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Labor Day Picnic

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Description: A man gives a little girl balloons that say "Jobs With Justice".
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Setting Up Circus Seating

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Description: A group of boys, supervised by adult men, set up wooden folding chairs in a circus tent.
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Diamond Kitty of the Shrine Circus

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Description: "Diamond Kitty," a performer with the Shrine Circus, poses with a large group of people in front of the sideshow tent housing the "World's Fattest People" ...
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Mrs. Kehl Feeds An Infant

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Description: Genevieve Kehl, the wife of Leo Kehl, assisted her husband in many ways in the operation of the Kehl School of Dance in Madison. In addition to work on th...
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Belle Case La Follette and her Sons

Date: 1904
Description: Formal seated portrait of Belle Case La Follette, the wife of Robert M. La Follette, Sr., and her two sons, Robert M. La Follette, Jr., (standing) and Phil...
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Sunday Service

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Description: A sunday morning worship service at children's home.
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Mr. Ben and Children

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Description: Mr. Ben sitting on a couch talking to some children.
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Hotel Juneau

Date: 1895
Description: Necedah, Wisconsin. 1895-1899. Hotel Juneau with several people on front porch and balcony. On the middle balcony appear (the sequence is ambiguous) : Sila...
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J. Robert Taylor Family Posed near Christmas Tree

Date: 1910
Description: Family grouping at Christmas tree. From left, J. Robert Taylor's wife, Alma Reinhardt Taylor, daughter Donna, son Frederick, and daughter Ellen.
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Blister Rust Exhibit

Date: 08 1934
Description: Building at the Tri-State Fair, outside of which a white pine tree dying from white pine blister rust is displayed.
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Family in Lake Park

Date: 1905
Description: A woman and young girl in a bonnet, possibly mother and daughter, and a man and a young girl, possibly father and daughter, holding hands while strolling o...
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Baby's First Birthday

Date: 1911
Description: The J. Robert family posed around baby Fred in a high chair with his first birthday cake. Family members are identified from left as Ellen Taylor Higgins,...
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J. Robert Taylor Family

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Description: Family posed in a line in a yard outside a home. Identified from back: Alma Reinhardt Taylor, Ellen Taylor Higgins, J. Robert Taylor, Donna Taylor Adams, ...
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Portrait of Woman and Girl

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Description: A seated woman holds a book in her lap while a young girl stands behind her, both posing for a studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop.
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Three Women and a Child

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Description: Three women and a child pose for a studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop. All of the women are holding umbrellas and are wearing hats. The child, ...
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Woman and Child

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Description: A studio portrait of a seated woman wearing a hat and a young girl leaning towards her in front of a painted backdrop.
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Elderly Man and Young Girls

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Description: A seated elderly man sits between two standing girls in front of a painted backdrop. The man wears a suit jacket, vest with watch fob, tie, and trousers, a...
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Elderly Man with Young Boy and Girl

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Description: A studio portrait of a seated elderly man with two young children in front of a painted backdrop. The elderly man wears a suit jacket, vest, and trousers, ...
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Two Adults and a Child

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Description: A young girl in a dress stands between a man and woman who are seated. They pose in front of a painted backdrop. The women wears a long dress, and the man ...
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Family Portrait

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Description: A family with four children poses for a studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop. The two parents are seated while two older children stand behind th...

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