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"Bumpsy" Anthony, Circus Clown

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Description: Circus clown, "Bumpsy" Anthony, stands in front of a tent.
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Circus Performers

Date: 1935
Description: Circus performer Harriet Hodgini, sits on the gate of a truck helping Otto Griebling, a circus clown, apply his makeup.
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Daval Baseball Pinball Machine

Date: 12 28 1938
Description: Daval Baseball Pinball Machine taken for Dane Co. Sheriff Dept.
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Round-up Pinball Machine

Date: 12 28 1938
Description: Round-up Pinball Machine taken for Dane Co. Sheriff Dept.
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Bumper Pinball Machine

Date: 12 28 1938
Description: Bumper Pinball Machine taken for Dane Co. Sheriff Dept.
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Pinball Machine

Date: 12 28 1938
Description: Pinball machine. Taken for Dane Co. Sheriff Dept.
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Ringling Circus Wagon and Clowns

Date: 1910
Description: A Ringling Circus wagon, pulled by a horse, with clowns riding on top, is part of a parade along a city street.
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Circus Clown Sitting on Donkey

Date: 1909
Description: A circus clown sits astride a donkey outside a tent.
Drawing

Lakeside House

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Description: Illustration of the Lakeside House.
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Ski Trooper, Camp McCoy

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Description: St. Egdaht, a member of the Ski Troops, Camp McCoy, skiing.
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Nee-Pee-Nauk Clubhouse

Date: 1945
Description: The Nee-Pee-Nauk clubhouse, at the head of Puckway Lake. This is a duck hunting club first organized in 1882 by A.H. Sellers, President of Chicago Guarant...
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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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Boys Playing With Guns

Date: 1920
Description: Two young boys sitting in a car wearing hats and sunglasses, play cops and robbers. One of the boys is thought to be Reginald Jackson, Jr., of Madison. App...
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Girls Playing Dress Up

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Description: Two young girls dressed up as women in front of a photographer's backdrop. The girl on the left holds a doll while the girl on the right pushes her doll in...
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The Gang at Mid-Summer Festival

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Description: Principals at the "Mid-Summer Festival." Festival was the precursor of what would become Summerfest. The gang went to the festival to "blow off steam" afte...
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Milt Polland

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Description: Polland at the Mid-Summer Festival on the Milwaukee lakefront, with the boys of Nick Ehr family in the foreground. This was just after the successful Zeidl...
Painting

Sweet Clover School

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Description: Exterior view of Sweet Clover School near the end of the school year in late April or early May. Cows graze in an adjoining pasture and a farmer is complet...
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Sig Olson Duck Hunting

Date: 1930
Description: Sigurd Olson duck hunting with his son, Sig Jr.
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Aldo Leopold as a Young Man

Date: 1904
Description: Aldo Leopold standing in a boat with a group of young people. He is wearing pants, a shirt and a bow tie. Buildings can be seen on the shoreline in the bac...
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Emile de Antonio on East Hampton Beach

Date: 1971
Description: Emile de Antonio stands on a beach wearing a suit coat, pants and shoes while carrying logs and sticks of different sizes. He is turned to the side and is ...

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