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Mrs. Roseline Peck

Date: 1874
Description: Waist-up portrait of Mrs. Roseline Peck, born 1808 - died 1898, the first white woman in Madison, Wisconsin. She was the wife of the first tavern keeper, E...
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D.K. Tenney

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Description: Head and shoulders portrait of D.K. Tenney.
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Caroline Stevens Keyes

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Description: Carte-de-visite portrait of Caroline Stevens Keyes, the first wife of Madison political leader Elisha W. Keyes. The couple was married in 1854 and Mrs. Key...
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That Hoola Shimmy: Two Men Playing Ukeleles

Date: 1920
Description: Two young men dressed in suits and ties playing ukeleles on a residential street.
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Hazel Marsden

Date: 1932
Description: Hazel Marsden, a 12-year old student at Prairie School, holds gladiolus flowers from her garden. There is a tobacco plant growing among the flowers.
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Leonore Middleton

Date: 1918
Description: Leonore Middleton posing standing next to a pan of freshly picked strawberries, which are resting on a porch step next to a wooden column on the porch. She...
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Flags in the Windows

Date: 1918
Description: An unidentified young man standing on a curved sidewalk in front of the Wisconsin State Capitol. He is holding his hat in his right hand and is wearing a s...

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