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Filter: Year of 1900-1999
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Men and women sit in rocking chairs on the veranda at Poggatticut Lodge. The lodge was built in 1920. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Front view of the Lyric Movie Theatre. An arcaded ground floor features a ticket office and movie posters. Above, a central balcony is flanked by two signs... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Interior of a dance pavilion. The circular building features a dance floor, stage, and disco ball. The room is decorated with bunting and American flags. |
| Date: | 03 12 1939 |
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| Description: | Journalist Cecil Brown, who was reporting for CBS from Rome, Italy, took this picture of the crowds in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican awaiting the coron... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View uphill toward a group of people posing on and near the porch of Fern Rise, possibly a hotel or inn. Decorations and flags hang from the building's por... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View toward the brick and stone facade of a neoclassical-style public library on a corner. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View across intersection toward the library on the left, and houses behind a tree-lined sidewalk on the right. |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | A view of the vine-covered facade and side of North Hall at the State Normal School. Stone work decorates the top of the building and a flag flies from the... |
| Date: | 11 17 1952 |
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| Description: | Audrey Lewis (center), health education director at the City YWCA, her daughter, Jeri, and general chairman Marian Brandenburg preparing decorations for th... |
| Date: | 1902 |
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| Description: | A view of Main Hall at St. Norbert College. Turrets and stone decor accent the brick building and a cannon surrounded by shrubbery sits on the lawn. |
| Date: | 07 29 1953 |
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| Description: | Three members of the Edgewood High School 1953 graduating class performing "Youth is A Journey" on the steps of the school. Left to right are: Mary Durfee,... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Winter scene with William Irvine (1851-1927) seated in his sleigh next to his daughter Ruth (1891-1987) wearing a hat and wrapped in furs, Chippewa Falls, ... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Interior view of the First Presbyterian Church chancel decorated for Christmas. There are several decorated Christmas trees, an arch and crosses covered wi... |
| Date: | 10 28 1953 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Scheberle sitting in the living room of her newly-built home where she resides with her husband, Leo. The room features a built-in shelf, a fireplace,... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | A small white playhouse with lattice trim is situated amongst newly planted spruce trees. Nearby is a large, elaborate, multi-level birdhouse. |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Street Scene featuring, bicycles, automobiles, and palm trees. A large clock stands on a street corner where pedestrians cross, and stone and brick buildin... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Dining room in Taliesin II. Several pieces of Asian art decorate the space. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | A Mediterranean style courtyard is seen through an archway with a wrought-iron gate. There are plants in large pots and a balcony on the left. A small stat... |
| Date: | 12 17 1953 |
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| Description: | West High School students Janis Tande, Phyllis Waddell, and Dick Stephen decorate a Christmas tree for a school party. |
| Date: | 12 08 1953 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Larry Brown, West High School student, and Donna Tupper, East High School, seated by Christmas wall decorations at the Loft, a Madison teen org... |
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