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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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Captain Paterson

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Description: Captain Paterson is seated in front of his boathouse on the 600 block of East Gorham Street. He is holding a small boat on his lap.
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D.A.V. Presents Flag to Mt. Zion Church

Date: 05 21 1961
Description: The Madison chapter of the Disabled American Veterans presents a 50-star flag in honor of John Parrish, center, a member of the newly built Mt. Zion Church...
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U.W. Half-Century Club Holds Reunion

Date: 06 19 1953
Description: The U.W. alumni "Half-Century Club" meets in the Great Hall of the Memorial Union. 325 graduates attend the reunion of graduates of 50 years, or more. Edwa...
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Summer Scenes at Madison Parks and Beaches

Date: 08 03 1953
Description: Fishermen ranging in age from seven years to over seventy cast from the breakwater at Tenney Park.
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Christmas Party at Oakwood Lutheran Home

Date: 12 18 1954
Description: Members of the Sherman Avenue Methodist Church junior choir sing Christmas songs for Oakwood Lutheran Home residents. Shown seated at a table are Almira an...
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Christmas Party at Oakwood Lutheran Home

Date: 12 18 1954
Description: Mary Anderson and Ted Cox, members of the Sherman Avenue Methodist Church youth choir, sing Christmas carols at a party for residents of Oakwood Lutheran H...
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Christmas Party at Oakwood Lutheran Home

Date: 12 18 1954
Description: Elizabeth Damres (left), home matron, and Helen Antoine, Mendota Garden Club member, pass out gifts during a Christmas party for residents of the Oakwood L...
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Christmas Party at Oakwood Lutheran Home

Date: 12 18 1954
Description: Vivian Schleck (left), member of the Mendota Garden Club, lights a candle, and Mrs. Alvin Sonnenberg, member of the Little Garden Clubs, serves cookies du...
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Helen Notari and Helen Zawacki at Political Skills Workshop

Date: 1979
Description: Helen Notari and Helen Zawacki at a ten-week political skills workshop for seniors held at Neighborhood House.
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Paul Vanderbilt and Thematic Panel

Date: 10 1984
Description: Paul Vanderbilt, the curator emeritus of Iconographic collections at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, poses in front of one of his Thematic Panel...
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Sunset Hills Children's Circus

Date: 07 29 1961
Description: Not just children came to the Sunset Hills neighborhood children's circus. It was a fund raiser to benefit the American Nursing Research Foundation. The po...
Historical Object

Paul Vanderbilt Pairing 72

Date: 
Description: Old skin is yet alive to whispered lashings,
the quick-step dried and gone to the bone.
Embrace the wall and face away from trouble
in the winter ...
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Visiting Nurse Health Aide Program

Date: 05 12 1964
Description: Marie Ackley is sweeping the floor of the apartment of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Lund. She is working as a health aide in a new Visiting Nurse Service program an...
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Old Man Whittling

Date: 1940
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 ...
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University of Wisconsin's 111th Commencement

Date: 06 08 1964
Description: Woman spectator sitting at the commencement ceremony inside Camp Randall stadium wearing an "improvised sun bonnet" made of folded newspaper.
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Federal Income Tax Office

Date: 04 15 1965
Description: Income tax filer reading the small print on the forms at the Federal Tax Office on University Avenue.
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Portrait of Reuben Linstrom

Date: 1982
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Reuben Linstrom. He has long white hair, beard and mustache.
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Second Portrait of Reuben Linstrom

Date: 1982
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Reuben Linstrom. He is looking to the left.
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Portrait of Walter Jock

Date: 1982
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Walter Jock, a local resident of Williamson Street.

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