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Broadway Gardens Orchestra

Date: 10 12 1929
Description: Ten musicians that make up the Broadway Gardens Orchestra posing on stage with their instruments.
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Samuel S. Pierce and his Mother

Date: 1929
Description: Samuel S. Pierce, (1870-1936) posing with his mother, Hettie (Starks) Pierce (1829-1944). Hettie was 115 when she died. Hettie, Samuel, his wife Mollie, an...
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Governor Philipp with Chippewa Indian Delegation

Date: 02 23 1920
Description: Wisconsin Governor Emmanuel Philipp in the Governor's Office during a conference with a delegation of Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indians. Executive Messenger Samuel...
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Benjamin "Bennie" Butts at Wisconsin Historical Society

Date: 1925
Description: Benjamin Butts posing outside the Wisconsin Historical Society where he worked as a messenger.
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Tenney Park: Andrew Webb Jr. and Al. Weaver

Date: 1920
Description: Andrew Webb Jr. and Al. Weaver standing on a bridge over the "Catfish" (Yahara) River in Tenney Park.
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Webb Family Album: Three Maids of Madison

Date: 1920
Description: A page from the Webb family album, compiled and captioned by Andrew Webb Jr., son of Caroline Webb, with four images of family friends, including two young...
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Three Women Posing in Vilas Park

Date: 1920
Description: Three African American women, Lucille Jones, Charlotte Simms, and Phoebe Hines, posing in Vilas Park.
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Webb Family Album: The Tumbledown Shack

Date: 1920
Description: A page from the Webb family album, compiled and captioned by Andrew Webb Jr., son of Caroline Webb, with two images of friends, an image of the corner groc...
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Webb Family Album: Look — Laugh

Date: 1920
Description: A page from the Webb family album, compiled and captioned by Andrew Webb Jr., with images of Caroline Webb (Andrew's mother), Henry P. Jones, and Circus Da...
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Neighborhood House Album: Playtime

Date: 1925
Description: Page from an album kept by Neighborhood House, with images of infants and young children being cared for at the settlement house, including a group outside...
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Sewing Saturday Mornings at Neighborhood House

Date: 1924
Description: Groups of children are sitting at tables for a Saturday morning sewing group at Neighborhood House, with a woman helping the children at each table. One bo...
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Freddie Mae Hill

Date: 1928
Description: Quarter-length profile portrait of Freddie Mae Hill, the first African-American resident of Madison to graduate from the University of Wisconsin, Madison H...
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"Elite Club" and Others, East Side High

Date: 1924
Description: Nine young men are posing together, most of them wearing suits. Caption reads: "Elite of the younger set in Madison. Ted second from left, Buck Weaver foot...

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