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Family Gathering on Basswood Island

Date: 1916
Description: Picnic on the shores of Basswood Island, Apostle Islands. Those picnicking include Harriet Webb, C.A. Hull, H.W. Rodgers, Mrs. J. Austin, Elizabeth Baker, ...
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Card Players

Date: 03 20 1965
Description: Several men engaged in a serious card game at the Milwaukee Municipal Social Center, one of several centers devoted to social and recreational programs for...
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Woman with Dollhouse

Date: 11 14 1955
Description: Woman making a small adjustment to an interior room in a dollhouse.
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Playing Cards

Date: 05 10 1955
Description: Members of a musician's union playing cards together.
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Scrabble Game

Date: 04 11 1965
Description: A hospital patient plays a scrabble game with an occupational therapist.
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Senior Citizens Card Game

Date: 09 10 1968
Description: Elderly women sit around a card table and play cards at a new senior center.
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Frankfurters on the Grill

Date: 08 22 1963
Description: "Picnicking in Mitchell Park provided a pleasant afternoon recently for these senior citizens who participated in the Milwaukee County Park Commission's pr...
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Television for Patients

Date: 1950
Description: Hospital or nursing home patients are able to view television in their rooms.
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Model Builders' Reunion

Date: 1984
Description: A reunion of former members of Hangar 13, an organization of Beloit boys that built and raced model airplanes during the 1930s.
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Baiting the Hook

Date: 07 27 1941
Description: An elderly man looking blissful, sitting in a boat getting ready to cast his line.
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Visiting Queens at the Wisconsin State Fair

Date: 1962
Description: Miss Wisconsin 1962, Joan Mary Engh, and Alice in Dairyland 1962-63, Sylvia Lee, enjoy a drink of milk with an elderly gentleman during their visit to the ...
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Old Timers Day at the Fair

Date: 1938
Description: The Old Timers Club of Milwaukee waves for a motion picture being made at the Wisconsin State Fair.
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Governor Goodland at the Fair

Date: 1944
Description: Looking every bit his age (82), Governor Walter S. Goodland arrives at the Wisconsin State Fair.
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Group Posing on Ice Skates

Date: 1901
Description: Winter scene with four women, a man and a child, all well-dressed, posing on the ice wearing ice skates. Other skaters are behind them. Caption reads: "Syl...
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Harry Dyer and Models

Date: 10 05 1944
Description: Captain Harry Dyer, age 80, admiring his model log raft and steam boat in his basement workshop. For 20 years he was a raft boat mate. He left the river in...
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Edward S. Cooper

Date: 04 24 1945
Description: Edward S. Cooper, 1811 Jefferson Street, holding playing cards. Mr. Cooper, who is 90 years old, enjoys good health, gardening and playing skat with his fr...
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Women With Hand-Crafted Dolls

Date: 08 15 1946
Description: Women from the Unitarian Church with dolls for the war-blighted children of Europe and Asia. In the foreground is Mrs. F.H. (Ruby) King, one of Madison's o...
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Isora Wilson and Turnip Dolls

Date: 03 07 1947
Description: Isora Wilson, 432 N. Murray Street, has a collection of turnip dolls that she has made to resemble Charles Dickens' characters Pickwick and Scrooge.
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Man and Girl on Porch Swing

Date: 1921
Description: A older man and a young girl holding a doll are seated together on a porch swing for an outdoor portrait.
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Attic Angel Association 60th Anniversary Luncheon

Date: 10 13 1948
Description: Pictured at the 60th anniversary luncheon of the Attic Angel Association, sponsors of the Madison Visiting Nurse Service, are, from left to right: Mrs. Joh...

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