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Naturalization

Date: 09 18 1984
Description: Jennie Youn Haeng Seider, 4, of Milwaukee, used her father Jeffrey Seider's back to display her new certificate of naturalization.
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Methodist Church and Parsonage

Date: 1885
Description: View of the Methodist Church and parsonage, with Reverend Elvardo Cyrus Potter standing outside with his daughter, Grace.
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Father-Daughter Breakfast at Blessed Sacrament Church

Date: 03 13 1949
Description: Patricia Kurth, daughter of Tom Kurth, is shown accepting a $1 prize from William Riley, on behalf of her father, who was the youngest father at the Father...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Sponsors

Date: 05 30 1950
Description: Left to right are: Don Spring, 13-year-old Soap Box Derby racer; his dad, Fireman A.E. Spring; and Lieut. Wilson H. Donkle, chairman of the fireman's Soap ...
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Rev. Wright at Emmett Till Murder Trial

Date: 09 1955
Description: Rev. Moses Wright and his son Simon outside the Sumner courthouse where two white men were on trial for the murder of 14 year-old Emmett Till (Wright's nep...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Champion

Date: 07 28 1957
Description: Van Steiner, winner of the 1957 Madison Soap Box Derby, holding the trophy. Left to right: Larry Steiner, father of the winner; Don Knowles, general manage...
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Syl Holding Firecracker while Papa Lights It

Date: 07 04 1901
Description: Syl holds a firecracker while Papa lights it. The exterior of a brick house is the background. Numerous firecrackers litter the ground at Syl's feet.
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Richard Quinney's Wheelbarrow Ride

Date: 1935
Description: Baby Richard Quinney rides on a full wheelbarrow pushed by his father, Floyd Quinney, across the farmyard.
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Richard, Ralph and Floyd Quinney

Date: 1936
Description: Young Richard Quinney and his new brother Ralph seated on their father's lap in a chair on the farmhouse's porch.
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Grain Wagon

Date: 1944
Description: Richard and Ralph Quinney with their father, Floyd Quinney, riding in the back of a horse-drawn grain wagon in the farmyard.
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Charles Taylor Family

Date: 1902
Description: Family portrait of Charles Taylor, his wife, Ellen Wishart, and their two children taken on the lawn in front of their house. Lorena Taylor, standing besi...
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Sig Olson and Wilderness Guides

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Description: Sigurd Olson (second from the left), his two sons on the right, and two unidentified men, thought to be wilderness guides who worked for his Border Lakes O...
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Father's Day

Date: 06 10 1952
Description: Claude Reigle explains croquet to his three children, Judy, 11, Kenny, 9, and Pamela, 7. They are posed in front of a stone wall at their home at 1233 Semi...
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Happy Holidays

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Description: Color photographic holiday card from Governor and Mrs. Earl and family, governor of Wisconsin, 1983-1987. To the right it reads: "Happy Holidays" with "The...
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Christmas Greetings

Date: 1958
Description: Photographic holiday card from Congressman and Mrs. Henry Reuss and family. Front of the card reads: "Christmas Greetings from The Reuss Family: Mike, Marg...
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Family with Pets and Dead Fox

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Description: A family poses outdoors in the snow in front of their house. The father proudly holds a dead fox. The mother and youngest child stand on the left, and the ...
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Capital Offenses

Date: 1986
Description: Photograph taken to illustrate the jacket of a recording issued by the Capital Offenses, the blue grass band headed by Congressman David R. Obey of Wiscons...
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Walking to the Altar

Date: 09 30 1978
Description: Full-length group portrait of a bride and her mother and father walking towards the center aisle of the First Unitarian Society Meeting House as the ceremo...
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Father-Son Banquet

Date: 03 07 1958
Description: Four generations of one Madison family attend a father-son banquet at Immanuel Lutheran Church. Front row, left to right: Robert Blawusch and his great gra...
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Father-Son Banquet

Date: 03 07 1958
Description: Marvin Reimann, left, makes out a registration tag with Loren Wedel, right, and his two sons, Douglas and Billy, while attending the father-son banquet at ...

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