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The Teenie Weenies: An Unwelcome Guest

Date: 06 17 1916
Description: "An Unwelcome Guest." Three Teenie Weenie women walk into a bedroom surprised to see a mouse peacfully sleeping - in a Teenie Weenie bed!
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Women in Nightgowns

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Description: Four women, dressed in white nightgowns and nightcaps laying on a bed.
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Mendota State Hospital

Date: 08 11 1948
Description: Two students making a bed at the Mendota State Hospital during their University of Wisconsin program to learn the inside workings of a mental institution. ...
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Fire at 15 S. Bedford Street

Date: 11 28 1948
Description: Police Officer Robert O'Neil looking at charred doll and little red boots found in the debris in the room in a tenement-type house, 15 South Bedford Street...
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Milo Weinschenker

Date: 1947
Description: Portrait of Milo Weinschenker, the son of Chaim and Klara Weinschenker. He is sick, tucked into bed.
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Madison Visiting Nurse Service

Date: 04 11 1949
Description: Visiting nurse Esther Sorensen changes a wound dressing for patient Connie Taylor who is blind and recovering from a fall.
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Madison Visiting Nurse Service

Date: 03 11 1949
Description: Visiting nurse Esther Sorensen caring for elderly resident Clotilda Contell, who she visits regularly.
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Madison Visiting Nurse Service

Date: 04 11 1949
Description: Visiting nurse Esther Sorensen checking on bedridden Richard Pedracine.
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Fire Damage to Home

Date: 03 13 1949
Description: Police Officer Walter E. Randall looking at fire damage to the bedroom of Dorothy Meager, 111 North Blair Street.
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Family Service Agency

Date: 05 04 1949
Description: Mrs. Margaret Mentzner, a fulltime employee of the Family Service Agency, is shown hearing the bedtime prayers of a small boy whose mother is sick and abse...
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Gov. Nelson Dewey Estate — Stonefield

Date: 08 04 1949
Description: Master bedroom at the Governor Nelson Dewey house on his estate called Stonefield. On the right side are Cassville President R.J. Eckstein, and George W. F...
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Edward R. Fulton Residence

Date: 08 30 1949
Description: Bobby Fulton, 9 years old, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward R. Fulton, 3425 Blackhawk Avenue, is shown sitting in his bedroom. Designed for rough wear, the room ...
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Tuberculosis Patient

Date: 11 15 1949
Description: Doris Trameri of 568 Park Lane, previously diagnosed with tuberculosis, posing in her former room at Lake View Sanatorium while knitting argyle socks. She ...
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Ma Sitting in Chair

Date: 1898
Description: Low angle view of "Ma" sitting in a large chair near a window wearing a long white dress or nightgown in a bedroom with a fur rug over another rug. There a...
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New Ranch-Style Home of Lloyd Yaudes Family

Date: 03 21 1951
Description: Jimmy and Tommy Yaudes sitting at a table in one of the bedrooms of the Lloyd Yaudes family's new ranch-style home at 526 Virginia Terrace.
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Nursery Room

Date: 09 19 1951
Description: 8-month old Billy Gately of 4210 Nakoma Road standing in his crib in a nursery decorated with colorful stuffed animal print drapes.
Print

You'll Catch It When Mother Wakes Up!

Date: 1860
Description: A mother, Miss Columbia, sleeps in a four poster bed. She is wearing a liberty cap. The canopy on the bed is made of Union flags. A girl, representing the ...
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Holy Family Academy

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Description: Female students wearing pajamas and robes sit reading or talking with one another in what appears to be a dormitory room at Holy Family Academy. Beds line ...
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Y.W.C.A. Camp

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Description: Four female campers stand and sit around a Y.W.C.A. camp cabin furnished with several beds and a dressing table.
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Photographic Self-Portrait of David Gander

Date: 1916
Description: A photographic self-portrait of David Gander taken in a mirror. He is posed with a camera and is wearing a jacket and a hat. In the background appears to b...

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