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Bob Jr., and Bob III

Date: 1930
Description: Senator Robert M. La Follette, Jr., on the porch at Maple Bluff Farm with his wife and two of his brother's children, Judy and Robert M. La Follette, III. ...
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Dane County Jail

Date: 1901
Description: The Dane County Jail. To the right is the sheriff's residence.
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Tourists Among Burial Mounds

Date: 1910
Description: A sightseeing party wanders among cows and Native American burial mounds near the popular picnic area at Merrill Springs, on the south shore of Lake Mendot...
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Lucille Kellar

Date: 1955
Description: Lucille Kellar, coordinator of the Historical Society's McCormick Collection, with the new cases for the collection. She is standing outside the north entr...
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Middleton Family

Date: 1905
Description: Forest Middleton sleeps on a settee as his father, William, reads and his mother and Grandmother Joanna Middleton sit nearby.
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Thwaites, Welsh, and Foster

Date: 01 30 1912
Description: Ruben Gold Thwaites, Iva Welsh, and Mary Foster dressed as "Box and Cox" and Mrs. Bouncer from the 1840's comedy Box and Cox. They are at a costume ...
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Edgewood Students

Date: 03 09 1944
Description: Five Edgewood students studying around a table in the library.
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Edgewood Students

Date: 03 09 1944
Description: Large group of Edgewood students standing around a piano, with one student sitting on the piano bench.
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Press Club Dinner

Date: 03 15 1944
Description: Roundy Coughlin and five women at the head table of the Press Club Dinner at Edgewood College.
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First Schoelkopf Car Dealership

Date: 1902
Description: View across street towards car dealership on the first floor of a two-story brick building. The first Louis Schoelkopf car dealership was on State Street, ...
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Double Exposure: Royal Theater

Date: 1914
Description: Double exposure of two views of the exterior of the Royal Theater at 407 Atwood Avenue in the Schenk-Atwood Neighborhood (address now 2142 Atwood). The lar...
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Empire Brewery

Date: 1883
Description: View across State Street towards two buildings, with, on the left, the Hess & Schmitz Livery Boarding and Sale Stable, and on the right the Empire Brewery....
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Woman Driving a Carriage

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Description: Left side view of a young woman looking out from a horse-drawn carriage holding the reins to the horse.
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Young Man and Woman on a Stile

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Description: A laughing young man and woman sitting on a stile. The man is wearing a straw hat and bow tie; she is wearing a striped dress and matching jacket. The woma...
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Two Women in a Flower Bedecked Horse-Drawn Cart

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Description: Two women in fancy hats and summer dresses are sitting in a horse-drawn cart which has flower bedecked wheels and seat. One of the woman has an umbrella. I...
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A Hammock Outing

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Description: A group of people gathered on and around hammocks in a wooded area. Three women are sitting in a hammock on the left, and on the right three boys are sitti...
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Four Women in Front of a Building

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Description: Four women standing in front of a building. Above them is a railing. One of the women is holding a couple of books in her hands and under her arm.
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Christmas Tree

Date: 1940
Description: Sophie Smith (Mrs. Arthur) Pugh sitting in an arm chair next to a Christmas tree. She is wearing a jacket over a dark dress with large buttons. The tree is...

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