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Fashion Model in Front of Carillon Tower

Date: 08 13 1940
Description: Manchester's Department Store model modeling a dress, hat, and purse in front of the Carillon Tower on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
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Frank Lloyd Wright

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Description: Frank Lloyd Wright sitting on a stone balustrade.
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Madison Public Library

Date: 1913
Description: Interior view of the Madison Public Library, circulation desk. Cardboard backing reads: "1913, Main Loan Desk." A large group of women in winter coats and ...
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Skiers

Date: 01 1928
Description: Winter scene with Ferdinand Hotz, holding a cigarette, posing on skis. His wife, Clothilde, stands on the left with a long walking stick; daughter Helen (L...
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Ferdinand Hotz

Date: 1920
Description: Ferdinand Hotz poses in Bavarian dress, holding a carved walking stick, on the porch of his cottage on Europe Lake. He wears a felt hat with braid and a la...
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Meal on Porch

Date: 1924
Description: A group poses on the rustic porch of the Hotz family cottage on Europe Lake. There are dishes and food on the tables. The photographer's wife, Clothilde, w...
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Men, Women and Children at Market

Date: 1918
Description: Slightly elevated view of a group of men, women and children standing outdoors in the snow, possibly to attend the market in Archangel [Arkhangelsk], Russi...
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Outdoor Group Portrait of European American Children

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Description: Outdoor portrait of three unidentified boys posing standing in a yard surrounded by a wooden fence, near a wooden walkway. The Jackson County building is i...
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Ruth Kressin Holding a Cat

Date: 10 14 1906
Description: Ruth Kressin standing on a blanket in a yard holding a cat and posing in front of the side of a half-timbered house.
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Ruth and Alice Kressin Sitting Outside with a Cat

Date: 10 14 1906
Description: Ruth, holding a cat, and Alice Kressin sitting outdoors on a blanket. Behind them is the side of a half-timbered house.
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Kressin Family Portrait

Date: 10 14 1906
Description: Outdoor portrait of the August Kressin family posing on the side of the front steps of a house. August Kressin sits on the top step holding Alice Kressin, ...
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Hoffman Home

Date: 1900
Description: A young boy on horseback posing in front of the Hoffman home. Behind him posing near the side of the house is a group of boys posing with a dog. A woman is...
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Signe Skott Cooper

Date: 1945
Description: Signe Skott Cooper stands outdoors posing near the corner of Ward B-7.
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Shirley on the Back Porch of George Washington's Mount Vernon

Date: 1950
Description: Shirley Krueger standing near one of the columns on the piazza. Several chairs are lined up against the wall to the left of an open doorway.
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Outside the Lincoln Memorial

Date: 1950
Description: View of the Lincoln Memorial from across Lincoln Memorial Circle. Several women and a man are crossing the street behind several cars that have driven by. ...
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Outside the Martinique Hotel

Date: 1950
Description: View from sidewalk of a man wearing sunglasses standing outside the entrance to the Hotel Martinique. He holds a cigarette in one hand and a camera bag in ...
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Edward and Conrad Petersen

Date: 1925
Description: Edward, left, and Conrad Petersen, right, pose while holding hands with an unidentified young woman standing between them. They are on a lawn in front of t...
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Alma, Edward and Conrad Petersen

Date: 05 1925
Description: Alma Schmidt Petersen poses with her sons, Conrad, in baby buggy, and Edward, on tricycle, in front of their home at 1322 North Astor Street, in Chicago's ...
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Ernst in Heidelberg

Date: 03 14 1930
Description: Ernst Schmidt, second from left, on a tour of the ruins of Heidelberg Castle with his guide, left, and two unidentified persons. They are standing in the c...
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Fargo Children

Date: 1900
Description: An album page with four mounted photographs is decorated with hand-painted pink flowers and foliage. In the photograph at top right, Louise Mears (Mrs. Fra...

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