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Reverend A. Jacobsen and Family

Date: 1877
Description: Stereograph of Rev. A. Jacobson, family and visitors, Perry, Wis." from Dahl's 1877 "Catalogue of Stereoscopic Views." Jacobson (1836-1910) immigrated to t...
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International Model F Truck Moving Furniture

Date: 1921
Description: Man behind the wheel of an International model F truck loaded with furniture in front of a residential home. The truck was owned by E.A. Ringland, Internat...
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Family in front of Home

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Description: A couple and their young child and a baby are sitting at a table in their yard. Behind them is a frame house with very small windows on the front second st...
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Family in front of Home

Date: 1878
Description: A family is sitting around a table with a cloth, vases and other objects on it. The man on the left is wearing a top hat, and a flower in his lapel. The tw...
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Family in front of Home

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Description: A couple and their young child and baby sit at a table in their yard. Behind them is a frame house with very small windows on the front second story and gl...
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Family in front of Home

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Description: A family sits in a yard around a table with a cloth, vases and other objects on it. The man on the left is wearing a top hat and a flower in his lapel. The...
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Sture and Geneva Johnson Residence

Date: 06 28 1955
Description: Geneva Johnson sits in the sunroom of her contemporary home at 313 New Castle Way in Maple Bluff. Her home will be featured on a July 14 Tour of Homes spon...
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O. Clarke & Leslie Gillett Residence

Date: 06 28 1955
Description: Leslie Gillett is sitting in her traditional antique-filled living room at 3443 Edgehill Parkway in Shorewood Hills. The home will be featured in the Attic...
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Woman Knitting Near Window

Date: 1898
Description: Elderly woman sitting in a rocking chair knitting in front of a window.
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Woman Sitting near Stove

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Description: Elderly woman sitting in the corner of a room with a wood-burning "Sylvan Sunshine" stove and world globe.
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Group having Tea in Parlor

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Description: Two women, man, and child having tea in a parlor.
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Burch House

Date: 09 19 1949
Description: The living room of the Byron and Mary Burch home, 205 South Owen Drive. Mary Burch is shown seated in a chair.
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New Housing Designs On Shore Acres Road

Date: 03 23 1950
Description: A woman decorates a modern dining-room. At right is a large movable wardrobe that the home owner may use as an adjustable room divider as the family needs ...
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Gonstead Residence

Date: 05 05 1954
Description: Mrs. C.S. Gonstead sits next to the fireplace in her home (aka "El Clare" estate) at 602 South 2nd Street in Mt. Horeb. Madison architect Herbert Fritz des...
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Floyd Voight Home Interior

Date: 03 26 1957
Description: Marian Voight sitting in the living room of her home at 8 Fuller Court. The room features antique green grasscloth covering on the ceiling that matches the...
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Robert Levine Home Interior

Date: 03 26 1957
Description: Bella Levine is relaxing in the corner of the living room in her home at 3412 Crestwood Drive. The room features a glass enclosed fireplace, oak paneling a...
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William G. and Vivian Ragatz Home Interior

Date: 03 26 1957
Description: Vivian Ragatz sitting in the living room of her home at 901 South Midvale Boulevard. The L-shaped room features a fireplace, and wood tones of beige, brown...
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Monona Grove High School Student Council Kitchen Tour

Date: 04 03 1957
Description: Mrs. Harvey (Bonita) Hubanks sitting next to a fireplace in the family room adjacent to the kitchen in their home at 4206 Jerome Street in Madison. The kit...
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Recording Diaries

Date: 10 22 1992
Description: "With tape recorders catching every word, Les Beck, right, reads from his mother's diaries. Ralph Widmer, left, and Fred Bandlow, center, add to their vivi...
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Leland Kopps

Date: 1932
Description: Leland Kopps, a student at Strawberry School, sits in a chair near a Victrola-style cabinet phonograph in his farm home. There is a large potted plant in f...

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