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Baiting the Hook

Date: 07 27 1941
Description: An elderly man looking blissful, sitting in a boat getting ready to cast his line.
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Boy Scouts, Troop #4

Date: 05 26 1945
Description: Outdoor group portrait of Boy Scouts, Troop #4 from South Side Men's Club, at Four Lakes Council Camporee in Olin Park.
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Baptism in Lake Monona

Date: 06 07 1933
Description: Evangelist W.P. Butler with hand upraised and Rev. Joseph Washington, pastor of Mt. Zion Baptist Church stand beside Lulu Elroy who is about to be baptized...
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Chicago Traveling Club at McBride's Point

Date: 07 1875
Description: Chicago Traveling Club encamped at McBride's Point at Maple Bluff on Lake Mendota near Madison. An African American sits at the left foreground with pans ...
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Mine, Mill, and Smelters Union

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Description: Mine, Mill & Smelters Union reading by a lake at Highlander Folk School. Will Thomas, second on the right, smoking a pipe.
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Boy Scouts Saluting

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Description: Group of Boy Scouts outdoors in uniform and saluting. There is a lake in the background.
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African-American Man Drumming

Date: 1970
Description: An African-American man plays a djembe-like drum, with other people relaxing in the background on the University of Wisconsin-Madison Memorial Union Terrac...
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African-American Man Drumming

Date: 1970
Description: An African-American man plays a djembe-like drum, with other people relaxing in the background on the University of Wisconsin-Madison Memorial Union Terrac...
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Dapper Lewis Arms and Friend

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Description: Lewis Arms and a friend, looking dapper in their suits, pose together at Brittingham Park. They're holding bottles and goofing around.
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Lewis Arms in a Canoe

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Description: Lewis Arms canoeing on Lake Mendota.
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Nedra Arms

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Description: Nedra Arms, seated on the grass at Brittingham Park.
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Lewis Arms and Infant Lewis Arms, Jr.

Date: 1951
Description: Lewis Arms stands at Brittingham Park holding his infant son Lewis Arms, Jr.
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Arms Family at Devil's Lake

Date: 1956
Description: Lewis, LuRay, Nellie and Bernard Arms arrive at Devil's Lake in a maroon DeSoto convertible automobile. This was the day after Lewis and LuRay's wedding.
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Webb Family Album: Three Maids of Madison

Date: 1920
Description: A page from the Webb family album, compiled and captioned by Andrew Webb Jr., son of Caroline Webb, with four images of family friends, including two young...
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Family at B.B. Clarke Beach

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Description: Group portrait of a family on a summer day at B.B. Clarke Beach.
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Boys at the Beach

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Description: Young boys huddling together in Lake Monona at B.B. Clarke Beach.
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A Map of the Most Inhabited Part of Virginia Containing the Whole Province of Maryland: With Part of Pensilvania, New Jersey and North Carolina

Date: 1755
Description: Map of Virginia and parts of Maryland, North Carolina, and New Jersey. It shows borders, boundary lines, some Native American land, counties, cities, towns...
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Paul Arms with His Mother

Date: 1964
Description: Baby Paul Arms playing in the water at a beach with his mother LuRay. His sisters Rita and Mamie are in the background.
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YWCA World Fellowship Committee

Date: 06 1955
Description: Four women sitting around a bench in a garden by Lake Mendota. They are discussing plans for the Annual World Fellowship Benefit Garden Tea sponsored by th...
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Reflected Scene on Monona Bay

Date: 09 28 1957
Description: Two fishermen reflected in Monona Bay while standing on a dock. One man is wearing a hat and leaning on a long fishing pole, and the other man is standing...

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