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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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Indian Shack

Date: 10 16 1946
Description: An Indian shack.
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Octagon House

Date: 1870
Description: Exterior view of the Octagon House with a horse and carriage posed in the foreground and several people around it and on its porches. Caption reads: "Octag...
Postcard

Sanitarium

Date: 1905
Description: Exterior view of the Prairie du Chien Sanitarium. Established in 1903, it became a general hospital in the 1930s. A group of people are posing on the lawn ...
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Archivist Jesse Boell

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Description: Wisconsin Historical Society archivist Jesse Boell, later the archivist of the University of Wisconsin, seen in his office on the third floor of the Histor...
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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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Walworth County Fair

Date: 1913
Description: Elevated view of the Walworth County Fair. A large crowd gathers around a carousel.
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Two Children and Adult on Porch

Date: 1910
Description: Two children, a boy and a girl, stand on a porch. A woman in a dress (face obscured) crouches behind the two children.
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Group Party Picture

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Description: Party picture. They are making fun of their pal 'Lucky" Demo's band.
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Portait of Robert Bloch: Rental Office and Secretary

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Description: Bloch rented an office and a secretary so that he could dictate and complete eight stories. It was short-lived. Gauer's caption: Dictator, Water Cooler, Se...
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Group Picture: Frat Party

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Description: A fraternity party photographed for Smiles Magazine. Harold Gauer and Alice Bedard sit on a couch while Robert bloch pours a drink for Angie Vail.
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Group Photograph for Magazine

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Description: Photograph taken for an issue of Smiles magazine. Left to Right: Bob Vail, Angie Vail, Robert Bloch, Harold Gauer, and Alice Bedard.
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Winnifred Woodmansee at Jack Eisendrath's Cabin

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Description: Three women at Jack Eisendrath's cabin near Holy Hill. Eisendrath was a lawyer and found another cabin in the area for Gauer to buy. This cabin eventually ...
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Fred Clausen With Family

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Description: Family photograph of the Clausens in their yard for use in campaign literature.
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Rockford College Costumed Battle

Date: 1914
Description: Four costumed Rockford College students pose outdoors in mock battle on a lawn. Fighting roosters [?].
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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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Associated Press Office

Date: 1946
Description: Employees of the Associated Press in Prague shortly after the end of World War II: left to right, Dashenka, Juta Turkova, Alvin Steinkopf (in his war corre...
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Obey and Lucey

Date: 1965
Description: Assemblyman David R. Obey and Patrick J. Lucey meeting with a group of students and their teacher, a nun, in the Wisconsin Assembly Parlor. Although undat...
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Freedom School Adult Classes

Date: 1964
Description: Out-of-doors classes during Freedom Summer at the Freedom School, Priest Creek Baptist Church.
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Freedom School Adult Classes

Date: 1964
Description: Group of people sitting in chairs while attending out-of-doors classes during Freedom Summer at the Freedom School, Priest Creek Baptist Church.

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