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Hommel's Heidelberg Hofbrau Interior

Date: 11 11 1934
Description: Interior of Hommel's Restaurant, 20 West Mifflin Street, with interior decor reflected in the food counters, wood panelling, table settings, lighting and b...
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Hommels Cooking School

Date: 11 24 1933
Description: View from center aisle of Hommel's Cooking School set up on the Parkway Theater stage, 6-10 W. Mifflin Street. Displayed is a layout of the cooking demonst...
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Mother and Baby Playing

Date: 1903
Description: Beatrice C. Gesell and Gerhard Gesell, Jr. play out-of-doors. While mother watches the baby sits on a pillow playing with a volume titled "Educational Pro...
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Baby Playing with His Feet

Date: 1903
Description: A baby lies on the dining table playing with his feet while his mother looks on.
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Central Parking Garage Exterior

Date: 12 01 1932
Description: Exterior front view of the Central Parking Garage at 13-15 South Webster Street showing four gas pumps in front. Property owned by George Gill, business op...
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Wisconsin State Capitol Assembly Chamber

Date: 1913
Description: Wisconsin State Capitol Assembly Chamber, including the mural of Edwin Blashfield. The mural depicts Wisconsin's past, present and future and set the tone ...
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Aerial View of Milwaukee Railroad Roundhouse

Date: 1956
Description: Aerial view of the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railroad station, roundhouse, and yard at the intersection of West Washington Avenue (across lower left...
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Parade of Homes House

Date: 09 18 1952
Description: A new home, at 4326 De Volis Parkway, ready for the "Parade of Homes" show. The house was built by Ace Construction Company.
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Purcell Garage

Date: 02 04 1943
Description: Six Chevrolet automobiles (possibly taxies) and 10 drivers holding pledge cards outside the side entrance to Friede Storage Garage (previously known as Pur...
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Orpheum Theatre Usher

Date: 1936
Description: Orpheum Theatre usher, Rolland W. Hamelin, who had recently received an appointment to West Point. 216 State Street.
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Farm Family in Living Room

Date: 1900
Description: A farm family posing in their living room. Sitting from left to right is John Dietrich (1874-1947), Grace Bowman (1879-1964), and Mrs. Lizzie Macke Dietric...
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Churning Butter

Date: 05 12 1933
Description: Ellen (Mrs. William) Lacy, of Sunny Slope farm, 5810 Lacy Road, south of Madison, sitting in the farmyard and turning a barrel butter churn.
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Mrs. Mutchler Making Soup

Date: 05 12 1933
Description: Mrs. Wilson Mutchler of Stoners' Prairie farm at 2533 Mutchler Road, south of Madison, cooking soup on a woodstove.
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Forest Hill Cemetery Dike Damage

Date: 05 21 1933
Description: Two men examine a break in the dike and the wash out damage at Forest Hill Cemetery, Section 22. The house in the background is located at 454 Virginia Ter...
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Forest Hill Cemetery Dike Damage

Date: 05 21 1933
Description: View of Forest Hill Cemetery behind 440 Virginia Terrace, showing damage to dike.
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Ole Emerson's Lumber Camp Bunkhouse

Date: 1902
Description: Lumbermen in their bunk house at Ole Emerson's lumber camp. Several of them have pipes in their mouths and their socks are hanging to dry.
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University of Wisconsin Eagle Heights

Date: 1958
Description: University of Wisconsin Eagle Heights.
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John R. Commons

Date: 1920
Description: John R. Commons, a University of Wisconsin professor, is shown standing outside Sterling Hall with his hat on the ground at his feet.
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Cat in Rocking Chair

Date: 1905
Description: Jennie and Edgar Krueger's cat Tramp dressed up in old boys' clothes and sitting in a rocking chair. The cat has its paws on a board that has been placed o...
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Upside Down Smile Sign

Date: 1959
Description: Filling station sign reading: "smile," purposely put upside down. A young woman is bending over to read it.

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