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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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Frank Family Banquet

Date: 03 15 1936
Description: Frank family banquet at the Morris L. Frank restaurant, located at 611 Chapman Street. The family were Greenbush residents.
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Weiner Roast at Kiddie Camp

Date: 08 29 1933
Description: Kiddie Camp children around campfire, watching frankfurters roast in a pot over the fire, tended by Oswald B. Neesvig, president of Madison Packing Co. Mos...
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Farm Family

Date: 1915
Description: Photographic postcard of a farm couple and their daughter posing outdoors in front of a barn.
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Adults at a Table Near House

Date: 1872
Description: Fifteen adults are seated around table being served coffee in the yard. One woman sits at the spinning wheel and another at a sewing machine. The Greek Rev...
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Halle Steensland with Wife and Children

Date: 1876
Description: Halle Steensland and his wife Sophia pose with their five children at the family home, later located at 733 Lakewood Boulevard, Village of Maple Bluff. (Th...
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Shrout Family making Christmas Decorations

Date: 12 16 1952
Description: Mrs. Marie Shrout, 1102 Grant Street, preparing Christmas tree decorations with her children, Jim, 13, Patrick, 3, Douglas, 4, Susan, 9, Michael, 7, and St...
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Winter Walk

Date: 1898
Description: Alice and Eleanor Brown with their nurse in front of 121 East Gilman Street. The three houses in the photo are 125 East Gilman, 133 East Gilman and 139 Ea...
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Scanlon-Morris Party

Date: 12 1945
Description: Family members of Scanlon-Morris employees, seated for a dinner party. (Scanlon-Morris medical equipment Company)
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Estes School Farm Safety Program

Date: 03 29 1946
Description: Estes School Farm Safety Program held at the Estes School on Cottage Grove Road. Ten students standing on stage with six adults sitting on stage looking on...
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Estes School Farm Safety Program

Date: 03 28 1946
Description: Estes School Farm Safety Program held at the Estes School on Cottage Grove Road. People in the audience with students' farm safety projects displayed on th...
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Doll Dresses

Date: 12 06 1947
Description: Wisconsin Dames club members sewing doll dresses for dolls to be sold at the Christmas bazaar. Proceeds to be used to purchase Christmas baskets for needy...
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State PTA Convention Tea at Governor's Residence

Date: 04 29 1948
Description: Mrs. Norman Beauchaine, president of Riverview PTA of Marshfield and daughter, Bonnie Lou, age 3, at a tea at the Governor's residence, 130 E. Gilman St., ...
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Cub Scout Den Activities

Date: 01 07 1952
Description: Four Cub Scouts painting milk pods as table decorations as den mother Mrytle Arnold is looking on. Scouts are, left to right: Dick Quale, David Arnold, Mic...
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Cub Scout Den Activities

Date: 01 07 1952
Description: Cub Scout James Beckman, right, demonstrates tying knots to (from left): LaVern Wahlin, Bob Hilliard, John Streiff, and Billy Hoppe. Den mother Freda Hilli...
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Elephant at the Henry Vilas Zoo

Date: 1964
Description: A watercolor painting by Jens von Silver presented to the zoo by the Rennebohm Drug Stores. The painting shows a child reaching up to feed an elephant at t...
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Nguyen Family Birthday Party

Date: 1984
Description: The Nguyen family and a friend pose together at home as they celebrate Thuy Nguyen's 10th birthday. From left to right in front are: Mary, Thuy (in a blue ...
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Lewis Arms with Daughter Rita

Date: 1957
Description: Lewis Arms sits on a bed feeding his infant daughter Rita Arms (Witter).
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Judkins Family Baking

Date: 1913
Description: Leonore Judkins, later Mrs. Forest Middleton, center, prepares baked goods with her mother, far left, and sisters, Juanita, Bonnie, and Blanch. Bread and r...
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German-American Wurst Roast

Date: 1913
Description: The Benedict Goldenberger family enjoying a wurst roast in the Madison vicinity. Ben Goldenberger is the leftmost standing man, he was a cooper and vinegar...

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