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Child Sitting on Sidewalk

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Description: A barefoot child is sitting on the sidewalk. Houses and buildings are in the background, and laundry is hanging out to dry.
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Little Boy in Curls

Date: 1912
Description: Reginald Jackson, Jr. is posed on the sidewalk in front of the family home, 415 North Carroll Street, dressed in his winter coat. The portrait is notable f...
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Carillon Tower

Date: 1950
Description: Carillon Tower on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. There is a plaque on a rock near the curb close to the entrance to the tower.
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Lincoln Monument

Date: 07 1908
Description: Unveiling ceremony, in front of Bascom Hall on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Two American flags and a Wisconsin pennant hang from a wire abov...
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Lincoln Monument

Date: 06 1908
Description: Unveiling ceremony, in front of Bascom Hall on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Two American flags and a Wisconsin pennant hang from a wire abov...
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Portrait of Mrs. C.J. Van Schaick

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Description: Three-quarter length studio portrait of Mrs. C.J. Van Schaick, sitting in front of a painted backdrop. She is facing toward the right in profile, and is we...
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Photographic Self-Portrait of David Gander

Date: 1916
Description: A photographic self-portrait of David Gander taken in a mirror. He is posed with a camera and is wearing a jacket and a hat. In the background appears to b...
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Rambler Roses

Date: 1919
Description: Colored image of Rambler Roses growing on a trellis at the corner of a porch.
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Leonore Judkins

Date: 1915
Description: Leonore Judkins, later Mrs. Forest Middleton, poses standing outdoors in a fancy dress, with flowers at her waist. She is wearing her hair in a bun and wea...
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Leonore Judkins

Date: 1915
Description: Leonore Judkins, later Mrs. Forest Middleton, seated in a chair. She is wearing her hair in a bun and wears a headband.
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The Children's Playhouse and Martin House at Jack Frost Lodge on Round Lake

Date: 1935
Description: A small white playhouse with lattice trim is situated amongst newly planted spruce trees. Nearby is a large, elaborate, multi-level birdhouse.
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Demolition of the Dome

Date: 1909
Description: A crane lowers the flag pole from the third Wisconsin State Capitol as the first step in demolition of the dome. An iron eagle is perched atop the flag pol...
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Olaus Pederson Grimsrud

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Description: Full-length portrait of Olaus Pederson Grimsrud standing on the deck of a ship. Other people are in the background.
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Clara Kimball Young and her Parents

Date: 1919
Description: Silent film star Clara Kimball Young, dressed in a pirate costume, with her parents Edward M. Kimball and Pauline Maddern Kimball on either side of her. Th...
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Mrs. Pond Wearing Indigenous Apparel

Date: 1930
Description: Dorothy Pond posing dressed in indigenous apparel, including jewelry, as a Mauresque. She appears to be standing in a doorway partially covered with a clot...
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Bascom Hill Burial

Date: 09 04 1922
Description: Skeletal remains of William Nelson or Samuel Warren, one of two men buried in the first cemetery in Madison located on what is now Bascom Hill.
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Photographer Howard Greene

Date: 1914
Description: View looking up at Howard Greene making a photograph outdoors using a large format camera. His head is under the dark cloth.
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On the Streamship

Date: 1914
Description: Family friend Mackey Wells and Jack Greene aboard the ”Easton.”
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Jack Eating Watermelon

Date: 1914
Description: John "Jack" Greene standing in front of a porch eating a slice of watermelon.
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Jack with Fish

Date: 1914
Description: Jack Green proudly holding up several fish he caught. There is a log cabin in the background.

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