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Forest Middleton in Navy Uniform

Date: 1918
Description: Full-length portrait of Forest Middleton in a World War I era Navy uniform.
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Griggs Album: Mothers Day at Camp Anna Vilas

Date: 05 1924
Description: Mothers and small children standing and posing in Vilas Park, with other mothers and older children lying prone, propping themselves up with their elbows, ...
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Zona Gale Reading for the Radio

Date: 1930
Description: Zona Gale reading for WHA radio station. She is sitting at a table looking down at a script.
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Gisholt Commercial Art

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Description: Sid Boyum airbrushed photograph of a baby bottle in an electric bottle warmer.
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Book Man Sculpture

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Description: High relief sculpture of a man in an academic robe clutching a book to his chest, standing against a fence. In the background is the house next door and Ma...
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Three Geese Flying Sculpture

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Description: Three flat goose shapes, with wings outstretched, one above the other on a square post set at an angle, set in the yard among garden plants, shrubs, and a ...
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Astrolabe in Red and Gold

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Description: Metal astrolabe mounted on concrete base in Sid's backyard. The base is painted red with yellow Chinese characters, the Astrolabe is painted gold. In the ...
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Gnome-Face Sculpture

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Description: Blue-green, pear-shaped sculpture on a round base with three limb-shapes on top in Sid Boyum's backyard. The face is painted in natural colors with incise...
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Mioro Yamamoto

Date: 1910
Description: Quarter-length portrait of a young man, identified as Mioro Yamamoto. Yamamoto was a Japanese international student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison;...
Postcard

Madison: Never a Dull Moment

Date: 1991
Description: A pen and ink illustration. Text on back reads: "A whimsical glimpse of Madison as seen by illustrator Brian Strassburg. Designed exclusively for Madison M...
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The Famous Madison Isthmus

Date: 1980
Description: Elevated view of East Washington Avenue from the Wisconsin State Capitol. There is a glass bank building on the right side of East Washington Avenue. The Y...
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30 on the Square

Date: 01 1966
Description: Postcard invitation to "attend an 'Open House' at the Wisconsin Association of Cooperatives and the International Cooperative Training, Inc. new offices on...
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Mansion Hill Inn

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Description: Exterior view of the Mansion Hill Inn located at 424 N. Pinckney Street. Text on reverse reads: "Mansion Hill Inn. An opulent small hotel in the European t...
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Olin-Turville Park 1991

Date: 1991
Description: View of a wooded walking path. Caption reads: "Olin-Turville Park 1991, Madison, Wis." Text on reverse reads: "This area of Olin-Turville Park would be des...
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State Street

Date: 1980
Description: Elevated view of State Street from Fairchild Street to Bascom Hill. The Orpheum and the Civic Center are in the foreground.
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Beatrice Gulley

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Description: Studio portrait of Beatrice Gulley, member of the Mothers Board of Mount Zion Baptist Church and co-host of the WMTV cooking show "What's Cooking" with her...
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Herman Sachtjen

Date: 1911
Description: Waist-up portrait of Herman Sachtjen, a Wisconsin Republican member of the State Assembly and Wisconsin Circuit Court judge. He graduated from the Universi...

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