Women in a neighborhood near Dean Avenue study sign language so that more deaf women can join their homemakers' club. Mrs. Gordon Mather, left, gives the s...
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We Saw You . . . Helping Sell Christmas Seals

Date: 11 15 1954
Description: Women of the Elk prepare materials for distribution for the 1954 Christmas seal drive honoring the 50th anniversary of the National Anti-Tuberculosis Assoc...

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