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| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | Leonard J. Farwell (1819-1889), Madison businessman-promoter and Wisconsin's only Whig governor (1852-1854). When this salted paper portrait was taken, Far... |
| Date: | 1862 |
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| Description: | Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Jairus Cassius Fairchild (1801-1862), the first mayor of the city Madison (1856). Fairchild was also the father of Lu... |
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| Description: | Group of resort and hotel owners gathered in front of a Wisconsin tourism sign that reads: "Relax In Wisconsin." There is a building in the background. |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of George B. Delaplaine (1814-1895), of Madison, Wisconsin. Delaplaine arrived in Madison in 1838 after having worked in... |
| Date: | 03 19 1944 |
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| Description: | Alvan Rothermel, Glen Oak Hills, purchasing seed, labels and tools, for his Victory garden from Louis Schuster, manager of the L.L. Olds Seed Company, 720 ... |
| Date: | 03 24 1944 |
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| Description: | Wendell Willkie with two men by the name of Johnson, possibly George H. Johnson and Herbert Fisk Johnson, Sr. |
| Date: | 06 04 1944 |
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| Description: | Louis H. Wagner with man discussing establishment of a youth center in Madison. Wagner is co-owner of the Campus Soda Grill, 714 State Street. |
| Date: | 07 20 1944 |
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| Description: | Kenneth W. Grafton, member of the firm Reitan-Lerdahl and Company, and secretary of the Nakoma Golf Club, swinging a golf club. |
| Date: | 07 25 1944 |
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| Description: | Philip John Dumbleton, his mother Mrs. Ruth Dumbleton, and client Bernadyne Hogan photographed in one of two beauty shops he owns. Mr. Dumbleton who is bl... |
| Date: | 08 04 1944 |
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| Description: | Marshall F. Browne at his typewriter. He was editor and publisher of the "East Side News" and several other publications. |
| Date: | 08 06 1944 |
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| Description: | Five speakers at the Gisholt Machine Company picnic, taken at the Blooming Grove carnival grounds. Left to right: Marion "Red" Borland, president of Gishol... |
| Date: | 09 27 1944 |
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| Description: | Bernhard "Bernie" Mautz, president, general manager, and founder of the Mautz Paint and Varnish Company, at his desk. Mr. Mautz was chairman of Madison's 1... |
| Date: | 1897 |
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| Description: | Thomas B. Jeffery, founder of the Thomas B. Jeffery Company of Kenosha in 1902. Before that Jeffery produced several experimental automobiles, including th... |
| Date: | 01 24 1945 |
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| Description: | John L. O'Connor, President, O'Connor Gasoline and Oil Company, 211 South Brearly Street, looking in file drawer. |
| Date: | 02 28 1945 |
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| Description: | Portrait of J.H. Svendsen (left), owner of Svendsen's Painting and Decorating Firm at 118 State Street, and Joe Borecek, retail store manager. The store wa... |
| Date: | 03 08 1945 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Henry J. Napper, 2127 Kendall Avenue, in his grocery store at 2532 Monroe Street. Mr. Napper, who has been in the grocery business for 50 years... |
| Date: | 06 27 1945 |
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| Description: | Charles "Chick" Lowe receiving an award from Leonard T. "Dutch" Midland, president of the Wisconsin-Felton Sporting Goods Company, and Eddie Krajnik, Phila... |
| Date: | 12 27 1945 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Charles J. Allen, president of the Madison Bowling Association. Mr. Allen was a barber by trade and a co-partner in a radio and appliance store... |
| Date: | 08 15 1946 |
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| Description: | Phil Dickert (left) and Joe Klein (right) pictured with cans of Mautz paint at the Klein-Dickert Co. store at 752 University Avenue. |
| Date: | 10 07 1946 |
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| Description: | Madison men in charge of Community Chest campaign for small business firms looking at a city map. Sitting left to right: Leo Kronenberg, chairman of the Ea... |
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