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Barman — Eddie

Date: 1932
Description: Eddie bartending at The Mansion.
Photograph

Red Cross Trained Staff Assistants

Date: 11 09 1942
Description: Group portrait of State Civil Service employees enrolled in the staff assistance course for Red Cross and other defense related organizations, posed benea...
Photograph

Fashion Model in Front of Carillon Tower

Date: 08 13 1940
Description: Manchester's Department Store model modeling a dress, hat, and purse in front of the Carillon Tower on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
Photograph

Martha Washington Tableau

Date: 02 22 1932
Description: The John Bell Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution present a tableau of Martha Washington's life at the Hotel Loraine for the bicentennial o...
Photograph

Eastwood Theatre Organ

Date: 01 10 1930
Description: A male organist is sitting on a bench and looking towards the camera in front of the Eastwood Theatre organ. The organ grill is in the background on the fa...
Photograph

Eastwood Theatre Organ

Date: 01 10 1930
Description: A male organist is sitting on a bench and looking towards the camera in front of the Eastwood Theatre organ. The organ grill is in the background on the fa...
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Eastwood Theatre Organ

Date: 01 10 1930
Description: An organist is playing the Eastwood Theatre organ, located at 2090 Atwood Avenue. The organ grill is in the background on the far wall.
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Capitol Steps Dancers

Date: 1900
Description: "Living flag" created by the Kehl dancers on the steps of the third Wisconsin State Capitol. This close view permits better examination of the ornamentatio...
Print

View of Madison, the Capital of the State of Wisconsin

Date: 1857
Description: Bird's-eye view of Madison over rooftop and across lake with sailboats and steamers. A group of people are standing on a viewing platform on the roof in th...
Photograph

International Model F Truck

Date: 1915
Description: Man sitting behind the wheel of an International Model F truck parked on a city street in front of the Blackstone Theatre. The truck was owned by a Firesto...
Photograph

Marbro Theater

Date: 04 06 1933
Description: International A-3 armor plated Brinks truck parked outside of the Marbro Theater in Chicago. The theater's marquee advertises "Cohens & Kellys in Hollywood...
Photograph

Joe Yansky, a One-Man Band

Date: 08 25 1946
Description: Joe Yanksy (Bohemian), a one-man band with accordion and drums.
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Family Posed in Yard

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Description: A man with an accordion, another man with a clay pipe, two women and two children are sitting around a table that has a knit cloth, a vase, a book, plants ...
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Family Posed on Elaborate Porch

Date: 1871
Description: Two women and a child pose on the porch of a Greek revival frame house. The porch appears to have been added later in a Victorian style, including elaborat...
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People in front of House with Statue

Date: 1876
Description: Two men, two women are posing in front of a frame house that has a chair, sofa, table and a small white statue on its front porch. There are three doors an...
Photograph

Family around Table in Yard

Date: 1878
Description: A family is in the yard around a table. A baby sits in a high chair and a man and woman are seated on a loveseat. Behind them is a frame house with an orga...
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Family Posing near Porch of House

Date: 1874
Description: A family stands in the yard, on the porch, and on the porch roof of an impressive house with elegant scrollwork on its porch posts and roof. A bird cage ha...
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Family on Entryway Steps

Date: 1874
Description: Family on entryway steps of two-story brick house with hipped roof; board fence in foreground. There is fruit, probably apples, on a window sill and an ova...
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Students by Brick High School

Date: 1875
Description: View across wooden platform of a brick high school on a hill surrounded by a fence. The school has a mansard roof and what appears to be a bell tower above...
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The Mazomanie School

Date: 1873
Description: The Mazomanie School, later the high school. A large group of students and teachers are standing in front of the two-story brick building with octagonal cu...

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