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| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | Mr. and Mrs. Simon Overby at home in their parlor with books, family portraits, and an organ with sheet music. Mr. Overby sits in a chair with a cane and a... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Portrait of William Tennant, a magazine and newspaper agent from Black River Falls who lost both legs below the knee. Here he is shown with his artificial ... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Studio portrait of William Tennant, a magazine and newspaper agent in Black River Falls, sitting in a chair holding a magazine. His artificial legs are pr... |
| Date: | 04 13 1945 |
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| Description: | Reverend George E. Hunt, age 80, interim pastor at Christ Presbyterian Church. |
| Date: | 04 24 1945 |
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| Description: | Carrie King (Mrs. F.H. King), 88, of 426 University Farm Place, who came to Madison with her husband, a professor of Agricultual Physics, in 1888. Mrs. Kin... |
| Date: | 05 1946 |
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| Description: | Portrait of an unknown elderly woman seated in front of a bookcase. |
| Date: | 08 05 1947 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Elizabeth Brilliott, 1617 Seminole Highway. |
| Date: | 04 05 1948 |
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| Description: | Martin Christiansen of Edgerton, the oldest fiddler at the Old-Time Fiddlers contest at the Madison Community Center. He is 77 and has been playing almost ... |
| Date: | 1934 |
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| Description: | E.W. and Mary Brandel relax together in their home in front of a brick fireplace. They are both wearing eyeglasses; he is reading a newspaper and she is kn... |
| Date: | 06 16 1950 |
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| Description: | Carl Runge (right), 91, U.W. Madison 1886 alumni and a former Milwaukee judge, is shown receiving a gold top cane to honor his being the oldest alumnus in ... |
| Date: | 10 06 1950 |
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| Description: | Portrait of the Herman Fischer family. Emmy Lou, 16, and Herman, Jr., 20, are standing in the back row. Seated in the second row are Grandma Emma Fischer,... |
| Date: | 1946 |
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| Description: | W.V.B. Holloway, Richard Quinney's maternal grandfather, sitting at a a table looking at a large book of maps. A phone is mounted to the wall next to him ... |
| Date: | 06 18 1918 |
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| Description: | Dedication ceremony for Muir Knoll on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Judge Milton S. Griswold is speaking at flag-draped podium, and a ... |
| Date: | 06 10 1952 |
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| Description: | Grandfather Harry L. Geisler reads a Woman's Day magazine to his grandchildren, Timmy (James William), 5, and Nancy Anne, 2, at their home at 3120 Oxford R... |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | Close-up of Miriam Bennett working on a photographic print at the Bennett studio. Possibly taken by Ruth Bennett Dyer or Oliver Reese. |
| Date: | 04 01 1960 |
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| Description: | A fashionably dressed woman is sharing a book with an elderly woman. |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Portrait of John Muir. He is seated and is reading a book. |
| Date: | 07 19 1954 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Elizabeth Govin on her 90th birthday. She is sitting in a chair holding a book. |
| Date: | 1975 |
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| Description: | "Eugene Gerlach is honored for his many years in the Fire Department. He is flanked by his grandson, Gene Koll, & Chief Bernard Adelmeyer." |
| Date: | 10 1980 |
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| Description: | "The candid camera catches a fleeting glimpse of Ed Radke as he worships at St. Peter's Lutheran Church. Ed will celebrate his 94th birthday on Feb. 4, 19... |
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