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Little Boy with Golf Club

Date: 1936
Description: A little boy poses with a golf club. He is wearing a sailor shirt, shorts, and shoes. There is a birdhouse in the background.
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Woman with Bird on her Head

Date: 1936
Description: A woman stands on a golf course with a bird (a crow?)on her head. She is wearing a hat and sweater, and holds something (food?) in her right hand near the ...
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Young Robert Novak

Date: 1952
Description: Journalist Robert Novak as a young man.
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Hotel Sign

Date: 1925
Description: A painted wooden sign which reads "Hotel by T.B. Petford."
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Taliesin Studio

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Description: View of the drafting room at Taliesin, taken sometime after the fire in 1914. This view shows the raised ceiling and a large Japanese print from Wright's c...
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Albert Hansen

Date: 1931
Description: Albert Hansen by Lake Superior at Manitoulin Island.
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Henry Lawrence Ahlgren and Harriet Gleason

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Description: Outdoor portrait of Henry Lawrence Ahlgren (1908-2004) and Harriet Gleason (1911-1998) while students at the University of Wisconsin. The couple married Fe...
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Battle Flag of Company F

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Description: Battle Flag of Company F, Second Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, the "Belle City Rifles."
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P.G.T. Beauregard

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Description: Engraved carte-de-visite portrait of Confederate General Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregrad.
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Sigurd Olson Outdoors in Snow

Date: 1940
Description: Winter scene with Sigurd Olson, age 41, probably taken for publicity purposes.
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Knopf in Minnesota

Date: 08 1961
Description: Publisher Alfred A. Knopf, Sr., photographed while visiting the cabin of author Sigurd Olson at Listening Point. Knopf published all eight of Olson's books...
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Hans A. Myhre

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Description: Waist-up seated oval studio portrait of Hans A. Myhre, a private in Company I, 15th Wisconsin Infantry in uniform holding a musket across his chest. The fo...
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Tenney Park: Andrew Webb Jr. and Al. Weaver

Date: 1920
Description: Andrew Webb Jr. and Al. Weaver standing on a bridge over the "Catfish" (Yahara) River in Tenney Park.
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Yahara River

Date: 1920
Description: View of the Yahara, or "Catfish" River.
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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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Destroying the Temple

Date: 1939
Description: A snapshot, taken during the summer, of the Jewish temple being demolished in Danzig.
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"The Goddess of Lost Lake" Publicity Still

Date: 1918
Description: Publicity still from the silent film "The Goddess of Lost Lake," featuring Monte Blue playing an Indian chief.
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White Rock Tavern

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Description: Exterior view of the White Rock Tavern. A large dog is laying in the shade of the building entrance. A large neon sign hangs from the front of the building...
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Otis Elevator

Date: 1954
Description: A view of the ornate Otis elevator originally installed in the Historical Society building in 1900. This picture, taken on the second floor during remodeli...
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Neighborhood House Boys Camping Scrapbook: Fire Tower

Date: 07 1941
Description: Fire tower at Pigeon Lake Boys' Camp, a summer camp sponsored by the Recreation Department of the Work Projects Administration. Thirteen boys associated wi...

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