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Maple Bluff Social Event for Teens

Date: 06 26 1953
Description: Audrey Hobbins and Bill Marshall standing on the porch of the Maple Bluff Country Club while attending a social event for teens.
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House Decorated for Christmas

Date: 11 21 1961
Description: Exterior view of the house of Jack Savidusky, 341 Kensington Drive, decorated for the Christmas holiday with lights and reindeer figures.
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Sid with Toonerville in Winter

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Description: Sid standing in his snowy backyard looking at his wooden trolley, Toonerville, which has been covered with plastic for the winter. Some of Sid's sculptures...
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Carousel Horse

Date: 08 1976
Description: Large, plastic molded plaque of a carousel horse mounted on a decorated, wooden background. The relief, supported by a child on the stairs of Sid's house, ...
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Pavilion Roof in Sid's Backyard

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Description: Red and yellow pavilion roof sitting on the ground in Sid's backyard. Two children are playing with the water pump near the back porch.
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Trolly Car

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Description: Toonerville Trolley car in Sid's backyard on Waubesa Street. The Smiling Mushroom sculpture can be seen to the right of the car.
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Lake Street Station

Date: 1973
Description: View across Lake Street towards the Lake Street Station. Signs and posters line the porch, including one advertising rooms for rent. One sign on the far ri...
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House on West Gilman Street

Date: 1973
Description: View across West Gilman Street towards a three-story house with a porch. A car is parked in the driveway on the left. The sign on the side of the house abo...
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The Dollard Home and Harry Wigonitz Building

Date: 1973
Description: View across State Street towards the Dollard Home and the Harry Wigonitz Building. The Dollard Home is a Queen Ann-style house with porch and turret. Two p...
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Dogie Stand Restaurant

Date: 1973
Description: View across North Frances Street towards a Dutch colonial revival style house. On the ground floor is the Dogie Stand Restaurant. A large sign next to the ...
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Three-Story House on North Frances Street

Date: 1973
Description: View across North Frances Street towards a three-story house. Each floor has a porch or balcony attached. A brick commercial building is on the left and a ...
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Salute to Newsboys

Date: 09 03 1957
Description: Newspaper boy Mathew Bourne, 113 Lathrop Street, placing a copy of the Wisconsin State Journal behind a screen door of a private residence.
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Bernila Tahia Sterling Sees the U.S. for the First Time

Date: 07 17 1958
Description: Bernita Tahia Sterling (34), a United States citizen, who is the daughter of missionaries and has lived in the South Pacific and Australia for her entire l...
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University of Wisconsin President's Official Residence

Date: 09 21 1958
Description: University of Wisconsin president Conrad A. Elvehjem's wife, with the pet dog, reading a magazine in the sun-filled porch of Olin House, the official resid...
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Edwin Stein's Family Photos

Date: 06 05 1960
Description: Portrait of Edwin Stein's wife, Donna, and daughter, Laurie (age 7) wearing hats.
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Water Fight on a Hot Summer Day

Date: 09 02 1960
Description: Two African-American boys shooting water pistols at each other on a hot summer day while sitting on front porch steps.
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Attic Angels Benefit Sale

Date: 08 30 1960
Description: Virginia Purnell, one of the three co-chairmen of the Attic Angel benefit antique and artificial flower arrangement sale is shown at the front entrance of ...
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Attic Angels Benefit Sale

Date: 08 30 1960
Description: Mary Johnson (Mrs. H. Stanley Johnson), left, hostess for the Attic Angel Association benefit antique and artificial flower sale, is shown with her new dau...
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Attic Angels Benefit Sale

Date: 08 29 1960
Description: Jean Anatonius, Katherine Lemmer and Virginia Hall, Attic Angel members who are assisting with the arrangements for the benefit antique and artificial flow...

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