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U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention

Date: 1890
Description: Slightly elevated view of the members of the United States Pharmacopeial Convention and their families standing for a portrait at Mount Vernon.
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Tank Car Wreck

Date: 08 1946
Description: Tank car wreck at the Grand Trunk Western Railroad car ferry docks. A man wearing a hat is in the right foreground.
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King Tarz, The Lion

Date: 11 06 1941
Description: King Tarz, The Seasonal Jungle Actor, (a lion) was brought to Madison to publicize "Tarzan's Secret Treasure" which stars Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen O'Sul...
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First Congregational Church and Parsonage

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Description: View from road towards the church. The church has a fence running along the front. There are a few people standing on the porch of the parsonage on the lef...
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Clerics File into St. Bernard's

Date: 04 26 1944
Description: Five clerics, (including Rt. Rev. Msgr. Bernard G. Traudt, Milwaukee, Rev. A.G. Schaeffer, of St. James Church and Rev. William Eggers), filing into St. Be...
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First Four-Wheel Drive

Date: 1909
Description: Five men pose with the first successful four-wheel drive vehicle, which was made in Clintonville in 1909. The inventor, Otto Zachow, is the man seated at t...
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Brisbois Fur Trading Post

Date: 1925
Description: Former building of the Astor Company, also known as the Brisbois Fur Trading Post. The American Fur Company, which had been organized by John Jacob Astor i...
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Young Man at Hillside Home School

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Description: A young man reads to a group standing outside Hillside Home School.
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Girls in Swiss Costume

Date: 1941
Description: Two young girls dressed in Swiss costumes for the Wilhelm Tell Festival.
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Hunters with Deer Carcasses

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Description: Three men standing holding guns with two deer carcasses on the ground. They are posed in front of a log cabin in the snow. A boy is seated on one of the de...
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Sitting on the Porch

Date: 1920
Description: A woman and a child sit on a railing and look out from the porch of their house. A man is in the background approaching from a car parked in the street.
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Men Having a Picnic

Date: 06 1927
Description: Edward J. Rickers with UW nightwatchman "Gramps," on a Lake Mendota outing. They are seated on the grass together with a picnic lunch and a campfire. There...
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Leaving the Family Gathering

Date: 1940
Description: Well-dressed relatives leave a house where they attended a family gathering.
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A Boy and Dog with Toy Tractor

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Description: A young boy and his little dog sit together on a toy tractor in a driveway behind a parked car.
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E.W. Brandel and Dr. Jones

Date: 1922
Description: E.W. Brandel sits on porch steps holding his daughter's dog Max, a fox terrier. Next to him, holding a camera, is Dr. A.W. Jones, the twin brother of the p...
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Mary and Max

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Description: Mary Brandel sits outdoors on the grass with her dog Max. There is a lake in the background.
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Man and Max on Porch

Date: 1920
Description: A man in a hat sits on the steps of the back porch of the Brandel family house with the family dog, Max.
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Harman Warner and Ethel Walker in Tree

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Description: Harman Warner and Ethel Walker pose in the branches of a broken tree in winter. They are in the backyard, and houses are behind them.
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Mary Brandel in Canoe

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Description: Mary Brandel paddles a canoe (or kayak) on Fox Lake. She is wearing a bathing suit and hat.
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Playful Women at Fox Lake

Date: 1922
Description: A woman playfully spins another woman (probably her daughter) in a yard in front of a house. There is a lake in the background.

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