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Pushing the Lawn Mower

Date: 1955
Description: A man who does odd jobs around his neighborhood mows a banked lawn.
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Maffet Family, Four Generations

Date: 03 23 1945
Description: Group portrait of four generations of the Maffet family. Left to right: David John Maffet in uniform (b. 5/31/1922), Ellen Gardener McDermott (b. 8/8/1858)...
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Governor Walter S. Goodland at His Desk

Date: 12 06 1944
Description: Wisconsin Governor Walter S. Goodland sitting at his desk in the Capitol with pipe in hand.
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Lena A. Zwank, Theodore J. Schlueter and Mary I. Whare

Date: 01 26 1944
Description: Lena A. Zwank, Theodore J. Schlueter and Mary I. Whare, Wisconsin Motor Vehicle Department retirees, seated at a dining table set up in the office, with po...
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Seven East High School Seniors and Cake

Date: 06 06 1935
Description: Seven East High School seniors and one woman sitting on stage with a tiered birthday cake with candles.
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Laundress at Madison General Hospital

Date: 02 06 1934
Description: Older woman laundry worker folding items at a table in front of industrial laundry equipment, in the laundry at Madison General Hospital.
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Mrs. Hugh O'Neill

Date: 11 28 1933
Description: Portrait of elderly Mrs. Hugh O'Neill, lying in bed after losing her life savings of $610, which had been in a bag pinned to her undergarments. 917 Chandle...
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Joseph Oden La Follette and His Grandmother

Date: 11 16 1933
Description: Joseph Oden La Follette, the son of Senator Robert La Follette, Jr., being held by his maternal grandmother, Harriet Oden of Washington, D.C.
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Mrs. Thiel

Date: 09 28 1933
Description: Portrait of elderly Mrs. Thiel, Mrs. J. Randall's mother.
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Four Generation Portrait

Date: 03 17 1933
Description: Four generation portrait taken for Nola McGann (Mrs. Louis).
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Helen Schleck

Date: 09 26 1932
Description: Helen Schleck (Mrs. Mathias H.), standing beside a radio, is a Dane County pioneer celebrating her 86th birthday, 1201 Sherman Avenue.
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Daniel A. and Nellie M. Rooney

Date: 02 14 1932
Description: Portrait of Daniel A. and Nellie M. Rooney at their home at 1144 Spaight Street.
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Family Portrait

Date: 07 01 1930
Description: Four generation family group portrait of a great grandfather, a grandfather, the young father, and his twin babies in the laps of the elders.
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Portrait of an Old Man

Date: 11 30 1930
Description: Copy photograph of a portrait of an old man done for "Mrs. Dean".
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Senator Proxmire and Constituents

Date: 07 1969
Description: Senator William Proxmire greets three elderly women seated on a bench at the Capitol Square.
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Collecting Taxes in the Federal Building

Date: 01 30 1961
Description: Mrs. Peter Mohm wears a coat and scarf indoors as she collects taxes in an unheated federal building.
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Volunteers of America Dinner

Date: 11 26 1952
Description: Bessie Koen serves the first course of the traditional turkey-and-trimmings dinner to James Eckert. Dinner was served by the Volunteers of America to 56 me...
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Volunteers of America Dinner

Date: 11 26 1952
Description: William Thorp and Hattie Reed bow their heads in prayer before Thanksgiving dinner is served by the Volunteers of America to 56 members of its Sunset Club.
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Volunteers of America Dinner

Date: 11 26 1952
Description: Members of the Volunteers of America Sunset Club eating a Thanksgiving dinner.
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Volunteers of America Dinner

Date: 11 26 1952
Description: Lt. Col. Frieda Nolte, officer in charge of the Madison post, welcomes Jenny Frothingham to a Thanksgiving dinner served by the Volunteers of America to 56...

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