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Young Arthur Altmeyer and Friends

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of Arthur Altmeyer as a young man posing in Wingra Park with five other young people identified as Selma, Russell, Lloyd, May Wescot...
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Pussy Wants a Corner

Date: 10 25 1912
Description: Depicts eight young men and women playing an outdoor game of pussy wants a corner.
Photograph

Posed as if to Begin a Race

Date: 10 25 1912
Description: Depicts a group comprised mostly of women posed in a variety of stances as if to begin a race. The image carries the hand-lettered caption "Each one progr...
Photograph

Women Hiking

Date: 10 25 1912
Description: Five young women walking across a field. The hand-lettered caption reads: "The hiker's stride."
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Capitol Park Afternoon

Date: 1900
Description: An idyllic afternoon in the Capitol Park, showing groups of men and women seated on benches and conversing. The reproduction Centennial fountain is almost ...
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Linear Mound on the Dividing Ridge

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Description: Two men enjoy the shade among Native American burial mounds on the Dividing Ridge, a recessional moraine, between Lakes Monona and Wingra in Madison, Wisco...
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Crowd around Fountain

Date: 1898
Description: Crowd around fountain at Wisconsin State Capitol for a 50-year celebration. There are decorations hanging from the fountain, and flower arrangements are ar...
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Young Girl Feeding Chickens

Date: 1898
Description: A young girl feeds a flock of chickens outside the Leslie Bird house. Several other residences are visible in the background.
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F.D. Eyerley and Daughter

Date: 1897
Description: F.D. Eyerley crouches down to give his daughter a kiss. A bicycle is propped against a wooden fence which runs the perimeter of the front yard of the West ...
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The Eyerley Family

Date: 1897
Description: F.D. Eyerley sits with his wife and his daughter on the front stoop of their home on West Johnson Street. They are reading from a book. A small, wicker roc...
Postcard

Man Passing Out Flags on the Fourth of July

Date: 1911
Description: Postcard of a view of a man wearing a straw boater passing out flags to children on the Fourth of July. Text on reverse, "Sane 4th."
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"Not that You Won or Lost . . ."

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Description: Sid, holding an umbrella and sitting on bleachers outside the Wisconsin Historical Society building. Rain (graphite lines) is annotated on the negative. At...

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