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Children Playing in front of Two-Story House

Date: 1939
Description: Seven children wearing coats and hats play in front of a roofed entrance of two-story house. One child has a tricycle, another is holding a doll. An automo...
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Two Girls with Decorated Baby Carriages

Date: 07 05 1944
Description: Adults are standing around two girls with decorated baby carriages before a Fourth of July parade. There is a house, yard and automobile in the background.
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Group Portrait

Date: 1895
Description: A group of unidentified men, women and children photographed on a bentwood bench outdoors. One girl holds a doll, and a woman holds an infant.
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Everetta Bass with Her Toys

Date: 1893
Description: Everetta Bass, sitting in a child's chair, holds a goblet and spoon in the company of her dolls and other toys on the porch of the Bass house.
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Middleton Woman with Her Doll Collection

Date: 12 06 1949
Description: Mrs. Otto Koberle of Middleton is standing next to her bookcase of dolls. Mrs. Koberle has collected between 200 and 300 dolls that fill the living room of...
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Madison Woman's Club Dresses Dolls

Date: 12 14 1949
Description: The social service department of the Madison Woman's Club display some of the dolls made for the children at the Children's Orthopedic hospital. From left ...
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Nakoma Girl Scouts, Troop 42

Date: 12 16 1949
Description: In preparation for Christmas, Girl Scout Troop 42 of Nakoma School made 30 stuffed animals for children at the Washington Orthopedic school, and 100 Christ...
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Empty Stocking Club Toy Depot

Date: 12 21 1949
Description: Dozens of contributed stuffed toys are examined by volunteers for The State Journal Empty Stocking Club. In the front row, left to right, are: Alice Shores...
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Portrait of Julia Maddock Wearing Ho-Chunk Dress

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Description: Studio portrait of a European American girl posing sitting in front of a painted backdrop, holding a Ho-Chunk cradle board with a china-headed doll. She is...
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Two Children Posing with Christmas Tree

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Description: Portrait of a boy and girl posed by a Christmas tree. The boy is sitting on a toy horse on the left and is wearing a military style hat and holding a toy g...
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Jaycettes' Fashion Show

Date: 04 19 1950
Description: Two of the younger models in the Jaycettes' fashion show pose with a Raggedy Andy doll. Arthur Gallagher Field, age 3 1/2, and his sister, Betty Ann, 5 1/...
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Zintka Lanuni Colby in Indian Clothing

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Description: Studio portrait of Zintka Lanuni ("Lost Bird") Colby, a Lakota, as a young child wearing traditional Indian clothing of a fringed shirt, and pants. She is ...
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Summer Visitors

Date: 07 03 1950
Description: Portrait of Martha Lynne Dean, age 5 1/2, with one of her Japanese dolls, and her parents Mrs. and Major William A. Dean, who are returned from Kyoto, Japa...
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Merci Train French Doll Exhibit

Date: 07 28 1950
Description: Nine dolls dressed in costumes of provincial France, donated by their French owners in gratitude to the people of Wisconsin for their contribution to the F...
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Children with Cream Separator

Date: 05 25 1927
Description: A boy is holding a drinking glass up to the spout of a cream separator as a man is pouring a metal milk pail into the device. A young girl is sitting on a ...
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National Business Women's Week

Date: 10 11 1950
Description: Nurse Sadie Zum Brunnen tends to a patient, seven-year-old Bonita Gill, at Madison General Hospital. Sadie is a member of the Madison Business and Professi...
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Harriet Mead Haas

Date: 12 29 1950
Description: Mrs. Harriet Mead Haas is presented with a doll called "Red Feather Kid" and silver pin for her services to the Madison Community Chest. At left is Francis...
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Madison General Hospital Auxiliary

Date: 01 02 1951
Description: Madison General Hospital Auxiliary volunteer worker Goldye Mohr standing at the bedside of Sidney Hargrove, age 2.
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Antiquarian House Nursery

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Description: View of antiquarian house nursery. Room features a small fireplace, children's toys, dolls, clothing, furniture, a tea set, a high chair and a small wooden...
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Denison Homestead Parlor

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Description: View of the parlor in the Denison homestead. Built in 1717, the home is a museum today. The room features a brick fireplace and mantle, a plush chair, two ...

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