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| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Summertime view of people at tables on University of Wisconsin-Madison Memorial Union terrace, looking out to canoes and sailboats on the lake. In the back... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Twin sisters Julie & Juliet Gerke, students at the Kehl School of Dance, posed in matching, Kehl-designed clothing--including hats, jackets, short skirts, ... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Children standing on barrels in front of Droster Grocery and Filling Station at 1438 Sherman Avenue, run by Red Whitney. The children are Whitney's nieces ... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Future District Court Judge William Sachtjen, wearing an apron and holding a broom. He is standing behind a 7-Up sign. Sachtjen worked at Droster's Grocery... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Members of newly formed Temple Beth El. Holocaust survivor Rabbi Manfred Swarsensky is seated in the front row, third from the left. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | View from street of the porch of the house at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. A group of women are gathered on the fron porch. Snow covers the ground. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Winter scene with two children on sled in the snow, possibly on Regent Street, Madison, Wisconsin. In the background is a house and yard. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A postcard of the Henry Vilas Zoo (Vilas Park Zoo) depicting aquatic fowl, with an inset of a sea lion on a rock. Caption reads: "At the Zoo, Madison, Wis.... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Quarter-length studio portrait of Leo Kehl. It is inscribed, "To Marion Hughes, May you always be happy to the dancing profession. Your teacher, Leo Kehl". |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of the Orioles, members of a club for ten-year-old girls at Neighborhood House. A former worker at the settlement house then working in a ho... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Page from a scrapbook kept by Neighborhood House, with members of the Orioles, a girls' club at the settlement house. There are six images of members displ... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Interior portrait of an elderly man sitting in a rocking chair whittling. A small boy is standing behind him on the right. Potted plants are on the window ... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Stanley Hanks gazing at the camera while sitting in his office at 24 West Mifflin Street. There are framed photographs on the wall behind him of businesses... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Sophie Smith (Mrs. Arthur) Pugh sitting in an arm chair next to a Christmas tree. She is wearing a jacket over a dark dress with large buttons. The tree is... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Arthur Pugh (1860-1948) posing while sitting in the office of the state treasurer in the Wisconsin State Capitol. He is holding his glasses and is wearing ... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Two men dressed in suits and hats are posing while supporting a wooden frame from which four sturgeon are hanging, tied up by their tails. A stone building... |
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