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Eliab Dean

Date: 1860
Description: Seated carte-de-visite portrait of Eliab Dean, (b. 1819 - d. 1900) an early Madison businessman. Dean came to Madison in the 1840s to work for his cousin, ...
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Men in Uniform

Date: 02 1944
Description: Five men on a stage at a vocational school. Four of the men are in military uniforms, while one is dressed in a business suit.
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Reuben Gold Thwaites in his Office

Date: 1892
Description: Reuben Gold Thwaites seated at his desk in his office at the Wisconsin Historical Society.
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Reverend Elgar F. Mindorff

Date: 02 04 1944
Description: Reverend Elgar F. Mindorff, not long after being released from a Japanese military prison in China.
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Cribbage Game

Date: 02 03 1944
Description: Four men playing cribbage as part of the Madison Board of Education Recreation Program.
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Clifford Thompson

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Description: Portrait of Clifford Thompson, at one time the tallest man in America, in a jacket and top hat posing next to a chair.
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Judges at League of Women Voters Dinner

Date: 03 28 1944
Description: Six judge candidates attending League of Women Voters dinner at Bethel Lutheran Church. Seated left to right: Judge Henry Bohn, Baraboo; Lyall T. Beggs, Ma...
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Governor Walter Goodland

Date: 04 28 1944
Description: Portrait of Wisconsin Governor Walter S. Goodland, seated in a chair, holding a pipe in one hand, and his eyeglasses in the other.
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Outdoor Meeting at Highlander School

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Description: A group of people sitting on the grass and chairs outdoors for a meeting with the Highlander Library in the background. From left to right: Father of Myles...
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World War II Serviceman and Family

Date: 07 21 1944
Description: Staff Sargeant Harland Lippolt with his wife, and daughter Maxine whom he had never seen during his two years in the South Pacific, where he served with a ...
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League of Women Voters Garden Party

Date: 07 24 1944
Description: Governor Walter Goodland is holding two of ten puppies during the League of Women Voters garden party at the Governor's Residence. Shown with the Governor ...
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Nakoma Welfare League Party Organizers

Date: 01 04 1945
Description: Nakoma Welfare League's traditional Twelfth Night Party at Nakoma School. Pictured are some of the people who assisted with the party arrangements: left to...
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Diomicio Saeng and Family

Date: 05 01 1928
Description: Diomicio Saeng, the manager of Haciend El Tejon (76 miles Southwest of Metamoras, Mexico), posing with his five children and wife on the steps of their hom...
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Reverend George E. Hunt

Date: 04 13 1945
Description: Reverend George E. Hunt, age 80, interim pastor at Christ Presbyterian Church.
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Interior of Barbershop

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Description: Barber shop with customers and shaving mug rack. African American man is probably Frank Lyons.
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Man at Desk

Date: 1895
Description: A man, possibly John Forbes, working at a roll-top desk in his office over the old Fire Hall. A dog is sitting on a chair in the lower left. Books on the s...
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Man in Hayward County Jail

Date: 10 1910
Description: Copy photograph of a man posing sitting in jail, probably John Deitz in Hayward. He appears to have a cast or bandage on his left hand. A young girl is sta...
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Madison Central High School "Old Grads"

Date: 06 07 1945
Description: Portrait of five "Old Grads" of Madison Central High School, guests of the 1945 graduating class, the 100th group to receive diplomas from that school. Sit...
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Richland Center Carnegie Library

Date: 1911
Description: Interior view of the Carnegie Library, Richland Center, WI. Two people are seated at a table reading at the far left. A frieze decorates the wall above a d...
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Professor John H. Kolb

Date: 06 28 1945
Description: Professor John H. Kolb, a rural Sociologist in the University of Wisconsin College of Agriculture.

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