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Group Portrait

Date: 1930
Description: A group of two men, two women and four children in traditional dress are posing in front of the door of a brick dwelling. Three of the children are sitting...
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Two Men

Date: 1930
Description: Two men are smoking cigarettes outdoors. They are wearing turbans and traditional dress, and are sitting on a colorful rug with long fringe. A pair of sho...
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Native Oleander

Date: 1930
Description: An autochrome transparency of a shrub covered with pink blossoms. Arid hills are in the background.
Postcard

City Hall and Mifflin Street

Date: 1910
Description: View across street towards City Hall located at 2 West Mifflin (corner with Wisconsin Avenue). The building has three stories and a clock tower. Caption Re...
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Two Families

Date: 1930
Description: A group identified by the photographer as "two couples, four kids" are posing in front of a brick dwelling. One man and woman are standing in the doorway; ...
Postcard

Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 1994
Description: View of the South Hamilton Street entrance to the Capitol. A round tulip bed is in the foreground, and more tulip beds are along the sidewalk leading to th...
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Madison

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Description: Text on back reads: The Madison skyline from across Lake Monona with the new Monona Terrace Convention Center.
Postcard

Moon over Madison

Date: 1980
Description: View of the Madison skyline from Lake Monona in the moonlight.
Photograph

Pillow

Date: 1930
Description: View of a flat weave pillow with geometric patterns and cord detail on the edges, and small tassels at the corners.
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Oleander in Bloom

Date: 1930
Description: An oleander in full bloom is standing in colorful contrast to the arid hills in the background.
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Shell Mound and Field

Date: 1930
Description: Poppies are blooming in profusion in a field backed by an irregular hill, identified by the photographer as a shell mound.
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Four Wives

Date: 1930
Description: Four young women, one holding an infant, are posing sitting on a rug on the ground, inside the corner of two walls. Identified by the photographer only as ...
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Woman and Child with Dog

Date: 1930
Description: A woman and young girl are posing, sitting on the ground on a patterned carpet, with a dog resting with them. The woman has forearm tattoos, multiple brace...
Postcard

Methodist Hospital of Madison

Date: 
Description: View across street towards the Methodist Hospital at 309 W. Washington Avenue. Automobiles are parked along the curb. Caption reads: "Methodist Hospital of...
Photograph

Girl and Wildflowers

Date: 1930
Description: A young girl is smiling as she is posing while sitting in a rocky field of wildflowers with purple blossoms. She is wearing traditional dress and a head sc...
Photograph

Algerian Landscape

Date: 1930
Description: In the foreground, oleander bushes are blooming in profusion, backed by arid hills.
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Roman Mosaics

Date: 1930
Description: Roman carvings and architectural remnants are displayed out-of-doors below two intricate mosaics in Algeria, possibly in Constantine.
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Roman Mosaics

Date: 1930
Description: Roman carvings and architectural remnants are displayed out-of-doors below two intricate mosaics in Algeria, possibly in Constantine.
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Camp

Date: 1930
Description: View across field towards an automobile parked in front of a row of tents set up in a landscape of rolling hills. Two men are sitting at a table near the t...
Photograph

Camp

Date: 1930
Description: View across field towards an automobile, possibly a 1930 model Citroen, parked in front of a row of tents set up in a landscape of rolling hills. Two men a...

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