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Dr. Babcock with Butterfat Tester

Date: 1926
Description: Dr. Stephen Babcock with an electric centrifuge butterfat tester.
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Cooking Class for Males

Date: 04 03 1933
Description: A class of males at work on kitchen activities.
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Ojibwa Indian Apparel

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Description: Ojibwa Indian apparel and beadwork owned by A.T. Newman of Bloomer, Wisconsin.
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Unidentified Union Soldier

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Description: Oval framed, waist-up portrait of an unidentified Union soldier.
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Grace Episcopal Church Interior

Date: 1926
Description: Interior view of the Grace Episcopal Church, showing the central arch between the altar and congregation.
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Painters in Library Reading Room

Date: 1923
Description: Men in work clothes stand on scaffolding in the library reading room of the Wisconsin Historical Society. Desks below are covered with drop cloths. The rea...
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Mildred M. Barber

Date: 03 27 1939
Description: Left to right are: Miss Mildred M. Barber, standing, and Miss Helen Thompson and Miss Helen M. Brooks, both sitting.
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University of Wisconsin Dairy School Laboratory

Date: 1915
Description: Large group of Dairy School students, all men, testing samples in the laboratory.
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Newlyweds at Home

Date: 1936
Description: Mr. and Mrs. T.H. Millman informally posed at their home wedding.
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Interior Resident of Professor Ely

Date: 1925
Description: Interior of the living room or library in the residence of Professor Richard Ely, on Prospect Street.
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Woman Working in Insurance Office

Date: 11 19 1927
Description: Young woman sitting at a typewriter, presumably a staff employee, in the office of the Indiana Liberty Mutual Insurance Company.
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Residential Wake

Date: 1925
Description: Deceased man's body lying in open veiled coffin, surrounded by flowers, in a residential interior.
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Mr. and Mrs. Sawles

Date: 1939
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Sawles stand with floral tributes at their golden wedding anniversary.
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Library of Professor Richard Ely

Date: 1925
Description: Interior of the library/study in the residence of Prof. Richard Ely, on Prospect Street. Prof. Ely, of the University of Wisconsin, was a noted economist.
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Pulp Vat

Date: 1930
Description: A young man is working at a pulp vat in a paper mill.
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Hall of Travertine, Cave of the Mounds

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Description: View of a large interior cave room. There is a wooden bridge and a lighting fixture. Caption reads: "Hall of Travertine, a single room 350 feet long with t...
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Tiger Muskie

Date: 1940
Description: A taxidermied specimen of a tiger muskellunge photographed in a naturalistic setting.
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Dane County Amateur Theatrical Group

Date: 1923
Description: Nine young people posing on stage. One person is in blackface. Caption reads: "Dane County Wis Amateur theatrical group 1923".
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Young Women's Ukulele Orchestra

Date: 11 30 1925
Description: Group portrait of 24 women and one man sitting and holding ukuleles. Caption reads: "Young women's ukulele orchestra at French Battery and Carbon Co. party...
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Homer Adkins

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Description: Quarter-length portrait of Homer Adkins, professor of Chemistry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dr. Adkins studied the hydrogenation of organic com...

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