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Portrait of Cat Sitting Indoors

Date: 11 23 1930
Description: Indoor portrait of a cat sitting on a table in front of a lamp. Taken for Mrs. Bert Wells, 2026 Gregory Street.
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Interior of Historic Statz House

Date: 09 26 1955
Description: Slightly elevated view of Lenore Middleton (Mrs. Forest Middleton) posing with her cat in the antique-filled living room of her home at 3241 Highbury Road ...
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Cat Sitting Up

Date: 02 09 1944
Description: A cat sitting up on its hind legs on a sofa or chair. The cat may belong to Wayland Noland.
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Washington School First Graders

Date: 04 28 1948
Description: First graders at Madison's Washington School used special activities to help build their vocabularies. In this photograph five students admire kittens and ...
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Bakke House on Odana Road

Date: 02 24 1949
Description: Portrait of Mrs. Westye F. (Mary) Bakke seated before the fireplace in the living room of the Bakke house at 4818 Odana Road (now 4817 Sherwood Road) with ...
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Unusual Kitten

Date: 10 26 1949
Description: Bubbles, a black and white kitten sitting on the lap of its owner, Janet Kanneberg, eighth grade, 1252 Sherman Avenue. Janet has a wardrobe for Bubbles and...
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Children and Their Pets

Date: 12 05 1950
Description: Douglas Shaw Woodman, age 3, sitting with his Persian cat, "Mr. Thomas."
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Children and their Pets

Date: 12 05 1950
Description: Three children in riding clothes posing with their animals inside a horse stable. The children are, left to right, Anne, age 15, Chuckie, age 6, and Susie ...
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March of Dimes Campaign

Date: 12 31 1951
Description: Warren Anderson, age 7, former polio sufferer, is shown sitting in an upholstered chair with his cat, Sam. Warren was saved by his 14-year-old sister, Caro...
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Tommy is Ill

Date: 1909
Description: Photographic postcard of the Middleton family dog, Tootsie, dressed as a nurse, attending to Tommy the cat, who rests in a doll cradle. Caption reads: "Tom...
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Better Call a Doctor

Date: 1909
Description: Photographic postcard of the Middleton family dog, Tootsie, dressed as a nurse, attending to Tommy the cat, who rests in a doll cradle. A bottle of "Catnip...
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Medicine Time

Date: 1909
Description: Photographic postcard of the Middleton family dog, Tootsie, dressed as a nurse, attending to Tommy the cat, who rests in a doll cradle. A bottle of "Catnip...
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Nurse Will Make the Bed

Date: 1909
Description: Photographic postcard of the Middleton family dog, in nurse's dress and cap, straightening the bedding on a doll cradle as the cat sits in a chair, bandage...
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Tommy is Well Again

Date: 1909
Description: Photographic postcard of Tommy the cat sitting in a high chair as Tootsie, the dog, stands alongside. Both wear long dresses; the dog also wears a cardigan...
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Cat in Baby Carriage

Date: 1909
Description: Photographic postcard of the Middleton family cat sleeping in a doll carriage under a crocheted baby blanket, wearing a matching bonnet.
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Able to Sit Up

Date: 1909
Description: Photographic postcard of a cat, with head bandaged and foreleg in a sling, sitting in a rocking chair, as Tootsie the dog, dressed as a nurse, is standing...
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Woman with Pets

Date: 1909
Description: An unidentified woman sits in a rocking chair holding the Middleton family dog, Tootsie, and a cat. The pets are dressed in gowns and the cat wears a sweat...
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Middleton Family Pets

Date: 1910
Description: Tootsie, a fox terrier, rests on a love seat with a rabbit and cat. The love seat is covered with an ornate woven throw.
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Cat

Date: 1910
Description: The Middleton family cat poses near a basket on a table which is covered by an oriental carpet.
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Cat with Book

Date: 1905
Description: A cat, which appears to be dozing, is posed with an open copy of Ernest Seton-Thompson's "Wild Animals I Have Known."

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