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Hoover visits Coolidge

Date: 1925
Description: Herbert Hoover visits President Calvin Coolidge during Coolidge's summer retreat from the heat, crowds, and a White House renovation in Washington, D.C. Ca...
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Kehl's Dancing Academy

Date: 1920
Description: Kehl's Dancing Academy, 309 West Johnson Street, Madison, 1898 - 1906. The building was later used as the Labor Temple.
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House near Rock Formation

Date: 1920
Description: House built by an early Italian settler. At the time of the photograph, the home belonged to Mrs. Margaret Gelarde. Behind the house is a hill and rock for...
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Stone House in Genoa

Date: 1920
Description: Exterior view of an early stone house. An automobile is parked on the left side of the building.
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Robert M. La Follette Political Cartoon

Date: 07 1925
Description: Memorial Edition of "La Follette's Magazine," page 107. The magazine later became known as the "Progressive Magazine."
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Robert M. La Follette Political Cartoon

Date: 07 1925
Description: Memorial Edition.
Photograph

Frank Lloyd Wright Boathouse

Date: 1920
Description: Exterior view from the lake of the Madison City Boathouse at the foot of North Carroll Street on Lake Mendota. It was an early design of Frank Lloyd Wright...
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Olgivanna and Iovanna Wright

Date: 1926
Description: Olgivanna Wright holding Iovanna, her daughter.
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Baptist Church, Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin

Date: 1920
Description: View down road and sidewalk towards a Baptist church. Caption reads: "Baptist Church, Sheboygan Falls, Wis."
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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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Leonore Middleton in Rickshaw

Date: 1922
Description: Leonore Middleton poses in a rickshaw pulled by a Japanese man.
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Young Man Showing Off Muscles

Date: 1920
Description: Young man, bare to the waist, with his hands behind his head, posed to show his muscles.
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Portrait of Barbara Holt

Date: 1929
Description: Barbara Holt is standing on snow, stretching her arms up, with a Buick automobile in the background. She is wearing winter clothes, including three-buckle ...
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The Dive

Date: 08 1922
Description: The person in midair, possibly David Rumsey, is diving from a height of 21 feet into Lake Michigamme. The log boathouse and American flag are in the foregr...
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Three Women

Date: 08 23 1922
Description: Three women are striking a theatrical pose on the pier. They are probably members of the Holt, Rumsey, and/or Stroh families. The wooden flagpole is on the...
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Listening to the Radio

Date: 08 23 1922
Description: A man, possibly Henry A. Rumsey, is showing his radio to a group of family and friends.
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Couple on the Pier

Date: 08 23 1922
Description: A man and woman are striking a theatrical pose on the pier. Lake Michigamme is in the background.
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Grace Raymond Hebard at Sacajawea's Grave

Date: 1926
Description: A woman holding flowers is standing between two graves, looking at the one on the left. Caption reads: "Wind River Indian Reservation (formerly the Shosho...

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