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Barber Using Chair Attached to the Barber Chair

Date: 07 03 1952
Description: Emelius A. Sorenson, a partner in the Sorenson and Gruenberg Barber Shop at 854 Williamson Street, uses a chair that attaches to the barber chair. He says ...
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Finder of Lost Check Larry Harris

Date: 07 15 1952
Description: Larry Harris (left), salesman, is pictured being congratulated by Roy Brumley, manager of the Belmont hotel newspaper shop where Orton is employed, for ret...
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Madison Soap Box Derby, Weigh-In

Date: 07 20 1952
Description: Dick Dummershausen, seated in his racer, is weighed prior to the Madison Soap Box Derby. The official weighmaster is Joe Marx (right) from Toledo Scales Co...
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WKOW Television Studio

Date: 1960
Description: People mill about the WKOW television studio. A television camera and boom microphone are visible to the right, and there is a clock in the background surr...
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Leslie H. Fishel, Jr.

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Description: Portrait of Leslie H. Fishel, Jr. He was Director of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin from 1959 until 1969.
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Philharmonic Chorus Members

Date: 04 14 1953
Description: Choral director Bernhardt Westland plays the piano while eight members of the Philharmonic Chorus executive board standing nearby. Left to right: James Cra...
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Cosmos Dance Club 30th Anniversary

Date: 05 20 1953
Description: Louise C. Britton with her husband and two of their friends "sitting one out" at the Cosmos Dance Club's 30th anniversary dinner dance held at the Nakoma C...
Postcard

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...
Postcard

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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Rabbit

Date: 1910
Description: A rabbit sits on the floor in front of a curtained shelf. A laundry basket sits on a chair nearby.
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Zonta Style Show

Date: 09 08 1953
Description: Portrait of models for the Zonta Style Show. Ethel Trenary stands at left, and Beverly Stark is at right.
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Woman with Squirrel

Date: 1920
Description: A young woman holding an ear of corn reclines on a bed while a squirrel sits on her thigh. The woman wears a heavy skirt, blouse, and needlework cloche hat...
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Madison Public Library

Date: 1906
Description: A view of the interior in the new Madison Public Library when it was located in the city hall, West Mifflin Street. Two boys read at a table in the foregro...
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300 Block of State Street

Date: 06 1967
Description: Composite panoramic view of the north side of the 300 block of State Street. Businesses include: optometrist (closed), Neff's Beauty Salon, Wisconsin Blue ...
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Goodman Brothers Bowlers Award

Date: 12 21 1953
Description: Two bowlers are given new Elgin wrist watches from the Goodman Brothers as an award for rolling the high individual single games in the Madison Bowling Ass...
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Ideal Body Company Truck Chassis Side View

Date: 09 16 1938
Description: Side view of a truck chassis made by the Ideal Deal Body Company including dimensions.
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Dane County Medical Society Women's Auxiliary

Date: 04 06 1954
Description: Group portrait of four student nurses, recipients of a scholarship from the Dane County Medical Society Women's Auxiliary, in the emergency room at St. Mar...
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Prof. Raymond Dvorak

Date: 03 22 1954
Description: Professor Raymond Dvorak stands beside a grandfather clock in the hallway of his home at 2001 Jefferson Street, decorated with oriental rugs. Mr. Dvorak, d...
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Madison High School Party Code

Date: 11 09 1954
Description: Point 5 of the "Madison High School Party Code" is illustrated by Robert and Charlotte J. Burns, parents, with daughter Charlotte Ann Burns and her date Bi...
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Little Dutch Mill Restaurant

Date: 1929
Description: The tea room at the Little Dutch Mill Restaurant. The room has tables and chairs, a piano, and a fireplace.

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