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Photograph

Father in Apron Cooking

Date: 1960
Description: A father standing over a pan wearing an apron. He is cooking and smoking a cigar.
Photograph

Baking Hazelnut Torte

Date: 05 05 1964
Description: A woman wearing an apron preparing a hazelnut torte from a prized recipe.
Photograph

Space-Saving Washer and Dryer

Date: 1950
Description: Woman demonstrating a new space-saving Westinghouse washer/dryer unit.
Photograph

May I Use the Phone?

Date: 1950
Description: Two teenage girls are both interested in talking on the telephone.
Print

John Quincy Adams

Date: 
Description: Engraving from a painting of John Quincy Adams.
Print

Martha Washington

Date: 
Description: Full-length portrait of Martha Dandridge Washington from an 1878 painting by E.F. Andrews.
Photograph

Richard M. Nixon, Age 4

Date: 1917
Description: Portrait of Richard M. Nixon, seated, at four years of age, wearing a sailor suit and Dutch-boy haircut.
Photograph

Construction of Eagle Heights

Date: 1948
Description: Construction of the faculty housing project at Eagle Heights for the University of Wisconsin Madison.
Book or Pamphlet

Grow a Garden

Date: 1915
Description: Cover of a booklet produced by International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department to promote family gardens. Includes an image of a young woman st...
Book or Pamphlet

Make the Garden Pay

Date: 01 20 1928
Description: Cover of a booklet produced by International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department to promote family gardens. Includes an illustration of a basket ...
Book or Pamphlet

Grow a Vegetable Garden

Date: 03 15 1918
Description: Booklet produced by International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department to promote family vegetable gardens. Includes the text: "grow a vegetable g...
Book or Pamphlet

Tuberculosis Must Go

Date: 05 25 1928
Description: Cover of a booklet produced by International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department to help prevent the spread of tuberculosis. Includes the text: ...
Photograph

George Clayton Farmhouse

Date: 1948
Description: George Clayton farmhouse, about three miles from the Capitol Square on Oregon road.
Photograph

Cole-Burrows House

Date: 1878
Description: The Cole-Burrows house at 406 North Pinckney Street, built by Judge Orsamis Cole. He lived in it for several years before selling it to George B. Burrows.
Photograph

Sod House

Date: 
Description: Exterior of a dilapidated sod house.
Book or Pamphlet

Playground of Wisconsin's Northwoods Pamphlet

Date: 1931
Description: Cover of a Wisconsin tourism pamphlet for the 1932 season.
Print

The Unwilling Bride

Date: 1847
Description: An unhappy looking bride is seated in a chair looking out the window as another woman sits on the floor holding her hand. A third woman looks on angrily.
Photograph

House in Ruins

Date: 1992
Description: Country house in ruins on Irene Road in DeKalb County.
Photograph

Plants in the Window

Date: 1999
Description: Indoor plants in the dining room window at the Quinney farm.
Photograph

Front Porch at the Farm

Date: 1999
Description: Front porch at the Quinney farm.

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