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Methodist Episcopal Church in Cambridge

Date: 1940
Description: Methodist Episcopal Church, founded in 1851. It claims to be "the oldest Scandinavian Methodist Episcopal church in the world."
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H.L. Mencken Having a Beer for Breakfast

Date: 1927
Description: H.L. Mencken sits at the breakfast table reading the newspaper and dining on toast and a goblet of beer. He autographed the photograph with "Breakfast in t...
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Polperro Undergoing Restoration

Date: 1940
Description: A restored Cornish miner's house, called Polperro, built in the 1840s, on Shake Rag Street undergoing restoration. The house was temporarily covered with s...
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Mirror Lake Bridge Construction

Date: 11 16 1960
Description: Elevated view of the interstate highway bridge construction at Mirror Lake showing the concrete footings halfway down the embankment.
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President John F. Kennedy

Date: 01 25 1961
Description: Waist-up portrait of President John F. Kennedy standing at a podium at his first press conference.
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It's Those Johnson Boys

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Description: The Johnson Brothers, billed as "Clean, Fast, Swedish Comedy," was a musical comedy act based in Racine, Wisconsin.
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Weber Home Bakery

Date: 1918
Description: Two middle-aged men standing in front of the window of the Weber [Ho]me Bakery.
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Joseph and Benno Jastrow

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Description: A studio portrait of Dr. Joseph Jastrow and his son Benno.
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Robert Hall

Date: 08 1951
Description: Robert Hall, curator of anthropological materials, standing in the anthropology room of the Wisconsin Historical Museum.
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Howells, Jenkins, and Baerreis

Date: 1950
Description: Group portrait of, from left to right: Professor Howells, John W. Jenkins (chief curator of the Wisconsin Historical Museum), and Professor Dave Baerreis.
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Mary Griggs Baby Portrait

Date: 1916
Description: Portrait of Mary Griggs, daughter of Mary Steele Livingston Griggs and Theodore Wright Griggs.
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Handicraft Group — 6 Year Old Boys & Girls

Date: 1947
Description: Slightly elevated view of nine children sitting around a table working on craft projects. A woman is sitting with them at the top of the table.

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