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Augustin Grignon

Date: 1850
Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype studio portrait of Augustin Grignon. He is seated, holding a tomahawk. The tomahawk, which could also be used as a pipe, was made...
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Red Devil Builder

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Description: An autographed portrait of Thomas S. Baldwin, builder of the early "Red Devil" airplanes and the first dirigible purchased by the U.S. Army.
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Belle Case La Follette and Grandson

Date: 1929
Description: Snapshot of Belle Case La Follette with her grandson, Robert La Follette Sucher. She is wearing a large hat and a coat with a fur collar and cuffs. It is...
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Collecting Taxes in the Federal Building

Date: 01 30 1961
Description: Mrs. Peter Mohm wears a coat and scarf indoors as she collects taxes in an unheated federal building.
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Willie Mae Small

Date: 1977
Description: Willie Mae Small, 107 years old, sits in a chair off to the side during an outdoor service (church?).
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Volunteers of America Dinner

Date: 11 26 1952
Description: Mary Hawkins, assisted by Thorwald Anderson, Checker Cab driver, arrives for a Thanksgiving dinner served by the Volunteers of America to 56 members of its...
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Elderly Woman with Young Girl

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Description: An elderly woman sits with a young girl holding a doll for a studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop. The woman wears an elaborately decorated coat ...
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Studio Portrait of Elderly Ho-Chunk Man

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of an elderly Ho-Chunk man with a beard posing standing next to a prop wooden fence. He is weari...
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Older Ho-Chunk Man Wearing Fur Coat

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Description: Waist-up studio portrait of an older Ho-Chunk man posing sitting in front of a painted backdrop. He is holding a dog (blurred by movement) in his lap, and ...
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Studio Portrait of a Ho-Chunk Group

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Description: Studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk group. Rachel Funmaker, Winneshiek is sitting on the left wearing earrings, and a small child is on the right sitting on a st...
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Wisconsin Council of Catholic Women Founder

Date: 05 17 1950
Description: One of the founders of the Madison Catholic Women's Club and of the state council, Mrs. E.T. Baille (right) is shown chatting with Mrs. N.J. Luke Mergen, M...
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Elderly H.H. Bennett

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Description: Full-length portrait of an elderly Henry Hamilton Bennett posing in a fur hat and a coat with a fur collar.
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Woman and Dog, West 57th Street

Date: 1968
Description: A woman in a thick black coat with a dog on a leash standing on a sidewalk on West 57th Street. The woman is looking into the distance while the dog tugs o...
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"Ho Lives," East Village

Date: 1968
Description: Two women having a conversation standing on a sidewalk next to a brick building and near a decorative metal fence. Graffiti on the brick wall reads, "Ho l...
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Storch Family Reunification

Date: 03 06 1952
Description: Peter Storch, engineer at Ann Emery hall, and his children are shown at the Milwaukee Road depot where they met their son and brother, Alois Storch with hi...
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Resting in the Sun, Coney Island

Date: 1968
Description: A group of five men and women sit on metal crates in the sun on the Coney Island boardwalk.
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Muir Knoll Dedication Ceremony

Date: 06 18 1918
Description: Dedication ceremony for Muir Knoll on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Judge Milton S. Griswold is speaking at flag-draped podium, and a ...
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Man Walking with Cane

Date: 2008
Description: Elevated view of a man walking with a cane on a rainy day.
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Beck Barn

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Description: Vernon and Alice Beck and son, Milan, live at W1057 Zion Church Road (Section 34). Their silo is 98 years old and the barn is 150 years old.
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Elderly Women on Sidewalk

Date: 2009
Description: Two elderly women with walkers taking a stroll outdoors on a sidewalk.

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