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Farmers Unloading Milk Cans

Date: 1876
Description: Farmers off-loading milk cans from their wagons at the creamery. One man is operating a hoist, lifting a can to pour the milk down a chute.
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Madison Soap Box Derby

Date: 07 03 1955
Description: Bobbie Geppert, son of Dr. Geppert, inspecting his Wolff-Kubly & Hirsig soap box racer entered in the Soap Box Derby.
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Girl in Snowsuit with Sled

Date: 11 10 1944
Description: Winter scene with a young girl (possibly Polly Pyre, the daughter of Russell B. Pyre) in a snowsuit standing with an "Airline Pilot" sled.
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Mrs. Joseph P. O'Brien with Her Two Daughters

Date: 05 28 1945
Description: Mrs. Joseph P. O'Brien, 1627 Jefferson Street, with her two daughters, playing in Vilas Park. Pictured left to right: Sharon Anne 2 1/2, and Mary Kay 1, wh...
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Pvt. Ervin M. Lichte and His Family

Date: 06 20 1945
Description: Pvt, Ervin M. Lichte, 122 North Street, and his family, left to right: Frederick, 4; Helen, 6; Pvt. Lichte; Mrs. Lichte (Irma) holding Judith, 2. Pvt. Lich...
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Children's Christmas Party

Date: 12 17 1948
Description: Children of Milwaukee Railroad employees sitting near a Christmas tree where a man sitting in a chair is dressed as Santa Claus. They are at the Milwaukee ...
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Shorewood Hills School Music Students

Date: 12 20 1948
Description: Shorewood Hills music students posed with their string instruments at a Christmas caroling party in the home of Mrs. Keys (Freda) Winterble, 901 University...
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Little Badger Boxing Classes

Date: 03 19 1949
Description: David Walsh lands a punch to the face of Bobby Theel during the Little Badger boxing classes at the University of Wisconsin fieldhouse. The referee is Vern...
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Girls on Bridge

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Description: Stereograph of two girls standing on a small wooden bridge with a railing along a rock formation.
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Devil's Lake Beach

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Description: View of the beach at Devil's Lake, including a few boaters and sunbathers.
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Diamond Grotto

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Description: Sterograph of two children wading at the Diamond Grotto.
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Syl and Lucia near Tent

Date: 1900
Description: Syl and Lucia posing near a tent or open-sided awning and a willow tree. Syl is wearing pants while Lucia is wearing overalls. Both are wearing hats. In th...
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Young Ballet Dancer

Date: 02 12 1952
Description: Mary Ellen Richards, age 5, poses while tying her ballet slippers. She is a pupil at the Kehl School of Dance.
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Twenty-Three Champions Compete in City Spelling Bee

Date: 03 25 1952
Description: Spelling champions from twenty-three Madison public and parochial schools will take part in the city spelling finals of the "Wisconsin State Journal" 1952 ...
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Baby Week

Date: 04 16 1952
Description: Brothers Raymond Christian "Chris" and Jeffrey "Jeep" Jefferson playing cowboy. They are sons of Dr. and Mrs. Frederick Jefferson.
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Baby Week

Date: 04 16 1952
Description: Portrait of twenty-month-old Emily Jane Kiekfofer standing on a sofa.
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Junior Division of the University League

Date: 09 28 1953
Description: Sylvia Graf and children Eric, 3 years, and Siri, 9 months, taste cheese. Sylvia is the social sewing chairman for the Junior Division of the University Le...
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World Community Day

Date: 10 27 1953
Description: Sunday School children, mostly from the Pilgrim Congregational Church, pack gifts to be sent to refugee camps all over the world as part of World Community...
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New Year's Babies

Date: 12 29 1953
Description: Mary Jo Sweeney standing next to a couch. The photograph was one of a series featuring the children born one year ago on New Year's Day of 1953.
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Stay-At-Home Mothers

Date: 05 03 1954
Description: Elizabeth Morris takes loaves of bread out of the oven as her children Mary, age 3 1/2 and Sandra, 15 months, look on. The photograph was taken as part of ...

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