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Downriver from Grand Avenue Bridge

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Description: Schooners docked on river. The view is downriver from the Grand Avenue Bridge.
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Date: 1944
Description: President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the rain during his presidential reelection campaign.
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Circus Clown Sitting on Donkey

Date: 1909
Description: A circus clown sits astride a donkey outside a tent.
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Railroad Crew with Handcar

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Description: Railroad workers posing with a handcar on railroad tracks.
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Man and Boat

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Description: A man stands next to a rowboat on the rocky lake shore.
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Three Women near St. Croix River

Date: 1870
Description: View of Hudson with three women on a hill in the foreground, and the town along the St. Croix River below in the background.
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Jefferson School

Date: 1870
Description: Jefferson School, built on the site of the first cemetery in Janesville.
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Frank Lloyd Wright

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Description: Frank Lloyd Wright sitting on a stone balustrade.
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Ceremony at Vilas Circle Bear Mound

Date: 07 29 1910
Description: Miss Pauline Buell removes an American flag from the Vilas Circle Bear Mound following the unveiling of a historic tablet on July 29, 1910.
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Western Hunting Trip

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Description: Dr. James Jackson (left), and his brother Joseph W. Jackson (right), on a western hunting trip. The individual in the center is unidentified.
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Hattie Taylor and Daughter Tannisse

Date: 1912
Description: Hattie Taylor and daughter Tannisse walk under a Milwaukee park culvert.
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Bloch's First Trip to California

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Description: Humorous photograph of Bloch on his first trip to California at the invitation of Kuttner. According to Gauer, Mooney was sort of a "nutty" musician that l...
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Robert Bloch and Harold Gauer: Masterminds

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Description: Humorous photograph taken shortly after the failed Tom Amlie campaign. They are both posing outdoors as a couple of future "masterminds" in regard to Amlie...
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Portrait of Robert Bloch: Drunk in New Orleans

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Description: View across street of Robert Bloch posing as a drunk in New Orleans, during Gauer and Bloch's trip there to write a book.
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Sprague Vonier, Robert Bloch and Harold Gauer in New Orleans

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Description: From left to right, Sprague Vonier, Robert Bloch and Harold Gauer stand at the entrance to a bar called Regal in the French Quarter in New Orleans.
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Campaign Portrait of Fred Clausen

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Description: Image of Clausen for his campaign booklet. It was titled: "Clausen Looks Ahead" or "Clausen Looks to the Future." Gauer noted that it had to be retaken bec...
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Campaign Photograph of Carter Wells

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Description: Carter Wells polling on the street, taken for a campaign booklet. He was running for 5th district congress.
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Thad Wasilewsky

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Description: Wasilewsky standing outdoors on sidewalk. He was deciding if he wanted to run for public office.
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Dousman Family

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Description: Virginia and Louis Dousman posed on east lawn holding puppies.
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George William Piernot

Date: 1961
Description: George William Piernot (1922-2000) standing outdoors wearing his Madison Fire Department uniform in front of the home of his parents George Francis and Rho...

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