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Photograph

Mowing the Lawn with Baby

Date: 05 05 1985
Description: Father carrying his infant son on his back while mowing the lawn.
Photograph

Out of Action

Date: 01 13 1967
Description: Dejected skier at home with cast and crutches, after breaking her leg practicing for competition.
Photograph

Pickled Peppers

Date: 11 21 1963
Description: A variety of canned and fresh peppers is artfully displayed by the woman who serves them to her family and gives them as gifts.
Photograph

Cook's Choice

Date: 03 19 1964
Description: A chef wearing a toque removes a roast from the oven.
Photograph

Reading Circle

Date: 08 06 1963
Description: A mother reads stories on her front steps to children from around the block.
Photograph

Jacobson Family in Living Room

Date: 
Description: Living room scene in the Jacobson home, with a blurred image of a man running in front of the camera. A woman sits at a piano while three men are posed at ...
Drawing

Composite of Madison Views

Date: 1885
Description: Wisconsin State Capitol surrounded by seven miniature drawings of Madison images.
Book or Pamphlet

Yuba Tractor Oversize Model 20-35 Brochure

Date: 1920
Description: Front cover of a brochure advertising the oversize model 20-35 Yuba tractor. The cover features an illustration of a tractor parked in front of a large hou...
Print

Yuba Ball Tread Tractor

Date: 1920
Description: Back cover of a booklet advertising the Yuba ball tread tractor. The color illustration depicts a rear view of a man using a tractor to work a hillside far...
Print

"Tracover" Advertisement

Date: 1920
Description: Advertisement for the "Tracover", a tractor garage, in the "Yuba Bulletin". The illustration shows a farmer beside a Yuba tractor next to a "Tracover" buil...
Book or Pamphlet

Eagle Farm Tractors

Date: 1920
Description: Front cover of a booklet advertising Eagle farm tractors featuring a color illustration of a man using a tractor to plow a field in front of a farmhouse.
Photograph

Milwaukee Home for Aged Lutherans Piano Player

Date: 1967
Description: Miss Lydia Henie, 76 years old, playing the piano in the devotional room of the Home for Aged Lutherans, 7500 West North Avenue.
Book or Pamphlet

Eclipse Wind Engine Co. Catalog

Date: 1880
Description: Page from Eclipse Wind Engine Co. [Beloit, Wisconsin] catalog featuring an illustration of an Eclipse Wind Engine installed in a barn. A cut-away view show...
Photograph

Signal Oak

Date: 1982
Description: A tall bur oak at the corner of Ransom and West Thorne Streets dwarfs adjacent houses and their garages. The tree is bare and there is snow on the ground. ...
Photograph

White Oak

Date: 1982
Description: A mature white oak with multiple large branches standing in the backyard of the Robert Carberry house on Millston Avenue. The rear of the house and a bird ...
Photograph

Banner on South Boston Home

Date: 1975
Description: Hand-drawn banner hanging from the bay window of a home. The banner features a cartoon, rear view, of a boy holding an American flag, with his arm around a...
Photograph

Ku Klux Klan Sign

Date: 1975
Description: A man, sitting on porch steps, is holding up a sign that reads: "K.K.K. + S.B + H.P." (Ku Klux Klan plus South Boston plus Hyde Park.) Standing on the porc...
Photograph

Lillian St. Cyr

Date: 05 15 1958
Description: Lillian St. Cyr standing and posing in a traditional Native American beaded buckskin dress and floor length headdress. St. Cyr, also known as Red Wing, was...
Photograph

Bronwyn Jones

Date: 09 11 1963
Description: A woman is smiling while posing with her right leg lifted. She is wearing a dress and standing in front of a fireplace and wood-paneled wall. Caption reads...

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