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Telephone Conversation

Date: 03 27 1963
Description: A three-year-old girl uses a toy telephone, and carries on an imaginary conversation at a preschool.
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The Grill Room

Date: 05 08 1964
Description: A waitress sets restaurant tables in anticipation of evening business.
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Tea Party

Date: 05 05 1963
Description: Mother pouring tea for her twins at the mother and daughter tea, sponsored by the Brookfield Woman's Club.
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Gumball Machine

Date: 12 11 1965
Description: Boy inserting coin into a gumball vending machine in anticipation of a sweet treat.
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Crocheting Doilies

Date: 04 17 1957
Description: A Girl Scout crocheting doilies at a senior citizens' care center with her "adoptive grandmother."
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Miss Mary Barnes and the Hat

Date: 01 09 1963
Description: Mary Barnes, wearing a mink stole and pearls, modeling her outrageous hat. It is wired to light 10 street lights that are arranged around the brim.
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Pots and Pans Storage

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Description: A woman shows how her variety of pots and pans are stored on a sliding rack under the oven in her kitchen.
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Spring Growth

Date: 03 17 1963
Description: A girl inspects the growth of potted seeds.
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Lab Work

Date: 1950
Description: Holding a dropper over racks of test tubes, a man in a lab coat aims to place drops in the receptacles.
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Bazaar Tree

Date: 04 03 1963
Description: Women replenishes handkerchiefs plucked from her wire tree at bazaar sale.
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Joseph McCarthy

Date: 1946
Description: Joseph McCarthy at the time of his election victory over Senator Robert M. La Follette, Jr., in the Republican primary.
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Carrie Chapman Catt

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Description: Portrait of Carrie Chapman Catt, a leader in the women's suffrage movement, peace advocate, and first president of the League of Women Voters.
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Indian Petroglyphs

Date: 1960
Description: Norb Bybee shoots a self-portrait with his camera of petroglyphs that are carved in the face of a rock shelter near Gullikson's Glen.
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Weighing the Curd

Date: 11 07 1979
Description: Cheesemaker Laurel Ettien, measuring the weight of cheese curd after it was separated from the whey.
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Portrait of J.H. Denison

Date: 1905
Description: Seated studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop, retouched, of J.H. Denison.
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George M. Cohan and James Graham

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Description: George M. Cohan and James Graham hold the same pose next to each other, with Cohen looking back toward Graham. Graham plays a younger Cohan. There is a lar...

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